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What to Bring on Your Motorcycle Adventure

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Often people ask me what to take on a trip around the world. The longer the trip the more likely you'll need everything from mosquito repellent for tropical places all the way to a down-jacket for the mountains. Taking the right stuff with you is as much a challenge as it is an art. The challenge is to [...]

Tick Prevention for ADV Riders: Tips to Avoid The Bloodsuckers

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By Ron Lieback Photos: Bill Wiegand Avoid Tick Bites at All Costs Just the definition of a tick can turn your stomach: “Any of a superfamily (Ixodoidea) of bloodsucking acarid arachnids that are larger than the related mites, attach themselves to warm-blooded vertebrates to feed, and include important vectors of infectious diseases.” (Merriam-Webster Dictionary) Bloodsucking [...]

Meet Daniel Rintz and Josephine Flohr

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About ten years ago, I decided to ride around the world. I had no money to do it, but I was desperate to go. So I tried to work random jobs along the way to make it happen. Everyone thought that this was foolish and some even said it out loud. However, when Touratech heard about it, they [...]

Video – Jimmy Lewis and Touratech Review the KTM 1090 Adventure R (Long Version)

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Jimmy Lewis:                       I'm Jimmy Lewis with dirtbiketest.com Paul Guillien:                       And I'm Paul Guillien with touratech-usa.com We're here at the Touratech Rally and we just got our hands on a brand-new KTM 1090 Adventure R. We've outfitted it with all the Touratech parts and we're gonna go out and take it for a first ride, see what our [...]

3rd Annual Touratech Rally East Preview | ADV Camaraderie in PA

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By Ron Lieback 2017 Touratech Rally East Preview When Touratech Rally West debuted back in 2011, around 100 riders attended. Unfortunately, I wasn’t one of them. But the following year I did attend, and the stateside motorcycle-adventure rally helped grow my passion for ADV lifestyle. This sentiment also was true for many moto enthusiasts; Touratech [...]

Touratech RallyeForm Skid Plate Installation

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Our friend, Rob Watt of Trailmaster Adventure Gear and Backcountry Discovery Routes just picked up the amazing new Rallyeform Skid Plate for hisBMW  R1200GS. He put this great video together that shows the process of installing the new hydroformed skid plate. The Touratech RallyeForm skid plate for the BMW R1200GS and GSA provides the most [...]

Touratech Teams With Jimmy Lewis to Review the KTM 1090 Adventure R

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The new kid on the block in the adventure segment is the KTM 1090 Adventure R. Dakar Rally veteran Jimmy Lewis and Touratech-USA’s Paul Guillien wasted no time getting their hands on one and putting it to the test in the Cascade Mountains during Touratech Rally West last month. Their thoughts were captured on a [...]

Cinebike Looks at the Aventuro Carbon

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Our friends at Cinebike extensively tested the Aventuro Carbon helmet recently and did a great job discussing the features. These ultra-light and ventilated helmets are engineered for adventure riding and can be changed from an ADV helmet to a Street or dirt helmet, really easily without tools. They come in eight colors and the price [...]

Importance of ADV Windscreens | Tips on Choosing and Cleaning

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Importance of Windscreens in ADV Motorcycling By Ron Lieback Less wind equals less fatigue. This is especially true for the adventure-touring motorcyclist who travels hundreds of miles daily. Motorcycle windshields provide the solution not only for calming those fatiguing wind blast, but also protecting riders from other elements such as rain, bugs and the occasional [...]

Talking World Touring Culinary Creations with Lisa Thomas

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Lisa Thomas and her husband Simon (2RidetheWorld) hold the world-record for the longest continuous motorcycle trip. They've been living from the seats of their bikes since 2003 when they hit the road for what they thought would be a 16 month adventure. 14 years later, they're still at it and they've learned some valuable lessons [...]