Staff Blogs

1,200 Miles of Nevada Dirt on Africa Twin

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Written by Paul Guillien             Photos by: Bill Wiegand ADV Moto Magazine published the following story in the March/April 2017 issue! Touratech would like to thank them for allowing us to post it on our blog! Johnny Campbell’s ‘thing for Honda’ started at age 9 when his dad brought home an [...]

How to be a Sponsored Rider?

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Sponsored riders represent the Touratech brand across the far reaches of the planet. These adventurers provide us with awesome images, words and videos from locations around the globe, (usually with the Touratech logo prominently displayed). In exchange we help them equip their bikes so they’re ready to take on the challenges of world travel.

Meet the Touratech R1200GS Rambler

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The mad-scientists at Touratech were challenged by BMW Motorrad to develop a 1200cc bike under 200 KMs(that's 445 lbs). In a top-secret lab somewhere in Germany they went to work and the results are here: the Touratech R1200GS Rambler. This svelte, rugged and fast machine is stunning. The concept motorcycle highlights Touratech's remarkable technological capabilities. [...]

Touratech’s Riding Resolutions for 2017

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The team at Touratech hopes you had a fantastic 2016 and are looking forward to many adventures and epic rides in 2017. We asked our staff what riding "resolutions" they have for the coming year and this is what they said! Iain Gynn (Chief Riding Officer/Adventure Expert): I’m going to put my 1200 back together. [...]

WABDR 2016: A Father/Daughter Adventure – Part 3

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Tom Myers is the owner of Touratech-USA. He’s been a rider his entire life and is a wizard on two-wheels. This summer, Tom’s 16 year old daughter, Chloe got her motorcycle endorsement and they embarked upon what will (hopefully) be the first of many father/daughter rides. On a new Touratech equipped, Honda Africa Twin and a vintage 1983 [...]

WABDR 2016: A Father/Daughter Adventure – Part 2

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Tom Myers is the owner of Touratech-USA. He’s been a rider his entire life and is a wizard on two-wheels. This summer, Tom’s 16 year old daughter, Chloe got her motorcycle endorsement and they embarked upon what will (hopefully) be the first of many father/daughter rides. On a new Touratech equipped, Honda Africa Twin and a vintage 1983 [...]

WABDR 2016: A Father/Daughter Adventure – Part 1

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Tom Myers is the owner of Touratech-USA. He’s been a rider his entire life and is a wizard on two-wheels. This summer, Tom’s 16 year old daughter, Chloe got her motorcycle endorsement and they embarked upon what will (hopefully) be the first of many father/daughter rides. On a new Touratech equipped, Honda Africa Twin and a [...]

What’s New About the New Honda CRF250L Rally?

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By Aaron Jennings, Touratech Adventure Expert Honda has just announced that they are going to sell the new CRF250L Rally in the USA. The price is stated to be $5,899, with the bike slated to arrive in showrooms in March! This bike certainly looks the ticket, but what is it really all about? The Good: -Rally-inspired [...]

Here it is! The New Touratech-USA Website!

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Today Touratech is excited and extremely happy to finally unveil the new touratech-usa.com website. We've been working on it for a very long time and our goal is to make the customer experience as positive as possible. Here are just a few of the upgrades: The new user interface allows you to browse with categories [...]

Archambault’s Angle: LC8 Skidplate

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My 2005.5 KTM 950 Adventure has worn the same Touratech skidplate since it was new, and from the photo it is easy to see it has stood the test of time well, and is still completely serviceable.  Even just looking at the few years I have owned this machine, it has gone over countless downed trees, a [...]