Cambodian-based motorcycle tour company Ride Expeditions is expanding into the Himalayas and will further expand into Laos, Burma and Thailand....
Revolt Motors is releasing their third motorcycle to the showroom – and it’ll be a tad more budget-friendly than its...
Extreme Bike Tours is offering a 10% discount on its first tours of Tibet and Nepal, the Mt Everest base camp and the Forbidden City of Lhasa in 2020. Riders will be aboard Royal Enfield Himalayan adventure motorcycles which were tested in the Himalayas. We toured Sri Lanka last year...
Victorian rider Heather Ellis has released her second book, Timeless On The Silk Road: An Odyssey From London to Hanoi. It follows her first...
The most legendary motorcycle tour has to be riding a Royal Enfield to the top of the world in the...
Most riders don’t use their horn, but is vital for travelling safely in Asia, writes travel writer Maria Visconti. (Click here to check out legalities of horn use.) While most Australian riders will not automatically check where their rented bike’s horn is before starting to ride abroad — and would...
Do you really need a big adventure bike to do a big adventure like Charley Boorman and Ewan McGregor did...
Yamaha has just announced that an update to the R15 V3.0 will be launching in India on September 21. From what...
Honda has launched an adventure motorcycle that’s perfect for new riders to set out trail hunting on. It’s part of the tried-and-tested CRF line and has a curb weight of just 145kg. The downside? It’s available only in China (for now). The CRF190L shares its engine with the 184.4cc single-cylinder...
Just because you only pillion doesn’t mean you have to miss out on adventure riding in exotic locations such as...
It’s no secret that China sports a large motorcycle community – many brands of which are new and strange to...
Australians can grab a 10% discount on 2019 two-wheeled adventure tours in Asia, Madagascar or Cuba as Extreme Bike Tours celebrates its 10th year and 100th tour. The professional tour company is run by Britsh expats and Sri Lankan locals who know the Asian region well. We can recommend the...
The island nation of Sri Lanka off the southern coast of India is a rider’s paradise as well as an...
Six Aussies are among 17 riders in the Ice Run 2015 which is this week tackling the world’s largest frozen...
Jacob Laukaitis spent a month exploring Bali on a motorcycle and declares it is a paradise for riding. Watch his fantastic video as evidence. While one Aussie tourist dies every nine days in Bali, typically in a drunken scooter crashes, Lithuanian-born Jacob declares he didn’t die once! “I had the experience of...
After the recent bombing tragedy in Sri Lanka, security has been stepped up and it’s now deemed safe to ride...
Cambodian motorcycle tour company Ride Expeditions is starting escorted trips into neighbouring Laos to ride the famous Ho Chi Minh...
Extreme Bike Tours will be on a new Himalayan Expedition from 11-25 July 2020 and is offering a 10% discount only to Motorbike Writer readers! This “once in a lifetime” ride that will take you in some of the most remote and dramatic areas of the Spiti Valley (pictured above) and...
Motorcycle tour company India Travelz has offered Motorbike Writer readers a special US$250 (about A$325) discount on their tours. Just...
Veteran Aussie motorcycle adventurers Shirley Hardy-Rix and Brian Rix packed their big Beemer in 2015 for a trip from Greece...
UK travel writer and adventure motorcyclist Antonia Bolingbroke-Kent has launched a motorcycle tours company specialising in “unique and fairly gnarly, extremely enlivening bike tours to places very few other people ride”. Edge Expeditions will start with two small group rides along Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan’s legendary Pamir Highway in June and July 2016,...
Kyrgyzstan is one of the exotic “stans” in central Asia west of China and north of Pakistan, a country undiscovered...
Experienced riders and daredevils are invited to join the inaugural Nomadic Knights reconnaissance motorcycle tour of the hair-raising Cliffhanger in the Himalayas. The...
The island nation of Sri Lanka off the southern coast of India has been plagued by a long civil war, the 2004 tsunami, the 2019 bombing tragedy and the current pandemic. However, it’s also a rider’s paradise and an excellent introduction to riding in Asia and the subcontinent region. Now...
The Tokyo Motor Show has showcased the latest and greatest innovations in the automotive and power sports industries since 1954....
Despite a broken wiring loom, Lithuanian motorcycle adventurer Karolis Mieliauskas has successfully competed an epic ride to the coldest place...
Extreme Bike Tours is offering a remote extension to its Mongolian motorcycle tour with the opportunity to do some 4WDing and horseback riding. There have been other tours that offer hiking and sailing as an extension of their tour, but this seems to be a first. Driving 4WDs and riding...
The world’s largest motorcycle manufacturer is about to launch its new brainchild, the Pulsar 250F, with the official launch in...
Indian-based motorcycle tour company Legendary Moto Rides is offering Motorbike Writer readers a 10% discount on their three 2019 Himalayan...
Australian motorcycle travel company World on Wheels is offering the first ladies-only tour of the Himalayas in 2018. WOW cofounder Denise Ferris (pictured above) says she has been thinking about a “ladies-only tour” for some time. “There are a lot more women who ride these days, so why not?” she...
Two mini-series about riding across Siberia and the length of Africa with Australian-based international motorcycle travel company Compass Expeditions are...
With an increase in desire for travel, efficiency comes a blow-out to an entirely different corner of the market –...
It didn’t take long for the new Royal Enfield Himalayan adventure bike to replace the Bullet as the preferred machine on tours through the subcontinent. Nomadic Knights is the first motorcycle tour company to offer expeditions in India, Nepal and Tibet on Royal Enfield’s new 411cc adventure bike. Tour company MD Alex Pirie...
(Contributed post) Motorbike riding is a thrilling activity especially when carried out on challenging terrains such as sand and rocks....
(Contributed article) Dubai, United Arabs Emirates is one of the most visited cities in the world. The beautiful desert landscape,...
Three companies are stepping up to the proverbial plate and contributing to the grey zone between gasoline and electric vehicles. According to a report from MotoPinas, Bosch and Volkswagon have joined forces with Shell to create a new low-carbon “blue” fuel comprised of 33% renewable ingredients. Two of these biomass-based...
Sri Lanka is a country that seems to be off the schedule for most motorcycle tour companies, but not Extreme...
Sri Lanka may not feature on many riders’ bucket list for motorcycle travel, but after recently completing a 13-day ride with...
Riders looking for an overseas riding adventure can secure a 10% discount on seven adventures with Extreme Bike Tours in 2019 if they book before April 30, 2018. We recently toured Sri Lanka with the company and found it to be a professional organisation with great local knowledge. The company...
India is about to be inundated with the all-new Indian Chief lineup, including the Chief Dark Horse, Bobber Dark Horse,...