If you’ve ever wanted to tour the world’s emptiest country, Mongolia, like Charley Boorman and Ewan McGregor in Long Way Round,...
Adventure seekers have a new destination to explore on two wheels, with motorcycle tour company Extreme Bike Tours launching its first...
The challenge is to ride more than 650 miles (1046km) around Lake Erie, the 10th biggest lake in the world, on any motorcycle less than 250cc in the shortest amount of time, all in the name of charity. The annual Lake Erie Loop raises money for the Aluminum Cans for Burned Children...
New motorcycle brands, different styles of bike and a travel service are part of the new direction being taken at...
Bookings are now open for an epic motorcycle tour following in the footsteps and camel tracks of ill-fated explorers Burke...
A motorcycle trip to the Himalayas has to rate as one of the top items on anyone’s bucket list. Veteran tour operators Mike and Denise Ferris of Aussie-based Ferris Wheels say their flagship tours in July and August of 2015 have several vacancies and they have assured riders that the...
Compass Expeditions will return to South America in 2016 for their biggest ride – a 128-day circumnavigation of the continent....
Three men and a woman will ride from the tip of Alaska to the bottom of South America on custom-built...
Six Aussies are among 17 riders in the Ice Run 2015 which is this week tackling the world’s largest frozen lake, Lake Baikal in Siberia, riding old-school vintage Ural outfits. Challenges include temperatures of minus 22, thin ice, remote forest tracks, open steppes, crevasse fields and deep ice cracks that...
Two riders from Wales and Oregon have travelled the length of the Americas on lightweight Husqvarna 650s in an attempt...
One lucky Ulysses member at the annual general meeting in Wodonga next week will win a free Tacos and Tequila...
Australian-based international motorcycle travel company Compass Expeditions is launching a TV mini-series. The two one-hour shows feature the 2014 Compass Expeditions trip from London to Magadan including the notorious Road of Bones which was the dramatic highlight of Ewan McGregor’s and Carley Booroman’s Long Way Round TV series. In fact, Charley narrates...
The town that became infamous when a pub refused service to charity riders in the early days of the VLAD...
One of the most popular attractions in Tamworth and certainly a favourite among the Hoggies at the 24th Annual HOG...
Cambodian motorcycle tour company Ride Expeditions is starting escorted trips into neighbouring Laos to ride the famous Ho Chi Minh Trail for the first time. The historic trail was a surreptitious military supply route for North Vietnam troops and supplies into South Vietnam via the neighbouring countries of Cambodia and...
Compass Expeditions has added new BMWs to their South American fleet to extend their suitability to shorter riders and two-up...
America is thawing its relations with Cuba and that will open the country up for motorcycle riders. The long-standing trade...
I have returned to Australia after a two-week motorcycle tour through New Zealand with new opinions of Kiwis and their gorgeous country. What a friendly bunch they are. They are the most welcoming nationality I have encountered … Apart from the cranky lady at the Auckland transport information desk who told...
As we cruise back into Auckland at the end of our two-week Hobbit Odyssey to return the trusty Harley Road...
When the co-founder of New Zealand’s oldest motorcycle tour company recommends a road as one of his favourites you know...
Even when we are just expecting a transport stage in our two-week Hobbit Odyssey, New Zealand surprises us. Day 13 of our tour starts with breakfast in our home stay in Hanmer Springs with over 300km to the Picton Ferry then another 200km from Wellington to Wanganui. It’s a long...
Even the Dakar Rally riders get a rest day, so we’ve programmed in a short ride today to recover on...
America’s top motorcycle travel company, EagleRider, is celebrating its first year in Australia with plans to expand its stores and...
Nothing beats local knowledge when you’re riding overseas and today we have an old friend in Christchurch who reveals the treasures of the riding roads down the Banks Peninsula to Akaroa and the secrets of Quake City. It’s day 11 of our Hobbit Odyssey tour of New Zealand on a...
If anything symbolises the majestic beauty of New Zealand, it’s Mt Cook as viewed across the azure waters of Lake...
From King of the Road to King of the Castle, today we have ventured across Central Otago to the east...
Despite only travelling 255km today, we hopped from cold and windy misty mountains in the Lord of the Rings Fiorland to hot Utah-style landscapes in Central Otago. That’s the beauty of New Zealand. It is a compact land of contrasts. The eighth day of our Hobbit Odyssey tour of New...
“How long will it take to get to Milford Sound,” Mrs MBW asks Phil, the service station attendant in Te...
The inaugural Iron Run motorcycle rally is being held in Queenstown, New Zealand, in March so we are stayed an...
From a sad and glum Greymouth to streams lined with bright wildflowers, from squally seaside rain to sparkling sunny lakesides, from straight and boring roads to the highest road in New Zealand that challenges the Stelvio Pass for excitement … This is day five of our 14-day Hobbit Odyssey motorcycle...
Are Kiwi drivers the most courteous and considerate in the world to motorcyclists? We are five days into our 14-day...
Riding in New Zealand is all about the twisties and today we have had a big slice of twisty heaven!...
Hobbit Odyssey Day 3: Ferry ride We are sitting on the Interislander Ferry heading to the South Island of New Zealand after three days in the North Island on our Hobbit Odyssey tour. The first three days have been adventurous with a lost pannier on the second day, but the...
Have you ever lost luggage off the back of your bike? It’s a shattering feeling and we experienced it on...
How would you like to ride a motorcycle flat out on the Bonneville salt flats, competing for class honours? Mojo...
How could a Hobbit Odyssey of New Zealand be complete without a trip to the Hobbit Movie Set at Hobbiton? Our very first day in Middle Earth consisted of a tour of beautiful Auckland, a Ring Burner burger at Burger Fuel, picking up a Harley Road King at Auckland Harley-Davidson...
If it’s experience you want when you travel to New Zealand, you should probably consider Te Waipounamu Motorcycle Tours. Te...
Today we head to New Zealand for two short weeks to explore mainly the South Island by motorcycle. We’ve ridden...
Australian motorcycle travel gurus Mike and Denise Ferris plan to add Mexico to their popular Ferris Wheels Motorcycle Safaris itinerary in 2015, possibly in December. “We are looking at introducing Mexico,” says Mike. “In fact this email is coming to you from Cancun on the Yucatan Peninsular in the land of...
How would you like to visit the land of cigars, salsa music, communism and old vehicles while indulging in the...