Adventure Motorcycle (ADVMoto) - November-December 2019

In this issue

Features
One Hell of a Week: Hellas Rally Raid, Greece • Risks of Motorcycle Travel in Third World Countries • 2019 Honda CB500X Redesigned: Much More than Bold New Graphics

Ride Reports
Baja on a Royal Enfield • Seven Days Through the Hill Tribe Villages of Northern Thailand • Snowbound at the Stowasis

ADVMoto Holiday Gift Guide

Product Reviews
Britannia Composites WR250R fairings • Dainese Universe GORE-TEX Gloves + Gore Grip technology • Lextek SA-1 slip-on exhaust for the Royal Enfield Himalayan • Mobile Warming Dual Power Heated Jacket • REV’IT! Expedition H20 riding boots • Step Ramp all-in-one loading system

Racer Profile
From Ultra-Distance Running to the Ultimate Rally Race: Kyle McCoy Trains Up for Dakar 2020

Tuning Up
ADVMotorcycle Winterization 101

Product Roundup
Lithium Ion Thunderdome

Film Review
Somewhere Else Together by Daniel Rintz and Josephine Flohr

One Hell of A Week Hellas Rally Raid, Greece

I started riding motorcycles some six years ago in Peru, and it wasn’t because I was always a die-hard moto fan or knew anything about bikes.

10 mins

Risks Of Motorcycle Travel In Third World Countries

In May of 2017, Ivana and I completed four years of motorcycling around the world. Imagine the indescribable feeling of returning home after such a long time and having fulfilled a dream like that.

7 mins

Baja On A Royal Enfield

Winter was easing into its usual patterns of long, cold nights and travel advisories. December was just two days away and I was preoccupied when my phone buzzed with an incoming text. It was Jimmy, asking if I wanted to do Baja in March—a trick question?

7 mins

Snowbound At The Stowasis

The thought of halting our big trip in Alberta, Canada, or anywhere in fact, was utterly untenable. Approaching three years of maintaining a steady momentum on the road, why would we stop now? Yet staying a few nights over late summer at a friend’s place, affectionately dubbed “Stowasis,” (coined from our host’s surname, Nevil Stow, a renown RTWer whose home in Canmore, Alberta is a legendary stopover for travelers) merged rapidly into a fortnight, which fused at equal speed into the fall. The birds were busy in the trees, and the air still gave promise of warm if not mild days to come. Five months later and through the inexhaustible dictates of the warmest hospitality—not withstanding the coldest winter we’ve experienced to date—we stalled the motorcycling.

8 mins

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The original and oldest Adventure and Dual Sport Motorcycle Magazine in North America.

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