Adventure Motorcycle (ADVMoto) - March - April 2021

In this issue

Features
Tire Roundup: 9 ADV Tires for Any Budget • How to Survive an Adventure Ride • Rider Profile: Jack Groves - The Youngest to Travel Around the World?

Ride Reports
R&R for an RN in British Columbia • Tin Can to Tin Cup: A Long Overdue Trip • The Himalayan 25th Anniversary Ride

Product Reviews
Mosko Moto’s Rak Pullover jacket • Rox Barback Risers • Alpinestars Tech 7 Drystar enduro boot • National Cycle VStream Sport Windscreen for the Honda Africa Twin • Touratech Aventuro Traveller Carbon helmet • RAM Tough-Charge X-Grip wireless charging motorcycle mount

Tuning Up
Royal Enfield Slide School by Moto Anatomy: Sliding for Adventure

The Far-Ride
KLR Toolkit

Book Review
2Up and Overloaded: Chicago to Panama by Tim Notier

Alpinestars Tech 7 Enduro Drystar

Motocross boots have evolved considerably over the last 20 years, but that hasn’t been the case in the ADV segment, and we often have to sacrifice proper protection for dry feet. Meet the new Alpinestars Tech 7 Drystar enduro boot. We’ve been waiting for a boot like this for quite some time and, to this day, it still boggles my mind that it took so long.

2 mins

National Cycle VStream Sport Windscreen for Honda Africa Twin

There are many ways to improve motorcycle rider comfort, covering everything from bar risers to footpegs. Having done almost all of them, I decided to switch out my stock windscreen to see if it made a difference, especially on long trips.

1 min

Touratech Aventuro Traveller Carbon Helmet

Touratech has a long history of taking great helmets and adding their own features to make them stand apart. Their newest offering, the Aventuro Traveller Carbon, is no different. It’s built upon the Nexx X.Vilijord, a helmet not sold in North America but one that sits at the pinnacle of the Portuguese brand’s line-up. The Aventuro Traveller becomes its own with a full carbon shell, signature Touratech look, and easy accommodation for just about any communication system available.

2 mins

RAM Tough-Charge X-Grip Waterproof Wireless Charging Motorcycle Mount

RAM Mounts were first introduced in 1995, and over the last 25 years their ball and socket system has become the most ubiquitous way to mount devices wherever you need them. Recently they increased functionality to include Qi wireless charging with the Tough-Charge line of mounts.

2 mins

HOW TO SURVIVE an Adventure Ride

I’m no expert endurance rider or a professional fitness instructor, but what I can do is ride my motorcycle continuously for five long days and feel physically content at the end of the trip. Okay, maybe after the celebratory beers, I might not feel as good on the morning of the sixth day, but at least my muscles will be relaxed. So, what can you do to prepare for an upcoming off-road adventure to stay strong, enjoy the ride and be able to dismount at the end of the day without calling friends over to pry you off your bike? Here are a few tips from personal experiences that will help you succeed.

4 mins

THE YOUNGEST TO TRAVEL AROUND THE WORLD? JACK GROVES

In the age of electronics, hyper-communications, and convenience, it’s untrue that the world’s youth have lost the taste for adventure. There will always be an element within the human spirit that demands and grows from new life experiences—an instinct as old as Mankind. And you don’t have to look far to find it.

9 mins

R&R for an RN IN BRITISH COLUMBIA

A mid the chaos of the COVID-19 pandemic, I needed to find the quiet serenity that comes on two wheels. As a nurse educator in a trauma-based tertiary hospital, I’m deep in the trenches, responsible for disseminating information and implementing health regulations to frontline workers. Inundated with fear from global news, increasing numbers of the infected, lack of resources, and a palpable universal panic as the world began to shut down, I needed to be away from it all for a while.

6 mins

TIN CAN TO TIN CUP A LONG OVERDUE TRIP

Long before the modern U.S. highway system was built, with rest stops, 24-hour fuel, and every imaginable packaged food choice on hand, there were the “Tin Can Tourists,” the original American motorized overlanders. As early as the 1900s, these wanderers faced many of the same challenges we live with today. But life was far simpler for the Tin Can Tourist traveling dusty, rutted tracks in meagerly powered vehicles, camping off roadsides in canvas tents, and eating cans of beans over Sterno stoves. Fifteen months ago, we sold our house to join this rambling lifestyle.

5 mins

SLIDING FOR ADVENTURE

For the last 25 years I’ve been riding off road on everything from a 450cc lightweight to a heavily laden 1200cc adventure motorcycle. Although I was usually able to handle anything through rough terrain at slower speeds, I struggled at higher speeds on loose surfaces. And the biggest pucker moments occurred while approaching tight turns on gravel roads at high speed—barely navigating them safely.

3 mins

2Up and Overloaded

Chicago to Panama

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Adventure Motorcycle (ADVMoto) Magazine Description:

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

Ride Reports, Product Reviews, News and more!