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The first thing we did was buy Chris Scott's Adventure Motorcycling Handbook. --Ewan McGregor, The Long Way Round
The first edition of the Adventure Motorcycling Handbook ... inspired motorcyclists across the world and launched the motorcycle websites that today bring bikers together to share information and plan their overland adventures. -- The Daily Telegraph
This book has, pound for pound, more hard facts and information about international motorcycle touring than anything else around --webBikeWorld
Recommended --Wanderlust, October 2009
The first edition of the Adventure Motorcycling Handbook ... inspired motorcyclists across the world and launched the motorcycle websites that today bring bikers together to share information and plan their overland adventures. -- The Daily Telegraph
This book has, pound for pound, more hard facts and information about international motorcycle touring than anything else around --webBikeWorld
Recommended --Wanderlust, October 2009
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Every red-blooded motorcyclist dreams of making the Big Trip--the "Adventure Motorcycling Handbook" is the comprehensive manual to make that idea a reality. Timbuktu to Kathmandu or Patagonia to Mongolia--it's all here. This expanded and re-designed new edition is packed with essential advice and practical know-how on the vital preparation for undertaking a long journey off the beaten track, be it in a nearby wilderness area or on the other side of the globe. So whether motorcyclists are planning their own Big Trip across Africa, Alaska, or Asia, or just enjoy reading about other people's adventures, this handbook is guaranteed to illuminate, entertain, and above all, inspire.
This book covers:
>Documentation--what travelers need and how to get it
>Choosing a destination
>Preparing a bike for long-range touring
>Off-road riding techniques
>Shipping or airfreighting a bike
>Transcontinental route outlines across Africa, Asia, and Latin Americas, plus backcountry riding in Southwest USA, Northwest Canada, and the Australian Outback.
>Navigation and Survival--what to do when things go wrong
>A dozen first hand accounts of biking adventures from the Sahara, Central Asia, East Africa, Colombia and Bolivia, the Yukon, and even Idaho!
This book covers:
>Documentation--what travelers need and how to get it
>Choosing a destination
>Preparing a bike for long-range touring
>Off-road riding techniques
>Shipping or airfreighting a bike
>Transcontinental route outlines across Africa, Asia, and Latin Americas, plus backcountry riding in Southwest USA, Northwest Canada, and the Australian Outback.
>Navigation and Survival--what to do when things go wrong
>A dozen first hand accounts of biking adventures from the Sahara, Central Asia, East Africa, Colombia and Bolivia, the Yukon, and even Idaho!
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33 of 34 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I've had this book for over 12 months and I still re-read it. Anyone planning to travel somewhere different on a motorbike will find this book really useful. Full of ideas, tips, lists, advice, it's all there. Even if you've never had a go at motorcycle touring before - this book will help. The information about touring in different continents/countries is excellent.
A practical book that sits on the bookshelf next to "Jupiter's Travels" - Buy it now!
44 of 46 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Chris has been there, seen it and done it. Well most things on a bike that are legal, and I guess a few that are not! This book gives detailed information for both novice and expert alike. From tyres to tools, from bikes to routes. If you really want to live the dream, then this is the first place to start, and if you are only dreaming.......dream on. Chris has not only put his wealth of knowledge, his love of travel and all other things biking into this book, but those of many others. It's full of stories and advice from people that really have been round the world on two wheels. A bible for any biking traveller....keep it close to hand, you never know when you might need its help.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
My first review here, but I feel obliged to do it after reading the two stars review.
The book is absolutely fantastic. I love this kind of books and this is really "hors-du-common". The explainations are concise and straighforward and it covers an amazing array of topics in a short space (I cannot think about a single unnecessary phrase). In each section, Chris Scott refers to brands and products -yes, real names- in the most objective way: "who needs this?", "they tend to break", "good but overpriced" and the like. So honest that he can even look "politically incorrect". And there is also some acid humour and found it never boring: you are not interested in tyres? Just skip it and go for camping equipment.
I planned a long motorbike trip but in the end was a overland journey by car, and the book was still VERY helpful since many topics are actually in common (tips about regions, carnet de passage, etc). If I wanted to be extremely picky, I could only blame the tiny b/w pictures, but there are so many all around supporting the sections that it is the only way to keep the book small and cheap.
The two stars reviewer should have bought something titled "European Motorcycling", and even for Europe, I find Adventure Motorcycling useful (luggage, winter, etc). At least for me, it has been.
You can re-read and still find it interesting, you can take a couple of minutes to cover just a matter, you can learn from others' experiences (they summarize experiences in regions with data like what bike, how much, how long, biggest mistake, etc), enjoy the excerpts from some motorbike travel books included or just dream about a desired adventure motorcycle travel reading any of the sections.
A MUST, 5 well merited stars. Full stop.
The book is absolutely fantastic. I love this kind of books and this is really "hors-du-common". The explainations are concise and straighforward and it covers an amazing array of topics in a short space (I cannot think about a single unnecessary phrase). In each section, Chris Scott refers to brands and products -yes, real names- in the most objective way: "who needs this?", "they tend to break", "good but overpriced" and the like. So honest that he can even look "politically incorrect". And there is also some acid humour and found it never boring: you are not interested in tyres? Just skip it and go for camping equipment.
I planned a long motorbike trip but in the end was a overland journey by car, and the book was still VERY helpful since many topics are actually in common (tips about regions, carnet de passage, etc). If I wanted to be extremely picky, I could only blame the tiny b/w pictures, but there are so many all around supporting the sections that it is the only way to keep the book small and cheap.
The two stars reviewer should have bought something titled "European Motorcycling", and even for Europe, I find Adventure Motorcycling useful (luggage, winter, etc). At least for me, it has been.
You can re-read and still find it interesting, you can take a couple of minutes to cover just a matter, you can learn from others' experiences (they summarize experiences in regions with data like what bike, how much, how long, biggest mistake, etc), enjoy the excerpts from some motorbike travel books included or just dream about a desired adventure motorcycle travel reading any of the sections.
A MUST, 5 well merited stars. Full stop.
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Adventure motorcyle hand book
Great point of reference for any budding Global motorcycle traveller. Lots of practical insights and advice coupled together with some extracts from the books of those travellers... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Neil - Adelaide
A must have book
This is a must have book if you have the adventure biking bug. There is so much more info in this book than other large picture laden coffee table hardbacks.
Published 8 months ago by jb
Good read
A great book, very in depth information with bags of ideas to get you across the country or on the round the world trip, I can't wait to get on my bike and put what I read into... Read more
Published 13 months ago by Skydiver
A really useful book!
Awesome book! I can tell that it's really worth it to buy. I would recommend it anyone who planning on an overland trip. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Greg
The Pusey View
Good book with lots of great information at a very good price. Delivery was very quick. DP
Published 19 months ago by David in Spain
Great Book for Motorcycling Adventures
All that you already know or imagine but putting in wright with an easy to read stile.
Published 20 months ago by E. Garcia Romero
good but
It is in serious need of a revision, in that this was written in 2005 and 5 years is a very very long time for things to get out of date. Read more
Published on 3 April 2010 by Paul M
state of mind
holiday or further? Motorcyclists, dont get out of your arm chair until you have read this book. The book is packed with excellent and practical advice. Read more
Published on 5 Feb 2010 by Mr. Colin Harding-mutter
Essential reading.
If you're planning to travel into the wilderness by motorcycle this book is a must read. Full of good tips and recommendations.
Published on 26 Jan 2010 by H G MILLICHAP
ADVENTURE MOTORCYCLING HANDBOOK
I WAS EXPECTING ALOT OF EUROPEAN TOURS. INSTEAD THERE ARE ALOT OF EASTERN AND AUSTRALIAN TOURS. AN INTERESTING READ AND WELL WRITTEN, BUT FOR PRACTICAL PURPOSES THIS BOOK IS FOR... Read more
Published on 5 Sep 2009 by IAN
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