Adventure Motorcycling - Plan and complete the journey of a lifetime by Robert Wicks:
Adventure Motorcycling covers all the aspects you need to consider before leaving home and once you set off - from choosing the right motorcycle to advice on riding techniques, navigation, budgets, maintenance and life on the road. An indispensable resource written from first-hand experience, Adventure Motorcycling covers three key areas:
Preparation - budgets, paperwork, your group, choosing the right motorcycle and deciding on the route.
On the road - covers a range of topics including motorcycle maintenance, border crossings, personal health and navigation.
Adventures - all with their own geography, budgets, encounters and objectives and the experience of a lifetime.
With more than 200 colour photographs from some of the world's greatest adventure rides, Adventure Motorcycling will inspire, enthuse, invigorate and enable everyone - expert and novice alike - to undertake a motorcycle adventure with confidence. Foreword by Ted Simon, author of Jupiter's Travels, the inspiration for a thousand motorcycle adventures including Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman's Long Way Round and Long Way Down.
Features practical advice on:
- Planning an individual journey or joining an organised adventure.
- Customising the motorcycle, fitting and testing accessories and aftermarket equipment.
- Essential gear - boots to stove, sleeping bag to puncture repair kit.
- Personal safety.
- Living on the road, bike maintenance and riding techniques.
- First-hand tales of adventure motorcycling.
Hardback, 270 x 210mm, 176 pages, 200 colour illustrations
Author: Robert Wicks
Title: Adventure Motorcycling - Everything you need to plan and complete the journey of a lifetime
Haynes Book No. H4435
Format: HB 176 pages
Publisher: Haynes Publishing
Pub date: Jan 2008
ISBN: 9781844254354
