CLICK HERE TO WATCH EPISODE EIGHT! Get ready for an adrenaline-fueled episode! In this one, we’re finalising the KTM customization as we, and Taco Mike, applied the finishing touches to our 500 EXC-Fs geared up for an unparalleled setup. Including the installation of Michelin Bib mousses. Testing and fine-tuning became the final focus as we […]
CLICK HERE TO WATCH OUR THIRD YOUTUBE EPISODE! In completing phase one of building the ultimate adventure bike, adventurizing our KTM 500 EXC-Fs into globe-trotting beasts, we shifted our focus to the heartbeat of our modern steeds: electronics and navigation. Get ready for the grand reveal as we reach the culmination of our adventure-ready bikes’ […]
CLICK HERE TO WATCH OUR SECOND YOUTUBE EPISODE! Episode Two! We dive into building the ultimate adventure bike, our KTM 500 EXC-Fs, into globe-trotting beasts! These off-road titans are gearing up to conquer the world. Wondering why these formidable dirt bikes aren’t already destined for the open road? The answer lies in their stock status, […]
“The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon”. Something that Chris McCandless (Into the Wild) wrote in one of his letters to which I can relate pretty well after nigh five years on the road. For him and […]
Zion National Park, Utah “Climb if you will, but remember that courage and strength are nought without prudence and that a momentary negligence may destroy the happiness of a lifetime. Do nothing in haste; look well to each step, and from the beginning think what may be the end.” Edward Whymper nailed it in Scrambles […]
Woody’s Wheel Works, Colorado Roughly 1,000-killer-miles straight from Death Valley to Denver, we worked our cockadoodle guts to get there. But then our friend Woody is like L’Oreal, he’s worth it. A guy that can only be described with any real accuracy as Jack Nicolson meets Father Christmas. But first, it was a challenging test […]
Ancient beings in the Bristlecone Pine Forest, California In early April, when Death Valley had finally, finally started to lose some of its gleam, we jumped back on the road. And an hour’s scoot to the east of Bishop, up the road from Big Pine, arrived at the Bristlecone Pine Forest nestled in the White […]
Las Vegas Packed up once again at our Arizonan base in Prescott, the rolling dice until sunrise awaited. Vegas, baby. I could only imagine the indulgent sights that lay in store smack dab in Nevada’s Mojave Desert. Sure of myself that its focal point, the Strip, would be akin to Blackpool, my hometown but on […]
“I really don’t want to go,” and pouted as I tried to internalize an unnecessary degree of petulance. Dispensing our warm goodbyes to biking friends in Borrego Springs, we saddled up and I reluctantly turned the key in the ignition. After multiple postponed departures, that is. A heavy sigh betrayed a sadness in parting from […]