REI Co-op Trailgate Vehicle Sleeping Platform Two pieces of gear caught my attention at the Northwest Overland Rally, and REI Co-op’s Trailgate Vehicle Sleeping Platform was one of them. Car camping is arguably the most accessible form of vehicle-based travel for most, and I can see how a tiny interior could be made functional by…
Transforming Travels into Tales With Lois Pryce
Editor’s Note: This article was originally published in Overland Journal’s Spring 2022 Issue. With her cherry-hued hair, goggle-adorned helmet, and lightweight Yamaha motorbike, you are likely already well-acquainted with this British solo female adventure motorcycle rider, journalist, and author. She praised vulnerable travel in her TEDx Talk, was shortlisted for the Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards, and…
The Canyons of the Ancients
If you had lived in southern Colorado during the Ice Age, chances are you’d be hunting camels for your dinner. Luckily, a lot has changed since the Pleistocene era, the epoch geological timespan when glaciers ruled North America. Ten thousand years after its first settlers dined on camels and woolly mammoths, modern-day visitors to the…
Puig Touring Plus Windshield
Clearly I had underestimated the importance of choosing the right-sized windscreen for my 2020 BMW F 750 GS. With fellow adventure riders Parker Mims of Carlsbad, New Mexico, and Patrick Reid Hobby of Greenville, South Carolina, I tore off across the lower Texas landscape from the border town of Ruidoso. The spring winds had been…
Overland News of the Week
Purtrek 2-in-1 Trekking Poles Purtrek have developed an ingenious water solution for while out hiking. The innovative, “why didn’t I think of that” 2-in-1 trekking pole provides you with clean and safe water on hand, on-demand, and frees up space in your backpack. The trekking pole has an integrated water filtration system that you submerge,…
How To Become an Adventure Rider
Editor’s Note: This article was originally published in Overland Journal’s Spring 2022 Issue. Photography by Susan Dragoo Few motorsports employ such a diverse array of skills as adventure riding. Adventure riders are those enviable souls who ride big-bore motorcycles, some approaching 600 pounds before adding luggage, over terrain befitting a world traveler lost in the wilderness….
There’s Something for Everyone at This Year’s Northwest Overland Rally
Photography by Richard Giordano Nestled in the Beaver Valley and surrounded by the pine trees of the Wenatchee National Forest and the Cascade Mountains lies a field that, once a year, fills with trucks, vans, and cars, old and new, tents of all shapes and sizes, and overland fanatics, young and old(er). The brainchild of…
Enduristan Declares War on Wet Gear
The Enduristan arm of Lindeco Genuine Powersports has introduced a new multi-level duffel-style luggage option—the Tornado-2 Pack Sack. Riders can choose from four sizes to suit their load. While they will carry plenty by themselves, the pack sacks would also be perfect for supplementing the Enduristan Monsoon EVO panniers we covered in May. And their…
Klim Debuts Raptor GTX Line
If you can keep snowmobilers warm and dry as they roar through the Idaho snowpack, it should be a no-brainer to do the same for adventure motorcyclists. Klim has proven just that since it morphed into an all-season riderwear company early in the century. The light went on when the company noticed that serious off-road…
BMW MOA National Rally to Celebrate 50 Years
It would be kind of hard to find a bad road to traverse the Arkansas or Missouri Ozarks, as long as you avoid the interstates, that is. The tree-laden roads, laced with rivers, hills, valleys, and traces of Americana in its eateries and rest areas, will be the welcome paths for motorcyclists making their way…
The Moment Collectors, by Sam Manicom and Friends
I’ve never been much of a short-story reader; I like to invest in written tales for book-length escapes from reality. However, The Moment Collectors is a different kind of collection of short stories altogether—at least it was for me. As a round-the-world motorcycle traveler, there was something in each writer’s tale that I could directly…
Bear-proof Food Storage for Moto Campers
Many of us traveling overnight or long distances on motorcycles are going into bear territory; that’s why we love our ADV and dual-sport bikes—to get off main roads and into the backcountry. But what about storing food out of reach from bears while we sleep at night? Growing up in the Canadian Rockies, I often…
BearVault: A Container for Safe Food Storage in the Backcountry
As a rider, I’ve traveled through a lot of bear country, particularly in British Columbia, Alaska, and Russia. As a hiker, I’ve encountered dozens of bears—even been chased by one, which is why I take food storage in the wilderness seriously. Not only do I want to avoid being woken in the night by claws…
Sena Releases Three New Helmets With Built-in Comms
Stryker and Impulse, the Smart Helmet components of Sena’s Quantum Series of motorcycle communications products, are ready for the road. Although both Sena helmets are packed with innovative communications technology, Stryker is a full-face design priced at $549, while Impulse is a modular, or flip-face design, costing $699. Both shells are a composite fiberglass construction,…
Enduristan Debuts New Lightweight, Waterproof Monsoon EVO Luggage
Ready for the Monsoon? Enduristan USA is forecasting their new waterproof luggage line will be a big splash with adventure motorcyclists. The Monsoon EVO bags are prepared for the rain to fall, the mud to cake, and the snow to drift down on a ride, ensuring a dry camp and clean gear for the night….
Rev’It Refreshes Motorcycle Denim Collection
There’s no doubt that jeans are the go-to pants for many riders—they look good both on and off the bike. But while normal jeans are easily shredded by contact with the pavement, Riding Jeans from Rev’It are built to protect. And to make sure there’s a style for you this season, they’ve added 13 new…
Through Algeria and Tunisia on a Motor-bicycle with Lady Warren
Lead photo courtesy of Through Algeria & Tunisia on a Motor-bicycle “When the wandering spirit stirs him, lucky is he who can yield to the lure. There are probably few people, to whom travelling is even remotely possible, who have not felt the longing to feel and see the romance unfolded by travellers’ tales. To…
Last of the Igu
Editor’s Note: This article was originally published in Overland Journal’s Winter 2021 Issue. The road wound steeply through the mountains, hugging the forested flanks in a dizzying series of switchbacks. Waterfalls pounded onto the surface, gouging the mud into angry little streams. And all the time, the rain kept falling, falling, falling—slamming into the earth…
Overland News of the Week
Method 312 Double Black Wheel Method’s 312 wheel is now avaiable in a “Double Black” matte black/gloss black finish, and they look slick! If you are unfamiliar, the 312 is constructed from A356 aluminum with a T6 heat-treatment for strength and features a six-windowed design. The 312 has a load rating from 2650- to 3640-pounds…
Modern Explorer :: Charley Boorman
Editor’s Note: This article was originally published in Overland Journal’s Gear 2022 Issue. Many of you have seen Charley Boorman in the Long Way series with his friend and fellow traveler, Ewan MacGregor. Since that series started in the early 2000s, Charley has become a motorcycle influencer, professional speaker, and television presenter. To many, he lives…