Adventure Motorcycling Handbook: Worldwide Motorcycling Route & Planning Guide

by Chris Scott

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!

Genres: Travel, Adventure, Motorcycle, Nonfiction, Motorcycling, Reference

272 pages, Paperback

First published October 16, 1996

About the author

After exploring the Sahara in 1980s, I wrote Desert Biking in 1993. That evolved into today's Adventure Motorcycling Handbook, now in its 6th edition. I also co-wrote several editions of Australia for Rough Guides and worked on other RG titles. Desert Travels, a Saharan travelogue came next, then Sahara Overland, Overlanders Handbook, and Morocco Overland, all for Trailblazer Guides. I also enjoy updating Trailblazer's British walking guides once in a while.
I recently reprinted Desert Travels alongside a new book: Adventures in Motorcycling, an urban motobiography paralleling the DT era of the 1980s, but telling a quite different story.

Reviews

[Carla King · Rating 5 out of 5]

What can you say about a book that gives you every shred of information you need to prepare yourself for a round-the-world motorcycle adventure except for Thank You!

[John · Rating 5 out of 5]

A helpful starting point for planning your own adventure. Heavy on lists and practical tips. Takes a lot of the mystery out of the experience, which may be useful if that's what you're looking to do.

[Tyson Sommerville · Rating 5 out of 5]

a reference book that reads like a novel. must read for anyone interested in motorcycles.

[Michael (Mike) · Rating 4 out of 5]

If you are new to riding and want to head south of the border, I insist you read this book first. Then take some long distance rides here in the comfy US (or Europe) as practice before heading out to unknown lands and adventure, especially if you ride solo. Simple bike, means simple repairs, so ditch the idea of taking a high-tech bike for the ride. Comprende? I find most of what is written in the book to be applicable to my rides deep into Mexico from Houston.

[Rakesh Sridhar · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read this book when I was planning to travel from UK to Mongolia solo on a motorcycle. Used it more like an instruction manual and checklist rather than a typical read-for-fun book. Covers most things one must know when traveling overland! Although there are 1000s of blogs covering overland travel these days, this book is a one-stop shop for all that you need to know.

[daniel smith · Rating 3 out of 5]

Bit's and pieces were quite useful for my bike trip around Inida. It served the purpose of making my appropriatly concerned about my safety.

[Oleksii · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great practical guide

[Pat Loughery · Rating 5 out of 5]

The best printed resource for motorcycle travel round the world. Read HUBB website also

[Darcie Erin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Finished it! Again! Eventually the library will just give it to me, right?

[Paul · Rating 5 out of 5]

Mind blowing! Packed full of facts, but told in an interesting and informative way, I could not put it down! It makes me want to ride off into the sunset!

[Todd · Rating 5 out of 5]

The definitive book about escaping it all.

[Matt · Rating 4 out of 5]

The essential guide to adventure motorcycling anywhere in the world.