The “Army Green” RTech plastic kit for the 2020 - 2024 Yamaha Tenere 700 is better than we expected. We have had it installed on our T7 for a few weeks now and think it looks awesome. Available now at @tmbrmoto. #tenere700 #t7 #tenere #yamaha #yamahatenere700 #yamahamotorcycles #motorcycles #dualsportadv #adventuremoto #offroad #backroads #ridemore #upshift_online #tmbrmoto https://www.instagram.com/p/DKVO0q0hKqo

A beautiful day at the Giant Loop Rally In Burns, Oregon! If you haven't already be sure to stop by the BDR Tent to chat with BDR Team Members @freespiritpixie, @nathan.fant, and @kyrie_adventures! See you soon! #RideBDR #RideRight #RideRespectfully https://www.instagram.com/p/DKUufWbN0Pp

#MABDR complete and in the books! @ridebdr thank you for this route, it was absolutely fantastic and so enjoyable from start to finish. The scenery, the views, river crossings and the history on the trails. Amazing! @klimmotorcycle thanks for the gear keeping us dry and warm! I’m sure more posts and pictures coming soon! Now onto the next! #avdrider #shortavdrider #dirtroads #rideavd #ridebdr #rideright #riderespectfully #bmw1300gs #bmw1250gsa #klimmotorcyclegear #sidibootsusa https://www.instagram.com/p/DKUtZopuqpM

Wyoming and BDR: A Model Partnership for Outdoor Recreation and Rural Economic Growth. At the recent Wyoming Outdoor Recreation Summit, BDR Board Member @bill.whitacre presented on the success of the partnership (BDR & The Wyoming Office of Outdoor Recreation ) highlighting how BDR routes have not only driven tourism but also contributed significantly to local economies. The partnership is a good example of how BDR routes can drive long-term economic growth in rural areas. By working directly with counties and local businesses, BDR helps prepare communities for the influx of riders and tourism-related activity, ensuring that the benefits of adventure motorcycling tourism are felt throughout the region for years to come. Want to learn more? Check out our latest news article and review some of the key stats from our 2023 Economic Impact Study at the link below: 🌐 https://bit.ly/WYO-BDR 👉 Link in stories too! #RideBDR #RideRight #RideRespectfully @wyorec 📸: @cudby (Expedition Photos) https://www.instagram.com/p/DKTbf4Ut3Zj

Mosko Moto has expanded their luggage lineup with the launch of the all-new Hood Tail Bag, a rugged storage solution inspired by their popular Hood Tank Bag but ‘reimagined’ for tail rack mounting. This latest addition keeps the tough, 100% waterproof seam-welded 840D TPU construction of its tank bag cousin, while leveling up with more […] The post Mosko Moto Debuts All-New Zipperless, Waterproof ‘Hood Tail Bag’ appeared first on ADV Pulse. https://www.advpulse.com/adv-news/mosko-moto-debuts-all-new-zipperless-waterproof-hood-tail-bag/

The countdown to the ABR Festival 2025 is well and truly on, and we’re excited to reveal the official site map. From 27-29 June, Ragley Hall will be transformed into an adventure and trail riding paradise with over 50km of on-site trails, every major motorcycle manufacturer, over 150 trade stalls, four guest speaker stages, two live music stages, a rider display arena, and much, much more. You can get your bearings around the festival site early by downloading the official map today. Everyone who enters the festival will receive one as a foldable pocket map, but you can use this to start planning your weekend early! We can’t wait to see you all next month. To view and download the map, click the link in our bio. https://www.instagram.com/p/DKSdEImiyRE

What’s better than a cuppa in the morning to wake you up? A free cuppa, that’s what ☕ That’s exactly what you’ll get in the campsites of the ABR Festival each morning. We’ve teamed up with the good guys and girls at @mitasmoto to bring everyone camping at the ABR Festival free morning brews, which will help make you a very happy camper. Dotted around the campsites of the ABR Festival, you’ll find strategically placed Mitas Pitstops. Each one will offer free tea and coffee for you to enjoy while you wake up. They’ll be located next to the toilet and shower facilities, meaning you’ll have refreshments on hand should you want to use the facilities at a particularly busy time. You can snag a hot drink on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday between 6 a.m. and 10 a.m. https://www.instagram.com/p/DKRq23Lq1Ou

REMINDER: South East BDR Comes To YouTube - June 4th! 📡 Tune in LIVE at RideBDR.com/SEBDR Join Team BDR from @eurosportasheville as we broadcast live the entire South East Backcountry Discovery Route Expedition Documentary Film! This final cut, extended edition will feature the long-awaited northern sections from Maggie Valley, NC to Damascus, VA. Originally left out due to storm damage from Hurricane Helene, this final leg has now been fully scouted, filmed, and is ready to ride. Whether you’ve already seen the film, or are just getting started planning your ride, this is your opportunity to: ✅ Hear directly from the route creators and expedition team ✅ Get the inside story on how the route was developed ✅ Learn what makes the final stretch through the Southern Appalachians a must-ride ✅ Don’t miss this chance to go behind the scenes and celebrate the full SEBDR—now complete, end to end. ✨ Plus a few exciting surprises along the way! Tune in live on YouTube – Wednesday, June 4th at 7 pm Eastern! The South East BDR is presented by: @edelweissbiketravel @hdpanamerica @triumphamerica #RideBDR #RideRight #RideRespectfully https://www.instagram.com/p/DKQ_Ojbt9Hr

When Anchen and Bernd Sass’s children moved abroad, the couple decided it was time to start living the dream they had discussed for decades. In their mid-50s, they left behind stable careers and set off on motorcycles—despite Anchen having no riding experience and deep fears about learning. Over sev https://adventureriderradio.com/adventure-rider-radio-episodes/2025/5/28/the-road-ahead-reinventing-life-on-two-wheels

🦎 @thedustylizard is heading back to the San Juan mountains. Camp and Ride in Ouray, Colorado! From Thursday, August 14th - Sunday, August 17th, 2025. A weekend of epic riding, camping, live music, and food. 🎟️ Tickets are live at moskomoto.com! There is a range of ticket options—including a No Camping/Lodging option for those staying off-site. 🚨 If you’re going that route, they have blocked off lodging just 0.3 miles from the venue at the Ouray Riverside Resort. Call 970-325-4523 to book one of the 19 RV sites, 8 small cabins, 2 deluxe cabins, or 6 hotel rooms. Scenes from a previous Colorado Dusty Lizard, filmed by @get.ruby.moto #moskomoto #dustylizard #ouray #colorado #ridemore #upshift_online #tmbrmoto https://www.instagram.com/p/DKPx_uPyZsu

Want a free sticker? Come and see us at ABR festival! What are you looking forward to? #ilikemotorbikes #abr2025 https://www.instagram.com/p/DKPslegqTVf

Published in: Rides If there was ever a place to ride that sounded so wild, so beautiful, so outrageous that you find yourself feeling that it must be fictitious―that place could only be Namibia. It’s a country so remarkable and diverse that it takes the crown as not only one of the best motorcycle destinations in Africa, but possibly in the entire world.  Before I arrived in Namibia, I’d heard a lot about it from friends, colleagues, and locals I’d met en route through the African continent. The conversations always went the same way: “Oh you’re heading south, make sure you leave enough time for Namibia. You’ll be blown away!” It was intriguing, especially considering most of these conversations took place over 2,000 miles and several countries away from Namibia. What made this place so special? Why were so many suggesting I hightail it across a continent to make certain I spent the lion’s share of my trip in one country? There was only one way to find out. Upon crossing the border from Botswana, there’s an immediate change in the air. The world’s second most sparsely-populated country is intersected by huge, well-maintained highways, which conveniently cut the country into several large sections and connect the major cities of Windhoek and Swakopmund. While well-maintained roads are seldom on a list of adventure riders’ demands, these highways make it easy to head into the wilderness for adventure. The road system is like a pipeline taking you from a resupply point in the city to the real treasures of Namibia. Arriving in Windhoek, I was immediately surprised by the capital city’s cleanliness and modernity. As a rider who often has little interest in big cities and concrete structures, even I had to admit it was an interesting place. A modern metropolis in the middle of a desert, it’s superbly structured and complete with a plethora of motorcycle shops and beer gardens pretty much everywhere you look. It was a welcome pit stop after months in the wilderness of Africa. Along with the coastal town of Swakopmund, it would become a unique starting point for a series of incredible adventures. After stocking up, I decided to explore the southern chunk of the country first. This area is often featured in National Geographic or on BBC nature documentaries. As I found out, this was for good reason. As you turn off the main road, the modern 21st century scenery quickly dissolves away, and the hustle and bustle of city life fades in an instant. In front of you are 1,000 miles of desert, mountains, salt pans and pretty much everything else that an adventure rider dreams about. The tarmac disappears, the sun beats down, and you’re soon melting in your motorcycle jacket. The scenery undergoes a tremendous change. It’s as if the place has been carefully drawn by an artist with an imagination that’s a little too wild to make it real. Over the course of the ride south, you are bombarded with a whole range of geography including vast desert plains, scenic mountain passes through chocolate hills, large rock formations, a thousand hill valleys, dried-up riverbeds, and national parks with wild roaming oryx. Then, you are treated to the sight of the second largest canyon on the globe. The entire region seems endless. Occasionally, through the infinite mixture of gravel and sand tracks, you see a roadhouse or a miniscule town with a few rusty derelict vehicles, a desert windmill, and a gas station, enabling you to fill up on petrol and supplies for the journey ahead. Even these small communities add to the experience; each looks straight from an old Western movie, complete with interestingly apt names such as the town of Solitaire or the Canyon Roadhouse. They are masterfully decorated with the colorful stickers of every traveler and biker to have passed through the area. It is an incredible place, but also a relentless one. The medley of gravel and sand roads, whilst initially pleasant and exciting, begins to wear you down with help from the extortionate summer heat to, forcing you to make camp and take shelter early in the day. All the more reason to relax, open a beer and enjoy the simple life of motorcycle camping. It truly is an adventure on its own, and once you finally reach the main road that marks the southern exit of the desert, you’re hit by conflicted feelings. The small happiness you feel knowing you can sit down and relax on your seat is immediately diminished by the vast sadness of being away from that visual masterpiece. After you head back north and restock supplies in the city of Windhoek, the coastal section of the country steps in to grab the reins of the adventure and firmly takes the spotlight. As if Namibia hadn’t already given you enough reason to max out your camera’s SD cards, you are greeted with the Namib Desert and the Skeleton Coast. Local bushmen call this vast, beautiful landscape “The Land God Made in Anger.” Portuguese sailors called it “The Gates of Hell.” Whale bones littered this windswept coast in the past, but now it’s home to the remnants of ships that veered too close to shore―and the rare desert lion, if you are unlucky enough to bump into one on the passage through. This is a popular sightseeing attraction for tourists and a wonderful backdrop for some beautiful off-road riding. The Namib Desert meets the coast head-on, towering above the ocean with sand dunes that would look more in place in a children’s cartoon than a real-life landscape. Motorcycles aren’t allowed in most Namibian national parks, but even the scenery outside of the boundaries is as spectacular as anything I have ever come across, and the gravel roads and sand trails dissect through the most beautiful of each of these natural monuments. Once again, one of Namibia’s well-kept cities provides a welcome break and pitstop from this haven. Stop in Swakopmund, and you can resupply and clean off the mud, sand, and salt before heading north into the journey’s final stage, into one of Africa’s last great wilderness destinations: Kaokoland. The tracks north of Swakopmund take you through the Skeleton Coast National Park (where bikes are allowed to transit) and up into the northwest of Namibia. If the south and the coast of the country haven’t scratched your itch for adventure by now, this place really strives to go one step further. As you ride past the main road, the terrain becomes brutal all over again as the packed gravel and soft sand of the coastal roads make way for rocks and corrugations. I had plenty of photo opportunities, but several flat tires and a broken clutch cable served as massive inconveniences, reminding me this was not a place I wanted to be stranded. Keeping true with the north’s reputation as a wilderness location, the infrequent roadhouses and gas stations from the southern route are replaced with small local villages selling gasoline out of jerrycans and Coca-Cola bottles. Once again, you’re greeted with an ever-changing medley of scenery, from desert plains, red rock mountains and then finally the slowly emerging greenery that straddles the legendary mountain passes and the famous Etosha salt plains of the north. A vast feeling of isolation complements this spectacle. It feels like the marvelous stone statues of the Kaokoland Lone Men are the only other living souls in this landscape. These can become a mysterious treasure hunt in the desert; the figures are masterfully hidden amongst the most desolate and interesting landscapes, their locations known only to those willing to search in the wilderness. It’s something quite remarkable that so much scenery can be squeezed into a single country, and yet with all the wildness, and all the adventures to be had, you can still end the week with a cold Namibian beer in a 19th century German bier haus. By the time my visa had expired, and I had to move on, I finally understood why everyone had urged me to rush to this magnificent country. The diversity of Namibia ensures that a short stay could give you a taste of the country’s wonders, but you could easily spend a lifetime here and still want more. It truly is a paradise for motorcycling. You get beautiful scenery, incredible infrastructure, fantastic culture, and a variety in off-road riding so diverse that you find yourself thinking it must have been crafted deliberately. But, as in any great motorcycling adventure, this all comes in a rough and unforgiving package, one that constantly reminds you why you carry spares in your panniers and why you thumbed through that beaten-up Haynes manual for your motorcycle before setting off. As the Grand Tour so aptly stated after visiting this place, “Namibia, it is one beautiful bastard of a country!” Luke Phillips is a long-time adventure rider and ex-British army paratrooper from Stourbridge, England. In 2017 he quit his job, sold all his possessions, and has never looked back. He’s ridden his Rally Raid CB500x all over the world, with 150,000 km, six continents, and 47 countries ridden. Luke is currently riding through Africa, and you can join his journey on Instagram at @LukePhill17 Read more ... http://adventuremotorcycle.com/rides/namibian-motorcycle-adventure

Riding to the ABR Festival from the South West and want a free breakfast on the way? Then you should join the official Fowlers of Bristol ride to Ragley Hall. Fowlers is located 60 miles south of Ragley Hall in Bristol, and they will be leading two ride-ins to the ABR Festival. One is on Super Thursday, and one is on Friday. Both rides will depart at 9:30 a.m., and you can meet from 8:30 a.m. This will be a great opportunity to meet your fellow festival-goers and go for a cracking ride before the event even starts. Also, you just can’t beat a bacon roll and coffee in the morning, especially as it’s free. If you’re interested in tagging along, make sure to register your interest using the link here: https://bit.ly/43b2bI2 https://www.instagram.com/p/DKPeMqPiEvl

With the Yamaha Ténéré 700 and Tracer 9GT+ side by side, we’re having a debate over which we’d rather choose for a weekend adventure... What would you choose? https://www.instagram.com/p/DKO61trijX9

Seth Cassaday and his crew of 5 just wrapped the #SEBDR! What are you waiting for? Tag your riding buddies and tell them it's time #RideBDR! 📸: Seth Cassaday #RideRight #RideRespectfully https://www.instagram.com/p/DKOhyEEx0Kt

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Beta Motorcycles has reached a new milestone, reporting record-breaking sales growth in the U.S. market. Between 2018 and 2024, the Italian brand saw a strong 180% increase in sales, with an additional 10% growth projected from 2024 to 2025. This success comes at a time when other major manufacturers, such as KTM and Harley-Davidson, have […] The post Beta Announces Record-Breaking US Sales Despite Turbulent Times appeared first on ADV Pulse. https://www.advpulse.com/adv-news/beta-record-breaking-us-sales/

Not sure this is the route we would have gone. 😬 Some challenging lines at @grindingstoneaz. @cooperabbott120 March 2024. 📸 @cdealva https://www.instagram.com/p/DKNEDaLRiA7

Since a young age, Joey had one dream that stood out above any other: to race in the Dakar Rally. A race widely known as the toughest, longest and most dangerous off-road race in the world. But in 2007, his dream, along with the rest of his life, was completely shattered when during a race in South Africa, he was hit by another biker and amongst other serious injuries, he broke his back, crushing his spinal cord, leaving him completely paralysed from just below his chest. The prognosis was that he would never walk or feel his legs again. Refusing to give up on his dream, it would take him 10 long years, with numerous challenges and successes along the way, until in 2017 he stood as a competitor on the start line of the Dakar Rally in Asunción, Paraguay. The unimaginable events that he endured during the 9000km race across South America tested him far beyond what even he could have imagined. The catastrophic event of his bike being crushed by a two-ton rally car on the second last day, suddenly leaving him stranded, alone and considered out of the race, set the stage for an epic final chapter. If you want to hear more about Joey’s Dakar journey and his other adventures around the globe, you can catch Joey on stage at this year’s ABR Festival 2025, taking place from June 27 to 29 at Ragley Hall, Warwickshire, UK. Click the link in our bio to find out more information. https://www.instagram.com/p/DKMZNtbC2C5

Muddy conditions on the Black Hills BDR-X! Travis Ehrlick just finished riding the route and checked in with the following trip report: (* Edited lightly for clarity) "Just got done with the BDR-X. We started just north of Custer park lake and stopped in Deadwood. Couldn't see the views, but I've been here before. Trails were easy but lacked traction in some areas so take it easy cause it'll be slick, but easy to get through when wet. (Bridge is out just before Spearfish) Section 2 Was the most fun with flowy trails and manageable mud that's still slick, but fun in the hard section. Weather was good to us too. Section 3 Hard section we had to turn around near the top of Bear Mountain because of the mud. Also mud was horrible in the section circled in the photo - very slick and sticky. We took off the front fender of the T7 to make it easier and that might have helped with the Bear Mountain hill climb. my 700 did alright in it. We made it through the rain fog and mud. The mud made what would have been to me a very easy BDR-X, challenging to a little fun, but very difficult near the end. #RideBDR #RideRight #RideRespectfully https://www.instagram.com/p/DKL5bGzRRgr

@betausa announces the 2026 RR X-Pro models. Details at Upshift Online. All 4-Stroke X-Pro models are approved for California green sticker too. #betamotorcycles #betausa #betarr #newmodel #motorcycle #dirtbike #dualsport #enduro #offroad #ridemore #upshift_online #tmbrmoto https://www.instagram.com/p/DKLGUxdhIsx

Three-wheel ATV survivor right here. I must confess our family had four of these “death traps” that we grew up riding in the 1980s. Against the odds, I lived to tell about it. After making the switch to two wheels in my teens (and a nationwide ban on these vehicles by the Consumer Product Safety […] The post Can-Am Canyon 3-Wheeled Adventure Tourer First Ride Review appeared first on ADV Pulse. https://www.advpulse.com/adv-news/can-am-canyon-review/

Just one month to go until the ABR Festival 2025! 🎉 The countdown's on, and in 30 days we'll be swinging open the gates of the magnificent Ragley Hall Estate to welcome you for a great weekend. We can't wait to see you there. https://www.instagram.com/p/DKKHWhFiN0Q

Memorial Day: A time to reflect, honor, and give thanks to those who made the ultimate sacrifice. #RideRight #RideRespectfully #RideBDR https://www.instagram.com/p/DKH8BVWp_C7