Category: ADV News

The latest adventure motorcycling news from around the world.

  • Adventure Motorcycle Suspension

    Adventure Motorcycle Suspension

    The suspension components on your adventure motorcycle play a very important part in maintaining the safety of you and your bike. The suspension’s primary objective is to keep the tires in contact with the ground as much as possible, and a well-tuned suspension will accomplish that.

    As a motorcycle operator it’s important that you understand how your bike’s suspension works and how you can adjust it to accommodate different riding scenarios and bike configurations. Like a broken clock that’s still accurate once a day, a non-adjustable suspension might be perfect with just the right rider weight and road. However, a custom, durable, fully configurable suspension guarantees a motorcycle will maneuver optimally no matter the road conditions or onboard weight as long as it’s adjusted properly.

    We’ve partnered with the suspension experts at BeemerShop and Touratech USA to bring you a playlist of comprehensive technical know-how and guidance that will help make your motorcycle adventures safer and more enjoyable.

  • Dusty’s Tools & Recovery Kit

    Dusty’s Tools & Recovery Kit

    There’s nothing more fun than a smooth-running motorcycle tour or adventure ride, but when something goes wrong with the bike or the rider, the fun ends fast. Professional adventure tour operator Dusty Wessels @West38Moto breaks down the entire kit of tools and recovery equipment that he relies on to solve problems with a wide variety of bikes and riders for tours and training rides throughout the southwest United States and Baja.

    Here’s a the gear Dusty uses, listed in the order it appears in the video:

  • 15 Minutes of Fame on  ADVrider.com

    15 Minutes of Fame on ADVrider.com

    Read the article at ADVrider.com

    MOTOTREK producer Tim Tyler has be profiled, along with fellow moto-filmmaker Sterling Noren, in a recent article published on ADVrider.com.

    Author rtwPaul’s article explores the gear and techniques that both filmmakers use to create video content about the adventure motorcycle community.

    Check it out!

  • Bret Tkacs Exits MOTOTREK

    Many viewers have noticed that Bret Tkacs has not been hosting recent MOTOTREK videos.

    Just before Christmas 2019, Bret stopped by the Inventive Pictures production office in Olympia and told me he would no longer be available to film MOTOTREK videos.

    Since 2018 Bret and I have had a few discussions about his time constraints and responsibilities outside of MOTOTREK, so although the news was disappointing his decision did not come as a total surprise. Shooting MOTOTREK videos has always been fun, but it is time consuming (each video can take the better part of a day to shoot) and Bret is a busy man. Bret is always welcome to return and host MOTOTREK videos down the road.

    You can follow Bret and contact him directly at BretTkacs.com

    As this channel moves forward into 2020 I hope you’ll join me in welcoming the fresh faces and personalities who will bring new adventure motorcycling insight and learning experiences to you. We’ve got a lot of fun stuff planned!

    Tim Tyler, Producer

  • Be a MOTOTREK Guest Host

    Do you love adventure motorcycling? Do you have a story to tell or a skill to teach? Are you comfortable on camera?

    MOTOTREK’s goal is to educate, inform and entertain our worldwide audience of adventure motorcyclists. If your story syncs with ours, let’s get together and make a MOTOTREK video!

    Contact producer Tim Tyler at info@mototrek.net

    Here are few guest hosted episodes we’ve had the pleasure of producing:

    RTW Paul and his amazing KTM 500 EXC 6-Days motorcycle
    USAF Air Commando Veteran Robert Burnes
    Helge Pedersen of GlobeRiders
    Ted Simon chats with Sam Manicom
    Mike Spurgin from Taco Moto Co

    Iain and Eric from Touratech USA

    Iain and Eric from Touratech USA