You wouldn’t think so but riding into huge sprawling cities with insane traffic is perfect training for the adventure motorcyclist. We’d been getting a bit of practice since our first exposure in Buenos Aires and the entry into Brazil. Extreme slow speed riding with intricate clutch, throttle and brake control – Patagonian gravel, a piece … More The Bikes From Brazil
Like waking from a nightmare, you hopefully remember that we’d left you stranded in Puerto Madryn Argentina at the end of Day 23 of the Ultimate South America. And to make the nightmare worse, you just have to get back on to continue the northward push from A (Argentina) to B (Brazil) rather than relax … More A to B
Chile & Argentina – still We left Chargentina at the end of Day 11 in El Chalten. Things had mainly gone right so far, but the big exception was Cindy’s leaking drive shaft oil seal after her crash in the gravel coming out from Estancia Angostura. These seals often leak, but calling this a leak … More Ushuaia Turn
Chile & Argentina – the start of the riding! When staring at the map of South America, one can see that there are only 2 directions in the lower third one can seriously engage in – up, or down. Starting from the Intercontinental Hotel in Santiago, we chose down through Chile and Argentina, hence Chargentina. … More Chargentina
We’ve all heard, and in some aligned citizen cases participated in the chant; “USA! USA! USA!”. The Ultimate South America perhaps deserves the chant, although we will be disappointed if it does turn out to be ultimate even when applied to trundling about the continent. Shaped a bit like a Sea Horse with Thyroid Elephantitus, … More Pre-Ultimate
Compass Expeditions “Ultimate South America”, our second major overseas adventure motorcycle expedition is fast approaching. You would assume we had learned a lot about preparing ourselves, the bikes and what (and what not!) to pack from our Cairo to Cape Town expedition in 2017. Well, partly true I guess… Our preparations started in March 2022 … More Ultimate Prepping!
A planned long weekend away with son Tim and grandkids at Dubbo Zoo back in August had us (well me to be honest!) considering how we get there…ride on roads we had been on many times and in the cold and likely wet conditions – nah. Drive the mid-size SUV and stay at motels, a … More Ad-van-turous!
Back in Alice Springs. No need for maintenance, all fluids replete. We were now regulars in the town – we knew where to park, what the specials were in the supermarket, where the best restaurants were, where the cheap petrol was… Unfortunately no-one had a clue about that. It was nice to have a sleep … More Rolling Home! Ride to the Rock Part 3
We left Part 1 at Lawn Hill Gorge. It was time to move on for various reasons – our booking at Lawn Hill had expired, we had a booking at Uluru, and most importantly we had run out of red wine and snacks. The ants had also gotten into everything resembling food and a lot … More Rock On! Ride to the Rock Part 2
The plan was simple. Ride to The Rock a.k.a Uluru a.k.a Ayers in late April 2022. Could we leave earlier? Too wet and hot up north. Could we leave later? Too many grey nomads a.k.a Gomads. Late April decided as close to perfect, and the grand send-off aligned beautifully with the Cane Toad Rally. So … More Rally Ho! Ride to the Rock Part 1
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