Adventure Rider Radio – Motorcycle Podcast
by Adventure Rider Radio | Adventure Motorcycling · 644 episodes
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Adventure Rider Radio is the original adventure motorcycle podcast, established in 2014 and now the world’s longest-running show dedicated to adventure motorcycling. It features in-depth conversations, real-world stories, and expert insight from the people who ride, explore, and shape the adventure motorcycling world. Hosted by Jim Martin and released weekly, the show brings you experienced riders, trainers, industry professionals, and long-distance travelers sharing hard-earned lessons about riding skills, motorcycle travel, trip planning, bike setup, gear, and the realities of life on two wheels. From remote expeditions to rider development and decision-making on the road, Adventure Rider Radio goes beyond surface-level ta...
Latest episodes
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1 h 01
Searching for Different Lives by Motorcycle — Woodrow "Pack" Landfair
Woodrow "Pack" Landfair had an idea about how he wanted to live. So he bought a motorcycle, got his licence, and set out across America to experience different lives. But how much…
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1 h 09
Choosing ADV Tires by Recommendation Doesn't Work: Here's What Does – Chris Birch
Learn why choosing adventure motorcycle tires based on other riders' recommendations doesn't always work, and what you should be doing instead. Chris Birch helps us understand how…
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1 h 14
Just Simply Riding Around the World — Jess and Greg Stone
What started as an 18-month motorcycle adventure has turned into four years on the road for Jess and Greg Stone, travelling with their dog while running their business along the wa…
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1 h 03
Backroads of Africa: Feeling Unprepared
Six years after Southward Chronicles, Jeremy Kroeker and Elle West are setting out again—this time heading south through Africa by motorcycle. Despite years of travel experience, t…
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58 min
RIDER SKILLS – Maximum Braking: ABS On or Off Isn’t the Whole Story
Think about the last time riding your motorcycle when something surprised you on the road or trail and you had to get on the brakes—hard and fast. What did that feel like? Was it u…
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1 h 09
DEEP TROUBLE: Two Kangaroos, Twenty Minutes From Home
Matt van Hilst carefully plans a solo motorcycle ride and repeatedly chooses caution when conditions change. Yet the day still ends in DEEP TROUBLE, raising a difficult question: c…
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1 h 06
One Chance to Say Yes: Where a Motorcycle Can Take You
Some opportunities don’t wait around forever. Heather Lea’s life has been shaped by the ones she chose not to let pass—from adventure and solo travel to motorcycles and a journey t…
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1 h 17
Ari Henning: It’s a Motorcycle Life Right from the Start
After a motorcycle racing crash left his father with a traumatic brain injury, Ari Henning’s family life with motorcycles came to a stop. Years later, a journey shaped by his fathe…
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1 h 19
Crossing Afghanistan by Motorcycle: Is It a Road?
Marc Weitz had never owned a motorcycle, wasn’t much for a plan and had three sources pointing toward two different routes. Then he rented a bike in Kabul and set out across Afghan…
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1 h 02
The Big Bikes Arrived: The Making of Adventure Motorcycle Training
Adventure motorcycle training is everywhere today—but who worked out how these big motorcycles should be ridden off pavement, and how did those techniques become a formal curriculu…
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54 min
Are We Engineering the Adventure Out of Motorcycle Travel
We spend a lot of time making motorcycle travel easier. More reliable bikes, GPS navigation, online bookings and help that may be only a message or a call away. Jacqui Furneaux has…
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46 min
RIDER SKILLS: How to Pack and Ride a Loaded Adventure Motorcycle
Loading an adventure motorcycle changes far more than its weight. It affects the bike’s balance, suspension, braking, maneuverability and traction—and can make familiar terrain fee…
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1 h 31
Deep Trouble – Motorcycle Traveller Abducted in Mexico
Motorcycle traveller Andy Scherer was riding alone through a remote part of Mexico when a series of troubling encounters led to armed roadblocks—and his abduction. In this episode…
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1 h 18
Motorcycle First Aid Kits: What to Carry and What Not to Miss
Why a motorcycle first aid kit should be part of your riding gear — and why the kit itself is only part of being prepared.A motorcycle first aid kit often gets treated like an extr…
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57 min
Crossed a Continent - A Lifetime Motorcycle Travel Dream
Nearly 50 years after a magazine story planted the dream of crossing Australia by motorcycle, Allan Waldon finally set out to make it happen. Riding unsupported with his mate Adam…
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44 min
Motorcycle Orienteering: Paper Maps and the Return of Discovery
In a world of GPS tracks and turn-by-turn directions, motorcycle orienteering brings riders back to paper maps, route choices, checkpoints, and discovery. Andrei Tuch explains how…
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56 min
RIDER SKILLS: The Power of the Dab
Balance on a motorcycle is often treated like something a rider either has or does not have, but low-speed motorcycle balance is a skill that can be learned, practiced, and refined…
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1 h 53
Motorcycle Camping Gear: Why Ordinary Camping Gear Isn’t Enough
How to Choose the Best Camping Setup for the Way You RideBefore you start comparing motorcycle tents, sleeping pads, stoves, chairs, pack sizes, and weights, there is an important…
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45 min
Ted Simon on Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Why Robert Pirsig’s Famous Motorcycle Book Mattered to Him — And Why it Didn’tTed Simon is best known as the author of Jupiter’s Travels, one of the most influential motorcycle tra…
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1 h 27
Patagonia Alone
Solo Motorcycle Travel Through South America with Lala BarlowLala Barlow was working in musical theatre in Melbourne, Australia, when the pandemic brought the industry to a halt. D…