Just make sure your motorbike is road worthy, you have appropriate gear and you ride within your abilities- especially if you’re heading to the mountains or riding in bad weather. Of course, your skill levels will differ, but getting out there and doing it is one of my top tips for beginner riders to build confidence. 🙂Ībsolutely! The beautiful thing about motorcycling is that your experience level matters very little- we all can ride the same roads and have similar adventures. And yes, that feeling is utterly addictive. After all, if you carry all your gear with you, you have the freedom to go anywhere the road might take you. I guess it can be summed up as being ‘self-sufficient’ on your motorcycle. I think you need to leave and arrive somewhere on your motorbike, whilst carrying kit, for it to be a ‘tour’.įor example, when we park up the motorhome in a country (like Norway or Italy), pack up the motorcycles and set off for a few days- THAT then becomes the tour. We love this method of travel but, honestly, I’m not sure that it’s REAL motorcycle touring. We spend a lot of our time exploring Europe with a motorcycle camper van which pulls our two adventure bikes on a trailer. Is it motorcycle touring if you tow your bike somewhere? Plenty of people plan their motorcycle adventures around working full-time, family life and all the other commitments they have. Some people go for a weekend, others set off and still haven’t returned after two years! You don’t need to quit your job and travel full-time (although that’s exactly what I did!)

How long is a motorcycle tour?Īlso, it doesn’t matter how LONG the tour is. After all, there are some fantastic roads to ride all over the UK and the act of packing up your bike and taking all your gear with you is exactly the same, no matter the destination.

Some websites claim that you need to ride overseas, or in a different country, in order to be ‘motorcycle touring’ but, honestly, I think that’s crap. It doesn’t matter whether you tour alone, in a group or with your partner- it all counts. There are differing opinions about what is a ‘tour’ and what’s just a ‘trip’ but, personally, I feel anything which involves taking gear on your bike and a stay somewhere new can be called a tour. Simply put, motorcycle touring is getting on your motorbike and going for ride, usually with at least one overnight stop.

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