Further reading
This page used to be a blog roll back when those things were in vogue. Now very few people still blog and I am slowly deleting sites that have not been updated for a long time but will keep a few that I am still referring to for some upcoming rides and from time to time might add a site that I find helpful.
Moto touring guides
Motorcycle Diaries – a fantastic resource for best roads in Europe.
Vietnam Coracle – best guide for riding Vietnam, an amazing resource.
Ride Magazine – You can find a superb collection of gpx routes for UK, Portugal, Spain, France and Germany here
Motorcyclist Map – Amazing resource for motorcycle touring USA.
Ride the Highlands – A good site about riding Ontario
Motorrad Strassen – German official motorcycle touring route and a lot more here (needs Google Translate)
Bucket List Norway – Perhaps the best guide about motorcycle riding roads in Norway
Moto Route – Excellent guide to the best motorcycle routes in Romania which I found very helpful for my tour there.
WikiLoc – huge collection of best routes with photos that can help you understand why some roads are recommended.
Motorcycle Colorado – There are many best road sites for USA but I found this one very helpful for Colorado.
Penticton Motorcycle guide – A guide for part of British Columbia which I hope to revisit in future.
Forums
Most motorcycle forums were sadly abandoned when Facebook Groups arrived however the ones that remain are superb libraries of information compared to groups where information is not indexed and soon lost.
ADV Rider – this forum is so big many of the best ride reports are buried under the more contrived. Here are a couple I found interesting and inspiring.
- Ride for Smiles – From a horrific car accident the author sets off in his second life to see how far he can ride a bike that turns into a 5 year journey.
- Around the world in 800 days – Another 5 year RTW ride that ran same time as above but is different in every way.
- Angola, its not like they said – the best ride report I have ever read. If you only read one, choose this.
- Pakistan on a GS 150 – incredible scenery and a great ride report
- Solo trip to Mongolia on a 125 – amazing adventure on the Mongol Rally
Ride Asia – a motorcycle forum that has inspired some of my riding in SE Asia, friendly with no attitude or pay wall unlike GT Rider forum.
Moto Bloggers
I’m slowly deleting inactive rider blogs from my Blog Roll. Some are still listed because they offer unique information about a region but once that info becomes too out of date then I’ll remove the blog.
Reviews
99% of review channels are just ‘content creation’ channels. They don’t review items, they merely create content not saying anything to upset distributors but here is an Australian independent motorcycle gear test site that tells it like it is. Take a look at how poorly hyped brands score.
Video
I don’t watch much on YouTube, I find most ‘on bike’ riding videos boring and most moto bloggers on YouTube talk a lot but say nothing of any worth. However here are a few channels I think are higher quality.
High production values. Host Ryan can be very witty but he also says a lot of made up stuff so realise it’s just entertainment not factual.
MC test ride videos with just engine sound no talking but often some concise but meaningful insights.
If you want to know good places to ride in Australia then check this channel out.
Touring of best roads in Japan with just engine sound. Shows many of the places I posted when I lived there. (Tip – with non English channels turn on CC and set to auto translate)
