Every red-blooded motorcyclist dreams of making the Big Trip; Chris Scott's Adventure Motorcycling Handbook is the comprehensive manual to make that dream a reality. Trans-continental route outlines - across Africa, Asia and Latin America, plus back-country riding in South-West USA, North-West Canada and the Australian Outback. Practical information - documentation, preparing your bike for touring off the beaten track, shipping and air-freighting, navigation and survival, off-road riding techniques in deserts, mountains and even rivers! Tales from the Saddle - a dozen first-hand accounts of spoke-bending biking adventures worldwide; battling against the elements of epic journeys: the Yukon, the Sahara, Afghanistan, Colombia and many more. Table of Contents: Part 1: Practicalities Planning and preparation: Getting information / Documentation, money and information: Money / Choosing a motorcycle / Survey of suitable motorcycles / Bike preparation and maintenance: Eengine, chain and sprockets, fuel tanks, tires / Load carrying: Baggage systems, equipment checklist / Clothing for the long ride / Shipping overseas / Life on the road: Keeping in touch, attitudes to security, crossing borders, changing money / Women and adventure motorcycling / Off-highway riding: Dirt roads, river crossings, road riding / Navigation and survival: rules of survival / Health and water. Part 2: Continental Route Outlines Africa: Continental route outlines / North African and the Sahara / West Africa / Egypt and the Horn of Africa / Central and East Africa. Asia: Overland to India / India and the Enfield experience / "India: you're standing in it" / The Caucasus and Cental Asia / South-East Asia / Indochina. Central and South America: Mexico and Central America / South America. Austalia: Major Outback tracks / Life on the Outback road / Cape York / The Central Deserts / The Kimberly. North America: South-west USA / North-western Canada. Part 3: Tales From the Saddle Slow Boat from Panama - Michael Slaughter / Africa on 400cc a Day - Alex Marr / The Road to Smarakand - Kyril Dambuleff / The Red Plateau - Chris Scott / Salt Pans Drifter - Sarah Crofts / Afghanistan 1973 - Clement Salvadori / Viva Colombia! - Ken McLean / Roadside Encounters - Peter Theuwissen / The Village from Hell - Simon McCarthy / Sergei's Birthday - Nicki McCormick / Deep Water Yukon - Tom Grenon. Appendix Books on motorcycle travels / Interview with Ted Simon / Contributors, conversion tables and index. Published by Trailblazer Publications. Softcover. 288 pages. B&W and color photos.

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