1951 Harley Panhead in Africa - The Impossible Can Become the Possible

Adventure Rider Radio

Canoe West Media

Automotive, Adventure, Traveller, Motorbike, Trip, Discover, Moto, World, Documentary, Outdoors, Overlander, Adv, Bike, Travel, Touring, Biker, Advrider, Dualsport, Traveler, Explore, Rider, Overland, Ride, Motorcyclist, Motorcycle, Places & Travel, Society & Culture, Leisure, Leisure:automotive

4.9 • 915 Ratings

🗓️ 18 March 2021

⏱️ 117 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

If you were planning a motorcycle trip to Africa, where you were going to traverse steep mountain passes, explore lesser travelled roads and visit remote places, travelling solo with a rough plan open to any opportunity, what bike would you choose to take? Would you consider the perfect motorcycle to be a 1951 Harley Panhead, a hard tail? That’s just what Gareth Jones from South Wales rode on his African adventure, a trip he had been wanting to do for a long time. If you’re wondering how he could justify taking a bike with no rear suspension you’ll have to factor in one of the most powerful emotional states a person can experience - passion. And when you’re passionate - the impossible can become the possible. More motorcycle travel episodes available on Adventure Rider Radio at adventureriderradio.com. Want to help out? Subscribe, rate and review us on iTunes or on your favourite podcast app, tell your family, friends, riding buddies or club about ARR. Adventure Rider Radio is a listener supported show and we'd love to get your help. Please check us out on Patreon. Have a comment? Go to the episode show notes on our website and have your say at the bottom of the page. Thanks for listening!

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	So let's imagine for a minute that you're going to plan a trip through Africa. You're going to be a few months at this thing, six months, maybe more.
0:15.0	You want to explore all Africa has to offer. You want to ride steep mountain passes,
0:21.0	explore the lesser traveled roads, visit remote places, you want to see
0:24.8	wildlife and culture. You have no intention in sticking to the roads, you want to explore everywhere.
0:30.2	In fact, you have a very loose itinerary because you're traveling solo and you want the freedom to jump off your plan at any time an interesting opportunity presents itself for you.
0:39.0	So I have to ask you now, which bike would you choose to ride on this adventure?
0:45.0	And how would you go about deciding which bike is best suited for the adventure?
0:49.0	A lot of things come to mind, suspension travel, weight and, and can you pick the bike up?
0:55.1	But let me ask you this.
0:56.6	Would you consider the perfect motorcycle to take, or would you even consider taking a 1951 Harley panhead hardtail hardtail meaning no rear suspension Well, that's what Gareth Jones decided to take for his African adventure.
1:18.6	In fact, for Gareth, the question of which bike to take never showed up on his radar. He knew the 51 Harley Panhead was perfect for the job.
1:27.0	Perfect for him.
1:29.0	Now, if you find yourself sort of scratching your head and wondering how he could justify that or who would consider taking a 51 Harley Panhead on an adventure through Africa?
1:38.0	You probably forgot to factor in one of the most powerful emotional states a person can experience.
1:44.0	Passion.
1:45.0	And when you're passionate, you don't need anyone else to tell you what direction to go in or even
1:50.2	what bike to ride. I'm Jim Martin, this is Adventure Rider Radio.
1:55.0	Stay with us, we got a good one for you. I'm Sammanneak.
2:03.4	Z.
2:04.4	Simon and then Simon P, Graham Field.
2:05.8	Josslyn Snow,
2:07.1	Charlie Bowman, Simon Thomas,
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Canoe West Media, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Canoe West Media and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.