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Adventure Rider Radio – Motorcycle Podcast

Father and Son Face the TAT - Changes Everything

Adventure Rider Radio – Motorcycle Podcast

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4.9960 Ratings

🗓️ 21 November 2024

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

The Trans America Trail was the first major motorcycle adventure for Randy Gorrell and his son, Brady. The trip, intended to honor a promise, was filled with challenges. Brady, a newly licensed rider with no dirt experience, struggled on the rugged...

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0:00.0

Hey, this is Jim Martin. Today we have our episode of RAW that comes out each month on the 21st.

0:04.9

It's out today as well. So you find that anywhere you find podcasts or drop by our website, Adventure Rider Radio.com.

0:13.5

Randy is the dad. Brady is his son. The route is the Transamerica Trail. Now, this was their first big trip, and it was at a really, really difficult time.

0:24.3

Brady had just lost his mom to cancer and Randy, his wife, but Randy had made a promise and would keep it.

0:31.9

In hindsight, it probably wasn't the best planning for an inaugural motorcycle trip like this.

0:38.5

Brady had just passed his riding test coming out of high school and was about to ride the Transamerica Trail,

0:43.4

complete, end to end, with no dirt riding experience. Dad, Randy, had plenty of on-road experience,

0:51.9

but nothing prepared him for what he would experience on the tat.

0:55.8

Of course, there were other oversights. They were terribly overloaded.

0:59.2

They couldn't figure out how to work their comms. They could talk back and forth.

1:02.2

And by day three, they were downright miserable. Their butts were raw.

1:07.1

And each time Brady would stop his bike, he would wrestle to keep it upright by using his tiptoes to try and balance the motorcycle.

1:13.3

So inevitably, he's picking it up again and again.

1:17.0

So with a start like that, you'd figure this would be their first and their last trip.

1:22.9

I'm Jim Martin. This is Adventure Rider Radio.

1:25.4

Stay with us. We get a good one for you.

1:46.0

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1:47.0

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1:48.0

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1:49.0

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1:50.0

Jocelyn Snow.

1:51.0

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