In Search of Nirvana From the Seat of His Motorcycle - Alan Reid

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4.9 • 915 Ratings

🗓️ 21 July 2023

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Alan Reid is on a mission to find his nirvana, the place that just might inspire him to set down roots. He left British Columbia about a year ago on the most suitable motorcycle for him, a KLR, but he didn’t really do any planning or make a budget. Despite not even having a roadside repair kit, he possesses the most valuable tool for a successful adventure – a positive attitude. Alan's approach towards travelling and his outlook on life are unlocking opportunities for him to connect, discover, and explore. Whether his ideal destination is nearby or further away, or even if he decides to take a different direction, Alan is having the most fantastic time in his pursuit of paradise. Photos and links for this episode can be found on our website at adventureriderradio.com. Adventure Rider Radio is the original and longest running adventure motorcycle and travel podcast and has been produced weekly since 2014! You can count on us to be there for you every Thursday with a new and exciting episode, we never miss a week. And we hope we can count on you for your support. Become a Patreon supporter for just $5 a month and get a sticker and ad-free listening. Make a one time donation of just $10 and we'll send you a sticker. A donation of $50 or more also gets you a shout-out on RAW. To become a supporter please head over to the Support page on our website. Thank you!

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0:00.0	Some of the most popular topics are, I would call them tools for planning any motorcycle trip are things like prepping your bike.
0:09.0	That's a huge one, figuring out, well first of, the bike, what bike do you want to take?
0:13.1	And then how are you going to equip it?
0:14.5	What are you going to modify?
0:15.9	What are you going to put on it?
0:17.4	Route planning, riding gear, packing, budget.
0:21.6	These are all tools that will seriously affect your trip, or considerations that will seriously affect your trip.
0:27.2	But what if you didn't use these tools? What if you didn't use any of them?
0:31.2	What if you just jumped on your bike without rebuilding it, without adding a bunch of
0:35.5	farkles to it, without modifying anything without learning roadside repair or how to fix your tire,
0:40.7	without even planning your stops, or even a solid destination or a budget.
0:45.5	Well that would be a different kind of trip.
0:47.9	It wouldn't be for everyone, mainly because of uncertainty.
0:52.1	We humans don't do well with uncertainty, I think we all understand that,
0:55.0	perhaps it's in our DNA to fear the unknown, to not know what will or what might happen to us sort of freaks us out.
1:03.1	Which if you think about it is curious because
1:06.2	isn't that the reason that most people want to travel is to discover new things,
1:10.0	experiences, to be surprised? Yet we spend so much time trying to organize and plan our
1:15.8	adventure so that we don't have these surprises. Today we have Al Reed.
1:21.6	Al is traveling on his motorcycle, his KLR 650.
1:25.2	He's in Central America right now.
1:27.4	Al doesn't use any of the tools, really, that I mentioned at the start here.
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