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Rider Skills: Does Your Motorcycle, Experience and Skill Level Suit the Adventure?

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4.9915 Ratings

🗓️ 11 August 2022

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Trip planning builds excitement - who’s going, what does the motorcycle need, what to pack and of course the route. The route is a big part of the excitement and there are some very important details to consider that can easily be overlooked, in part because it’s so difficult to assess - yet it could be the factor that makes the difference between getting into trouble or avoiding it. And when you consider the route, other questions come up. How do you know if your motorcycle, your gear and your physical fitness is suitable for your desired route? All that and more on this episode of Rider Skills with Instructor Clinton Smout. Photos and links can be found on our website at adventureriderradio.com. If you've enjoyed this show please tell your friends, family and riding buddies about it. If you'd like to help out we'd love to get your support and to say thanks we'll send you stickers and maybe even give you a shout out on RAW. You can also follow Adventure Rider Radio on our social media pages: Facebook: AdventureRiderRadio Instagram: @adventureriderradio Twitter: @ADVRiderRadio

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0:00.0

Before we get going here today with Rider Skills, I just want to mention that our friend Sam Manicom, you probably hear him on our raw show,

0:07.0

he's going to the US on a bit of a presentation tour for August and September this year, 2022.

0:13.0

The reason I'm mentioning this is because he hasn't been there for two and a half years.

0:16.0

He's going to be at a number of places including Overland Expo.

0:19.0

So if I were you, I would make it to one of his presentations.

0:22.0

Just try and work it out so you can... If I were you, I would make it to one of his presentations.

0:22.6

Just try and work it out so you can go, check out the details on his website.

0:27.0

It's Sam-Manicom.com.

0:28.6

I don't have a list of the places that he's going, but I know he's got a number of them on there.

0:32.0

Anyway, Sam hyphenmanacom.

0:34.0

So if you get a chance, go see Sam.

0:38.0

I love trip planning. I mean it's a wonderful exercise.

0:41.0

It builds excitement before you even get on the motorcycle and it doesn't matter if you're

0:45.0

planning around the world or for the weekend.

0:47.8

Planning is just fun to do.

0:50.0

We think about who's going, what is our motorcycle need, what are we going to pack, and of course the route.

0:55.2

The route's a big part of the excitement pouring over maps or looking at a GPS or looking on screen,

1:00.0

whatever it is, it's just a lot of fun to do, whether you're following tracks in the mountains or

1:04.7

planning some cross country, it doesn't matter, it's still fun to look at the possibilities.

1:08.8

I think that's what's really exciting about is the possibilities and it's sort of all open for us right there.

1:13.0

But there's some really important details to consider that we often don't.

1:16.0

They're easily overlooked.

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