The Rider Who Won’t Stop
Adventure Rider Radio
Canoe West Media
4.9 • 915 Ratings
🗓️ 7 November 2025
⏱️ 85 minutes
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Summary
Some riders are planners, while others seem to thrive amid chaos. Israel Gillette fits into that second group. He grew up in Tennessee, working in his father’s cabinet shop, and somehow that evolved into a life that has taken him between Romania, racing, carpentry, and motorcycle riding across continents. When we featured him on the show in 2023, he’d already experienced his share of close calls — time in jail, a bond set at thirty thousand dollars, and a border crossing in South America that ended with gunfire. Yet he still said it was the best thing he’d ever done with his life. Adventure, stubbornness, and perhaps a bit of trouble have shaped both his riding and his way of life.
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| 0:00.0 | Some riders are real planners, you know, checklist, GPS routes, spare parts, neatly packed in the panniers. |
| 0:07.1 | Others seem to thrive in chaos. |
| 0:10.2 | Israel, Gillette, fits into that second group. |
| 0:13.3 | He grew up in Tennessee, working in his dad's cabinet shop, and somehow that turned into a life that's bounced between living in Romania, racing, |
| 0:22.7 | carpentry, and riding motorcycles across continents. |
| 0:26.5 | Now, in this interview when I spoke with Israel back in 2023, he had already had his share |
| 0:31.6 | of close calls, you could say. |
| 0:33.8 | He spent time in jail. |
| 0:35.4 | He had a bond set at $30,000 for him. He was crossing a border in |
| 0:40.0 | South America that ended up in him getting shot at. And still, he says that was the best thing that |
| 0:44.8 | he ever did with his life, that trip. He's still out there, still traveling, still figuring it out |
| 0:50.2 | as he goes. This is his story of how adventure and stubbornness and maybe a little bit of trouble |
| 0:57.1 | have helped shape the way he rides and the way he lives. I'm Jim Martin. This is Adventure Rider |
| 1:02.9 | Radio. Stay with us. We got a good one for you. |
| 1:10.7 | I'm Sam Manick. I'm Sam Manick |
| 1:11.7 | Ed Simon Paid and how to get rid of |
| 1:14.1 | Jason Snow |
| 1:14.9 | Charlie Bowman |
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| 1:16.1 | Grant Johnson |
| 1:17.3 | Jim Louis |
| 1:17.7 | James Javier |
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