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                <title><![CDATA[Lois On The Loose: Lois on the Loose]]></title>
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                                Brilliant book. Could'nt put it down.Had it polished off in 2 days.A real gutsy lady with a great outlook on life.Makes my winter ride to work seem like a stroll on the beach.You,ve inspired me to start planning.Ye Ha!                ]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 22:15:27 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[the long ride home: What a brilliant read]]></title>
                                <link>http://www.adventurebikerider.com/component/content/article/79-books/667-the-long-ride-home.html</link>
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                                I ordered this book after seeing advertised on ABR, absolutely brilliant very inspiring and well written balanced book. A credit to the lad that wrote it. Recommend to any travellers out there                ]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 08:36:08 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[the long ride home: warning dont start unless you have time to read it]]></title>
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                                now i just saw a small article in mcn about this journey then a small link here in abr.
i was heading off on my hols to egypt and thought this would make an interesting read (thats an understatement!)so i followed the link and bought the book.then around a week later it arrived,so i thought just a quick flick before we go as i wanted to  finish my other book first.my first big mistake a quick flick was 50pages before the wife took it off me and said wait till you get on holiday booo.
so wait i did finished my first book and started from scratch the author had personally written a note and a doodle great touch i thought and then set off on reading it.
now i dont want to give anything away but the author is just an ordinary man like us propelled into an extraordinary opportunity which he takes with both hands and invites us on this journey i couldnt put this book down and threres great humour too drama yup that too and a style that leaves you disapointed that you get to the end as you just want to keep reading.
i would highly recomend this book.again its a quality read,like sitting in the pub with a mate having a chat and telling what hes just been upto while he was away.
all i can say is thankyou for sharing your adventure with us                ]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2012 21:34:14 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Sam Manicom: Into Africa]]></title>
                                <link>http://www.adventurebikerider.com/component/content/article/79-books/607-sam-manicom.html</link>
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                                Brilliant book that took you on his adventures with him. More about his experiences than the bike itself.
I've read 3 books of this ilk now and this is by far the best. Short review I know but great book, well worth reading.                ]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2012 15:26:20 +0100</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Uneasy Rider: Travel Through A Mid-life Crisis: Uneasy Rider]]></title>
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                                I'm not a big reader and this was my first adventure biking book, I have to say that I couldn't put it down and if a book doesn't grip me I don't tend to carry on with it.If you are over 40 you will see yourself in it over and over, made me chuckle all the way through.                ]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 17:17:04 +0100</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Aim for the Hoizon DVD: Aim for the horizon ]]></title>
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                                An great dvd , that yes is fairly short but I really enjoyed it . 

Showing what you can do when you really put your mind to something . 

During the DVD , Rob did nearly exactly what I did , being brought into freedom of biking by his friend. 
And went through very similar challenges to myself, CBT, DAS , ETC .. being then thrust into a overseas adventure by his friend (something I have not done YET!) 

Great DVD for a cold winters day . 

www.aimforthehorizon.com
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                <pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:26:00 +0100</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Building the ultimate Adventure Motorcycle: : Essential guide to preparing a bike for the job.]]></title>
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                                As the book's tag line states “The essential guide to preparing a bike for the journey of a lifetime”, it cannot get any simpler than that. After a foreward from Grant “Horizons Unlimited” Johnson, including an introduction from the author himself, it even has Austin “Mondo Enduro” Vince himself giving a few words too, all good stuff from the guys’ who’ve been out there and done it, the hardback book then proceeds to give a brief history of adventure travel throughout the ages. With wonderful photographs of pioneers’ past bikes from Max Reisch’s 1933 stunning 250cc Puch to Paul Pratt and his Triumph Thunderbird all giving a sense for what has past and laying open the taste of things to come. 

Split into eight chapters from “The modern adventure motorcycle” to “Choosing a motorcycle” and with luggage systems sections to personal equipment information and two case studies that give an in-depth analysis of “Pre-departure modifications” too, also, a personnel account of the times and tribulations of two wheeled adventure.   

“Choosing a motorcycle” is an interesting spec’ driven analysis of thirty-nine bikes all ready and willing to get the job done and is, so far, up to date that it even includes the new Yamaha’s XT 660z Ténéré and its sibling the 1200 Super Ténéré to old-hands such as Suzuki’s DR-Z400S to Kawasaki’s KLR 650.  Chapter eight is for those Rally Raid enthusiasts and gives an insight into this sport and with great pictures and information of Rally Raid machines and the necessary extras needed to build your own. 

It can feel a little biased in that its contents leans, favourably, toward Touratech and BMW, while there are many other brand names to consider too, “Building the ultimate Adventure Motorcycle” takes the most popular and obvious and exploits their potential to explore this avenue of wanderlust. We see accessories, gadgets, tools and all the vital and important and necessary survival equipment that one needs here. 

With information of who, how, where and what you will need to get yourself going. It is, and feels very much like, a Beginners’ Guide to adventure biking and does give some vital information, tips and advice to those wanting to find out more on this genre and lifestyle, and why not, there are other books out there too, and this is just as competent. Its got it all; tents, tools, boxes, bikes, web sites, GPS and much, much more; “Building the ultimate Adventure Motorcycle” is a worthy adversary to all that is out there and worth a look. Robert Wicks' large hardback 176 page book is for those who want to travel far & wide on two wheels but on the level of a novice, an introduction so to speak, where then you would expect to up-grade to the hardcore such as Chris Scotts' “Adventure Motorcycling Handbook” for example.

“Building the ultimate Adventure Motorcycle”, printed by Haynes, is a relatively simple book, well put together and not at all shoddy nor is it amateurish and is respectful of its subject; tonnes of great colour photographs and miles upon miles of good advice that can only bring encouragement, adding it to your collection will, and can, only enlighten the way for that incredible journey...give it a go.                 ]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 22:08:08 +0100</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Way to Go: Way To Go]]></title>
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                                I am sorry, but I am going to go against the norm here and say that I was very dissapointed with this book. I am sure that Geoff is a very accomplished writer in his own right but I find professional writers make the worst motorbike adventure authors. The author has to realise that bikers have greasy hands love nuts and bolts type people who want to feel part of the trip and all its adventure not to be given a education in politics and quotations.

 Why, they tend to drift off to make comparisons and quotations which bores the pants of me, I feel that all they doing is showing off. Why not just keep to the observations of the countryside and the people and on riding through these countries. 
To make it worse he then decided to bundle into the same book his trip down Route 66 which I feel he included just to pad out and expand the existing book. During his trip down Route 66 he often jumped fast forward and missed out content to the point where it became a nonsence. I found it very hard to keep my attention and hard going to finish it.                ]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 15:49:45 +0100</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Africa Brew Ha Ha: African Brew Ha Ha]]></title>
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This book gets off to a slow start and the pace does not accelerate very much, useing the metaphore of ¨tea drinking¨to understand the different cultures while travelling through Africa is an unusual one and partly explains the slow pace of the book, I kept feeling like I needed a pea!  There a few interesting events in the book but they are well hidden away.
You will be tempted to put the book down after reading about 75% but do try stick it out.                ]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 12:03:42 +0100</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Lois On The Loose: Lois on the loose]]></title>
                                <link>http://www.adventurebikerider.com/component/content/article/79-books/360-lois-on-the-loose.html</link>
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                                A great read and laugh she has a refereshing style of writing and does not dwell on political or socialogical problems. She had a vison and a determination to succeed which is all that you need to survive. Another fact is that she did not have a GPS some old basic maps to guide here all the way. The main point is that she managed to do this epic ride on a little 250cc motorbike with all here camping and gear so who really needs and can justify all those big 1200cc bike with GPS. I wish Lois well with her future travels and shareing her stories in future books.
Lois Go Go Go......                ]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 11:51:12 +0100</pubDate>
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