I personally would pay for a guided tour(depending on cost).I agree that getting on the bike and riding off with just a map and provisions is in itself a great "adventure" however sometimes you just can't beat local knowledge or somebody with knowledge of the best roads and best places to ...

After camping a couple of time over the last few months I have to say....ear plugs. Both times I have been put next to familys who seem to go on holiday to argue. I didn't have them, now I have packs and packs...

Norfolk is great however.... when I went for a 3 day blast around England a couple of weeks ago I went on some roads through Alston in Northern England and I have to say they are probably the best roads I have travelled on in England. We came back through the Snakes Pass and though good couldn't mea...

Great report and photos. This is what I joined this site for, inspiration like this.

I've had mine for about 1 year now. I bought the basic model from the advice from the dealer. I'm quite glad I didn't go for the S model as I really don't think I could tell the difference. The dealer told me the other week that the new bike on the new suspension was good but he would still go for t...

Just wanted to say hi to everyone on the site and introduce myself. I bought a Ducati Multistrada about a year ago with dreams of going off around Europe. This didn't materialize due to moving house and the wife deciding she actually doesn't like bikes and would not go with me (thanks for telling me...