76: How to Get in to Motorcycle Travel on a Budget

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ARR RAW round-table discussions with motorcycle adventure travellers - featuring Grant Johnson, Sam Manicom, Shirley Hardy-Rix, Brian Rix, Michelle Lamphere and Jim Martin.

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Topic:

How to Get in to Motorcycle Travel on a Budget

Perhaps you’ve never doing any big scale travel before or you have limited funds but want to get a taste of travel. This episode is for the average rider who wants to leave from their backyard and experience an adventure.

We talk about motorcycles, new and used gear, destinations, meals, accommodations and how to reduce your cost on all those things and more.


Listener Question:

William Gartin: Should a Pillion Learn How to Ride?

I’ve been thinking for some time about the fact that my wife is a happy pillion, but not a rider. We’re working on that, but I’ve been thinking that there might be situations like illness, exhaustion, or an injury that might keep me from safely operating the bike, while we’re out on the road. How important might it be that she be able to take the controls, at least to a place where we could recuperate?


Links:

Grant Johnson:
Horizons Unlimited Events
HUMM

Brian Rix:
Wall to Wall Ride

Sam Manicom:
Top Tip: Use Google to hunt out special offers and reduced price options for the countries/places you plan to travel.

America the Beautiful pass for National Parks in the USA. $85

All sorts of passes available for city sites in the EU and UK


Music: "Turbo Tornado" by Admiral Bob 2016 - Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) ccmixter.org/files/admiralbob77/54272 "DIRT ROAD TRAVELER" Jason Shaw Creative Commons Music by Jason Shaw on Audionautix.com