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TOP TIPS FOR MOTORCYCLE TRAVEL

Usually, I concentrate on news and views about organised and unorganised motorcycle tours in this column. I’m having a break from that, and from my around-the-world review of riding. This month I’ve put together some advice for riders travelling under their own steam.

popular advice articles I have ever written is the one about packing for motorcycle travel. I do have the experience to back that advice up – I’ve packed for everything from a day out for a picnic to more than two years for a ride around the world. My advice has changed over the years as the stuff available to the travelling rider has changed (maybe I should look at producing another updated version of the story now). The basics

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