Category: Presentations

In 2013 while backpacking Peru, Egle learned to ride a bike with the help of a passing rider. Bought a 150cc bike in Nazca, and took off to ride South America for two years covering the Peru-Tierra del Fuego-Colombia route with little clue, no experience, and no gear.

Hopelessly hooked on adventure riding and South America since, Egle returned there a few years later to travel the continent on her DR650, lead motorcycle tours, and chase the Dakar Rally up close and personal.

Whether you're a seasoned traveller or someone who's just starting out, Egle might have a tip or two about travelling South America and surviving the Andes Mountains - on a 150cc as well as a 650cc.

From the Netherlands all the way to Pakistan and Sri Lanka with one year of riding experience and leaving without any mechanical - and off-road experience. Sounds like a plan, right?! Let's see how that went for Itske ... Good stories guaranteed!

Hi, I’m Fanette Cyclette from Eyes & Tyres, a 34 years old chick from France who took one way ticket and went riding motorbikes down under… just to see how different life could be when dreams become real!

NEW-ZEALAND / One day I decided to pack my stuffs in boxes, to quit my job and to say goodbye to my family and my friends. That’s how I left Europe 4 years ago and flew to New Zealand with a vague idea but no plans. I spent a year zigzagging around the two islands on a BMW 650 GS no matter the road and weather conditions, camping in the bushes and breaking some bones while doing my first off-road rides. After 26 000 kilometers and hundreds of amazing discoveries in beautiful landscapes, I took an other plane to go over the ditch… to Australia!

OZ / The 3 months planed became 3 years. Because of the immensity of the country, because of covid, and other reasons like the need of financing the trip or fixing my damaged old Suzuki dr650.
I spent 76 000 kilometers riding across this crazy country… and I’m still not done yet !

I started this journey with no experience, almost no riding skills and zero mechanical knowledge. But mostly no confidence. I was scared but determined to have a go. And I fell off a lot – still does. I cry sometimes and I laugh often. I freak out and don’t give up.

Riding and meeting all those people on the road is the most thrilling experience. Encouraging others to follow their guts and have a go at accomplishing their passion by sharing my own journey is an absolute excitement and joy!

Pascal is an accomplished motorcycle traveller, motorcycle courier and a familiar face at overland meetings.

In 2017, he planned to visit a friend who has been working in Bangkok for years. And as a biker, if you have to choose between sitting 15 hours cramped on a plane or doing a 6 months long motorbike trip then you definitely choose the latter.

This story covers the journey from Flanders to Bangkok, through Iran, the stans to join a convoy that would take 30 days from Kazakhstan through the Chinese provinces of Sinkiang, Tibet, Yunan to Laos, to end the journey to Thailand.

A large part of this story is about what awaits you when travelling in convoy through China, obtaining the necessary documents , the specific rules , the numerous challenges, but also the everlasting bonds and friendships that have been formed during this convoy.