You can learn it now or the hard way later.

Many of you asked when I am going to start organizing motorcycle trips? The short answer is never! I have zero interest in this type of activities and the price doesn't really matter. For me, traveling is like to give myself the best reward!
1. Be realistic.
Always pick the destination you want to ride, not because someone told you that it will be nice. We all have different preferences and what is good for one could be bad for another. Be honest with your possibilities, for example, your riding skills, how much time you have for the trip.
2. Make your homework.
Learning as more as possible for the country or the area you plan to visit will help you much more than you can imagine. To go there completely unprepared, because you are looking for adventure, could finish really bad and not only for you.
3. Choose the right motorcycle.
The bike choice is something very important. You have to set the right priorities and the correct order is functionality, reliability, price and fun factor. Not the other way around!
4. Make proper maintenance.
Instead of carrying 20kg of spare parts with you change everything that might finish or fail. Even if they still have some mileage, change it. Tires, tubes, wheel bearings, clutch plates, oils, filters and so on. Everything you do before the trip will help you during the trip.
6. Choose the right partner.
This is so important that I should have started with it. Believe it or not, it is not that easy to find the right person to travel with. Compromises from both sides will be necessary! This actually reminds me of tip number 7.
7. Make some short tests.
Alone, with the person, you are planning to travel or with the group, if you are in a group. Day, two or week trips will tell you much more than hundreds of hours talking in local bars or in front of the TV.
8. Stop adding and start removing stuff from your luggage.
The most important stuff and what you might need are two different things. Honestly, for one week, one month or one year you will need about the same number of items. The weight always matters! You can learn it now, or the hard way later!
9. Practice as much as possible.
Runners run, boxers fight, tennis players play tennis, guess what you have to do to become a better rider? Of course to ride as more as possible.
10. Make sure that you are in good health.
If you have even a small indication that something is not right, don't go. There is nothing worse than to be sick on a trip. You are not going to enjoy it at all and everything will be pointless.

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Time to see the Australian Capital Territory!

My motorcycle trip around Australia continues with full power. In this episode, I was riding to the famous Kosciuszko National Pak and finally reached Canberra. Thanks to Sean Waren and many more guys there I was able to see almost everything!

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Also special thanks to everyone who already sent money for my next adventure! This help is highly appreciated! I will do my best to show you this part of the world! You are my heroes, thank you!

Radu Dinescu (Romania), Milan Sotic (Serbia), Michael Bloom (UK), Gregor Tough (USA), Marco Thaler (Austria), Carlos Avila (Macau), Carlos Sousa (Portugal), Uroš Goričanec (Slovenia), Kevin Wright (Scotland), Christopher Cunningham (UK), Bertrand (Canada), Geoff Penney (Australia), Sander Veerbeek (Holland), Mike Fitz (USA), PD Doling (UK), Mark Rhodes (Canada), David Chivers (New Zealand).

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Buy the best you can afford.

Let make it clear from the beginning. In this video, I am not going to review or recommend any brand or model. What I will do is to tell you what I have learned after many riding hours. I will actually answer some of the questions that you might have.
All right, what is the best motorcycle gear? Is this Klim, Revit, Dainese or Alpinestars? I am joking, no brand and models! As usual, I will ask you to see the whole picture instead of focusing on specific items. To learn what is really important and what will just waste your money. I will focus mostly on the riding gear, but it could be applied to the bike choice, luggage options, some additional modifications and basically almost everything. Also at the end of the video, I will tell you what gear I recommend based on the experience I have.
Question N: 1 - Is the riding gear really necessary?
This is actually a very good question and the answer is YES and NO! Let me explain to you:
In terms of traveling and riding a motorcycle, it is not necessary. You can do it with almost any clothes that you have, even without, naked if you like so. The only requirement from the law is the helmet and not everywhere around the world. That's why the answer is No. Let's now see the other side: In terms of comfort, safety, personal health, and many more the answer is YES!
Question N: 2 - Do I really need expensive riding gear?
The answer is a bit complicated and I will advise you to buy the best gear that you can afford at the moment. The more you spend better it will be, not always, but in most cases.
Question N: 3 - What is the difference between cheap and expensive gear?
There are many differences, but I will try to explain with three words: Functionality Comfort and Durability. Each one of these is equally important and making a compromise with one or two of these will cause future consequences. For example, you can travel with winter gear in the summer gear in the winter, but in both cases, functionality will be very low. You can do it with any gear, big, small, tight, loose, waterproof or not, but the comfort is not going to be what you expect. The last is durability, you don't want your gear to fall apart in the middle of the trip, don't you?
Question N: 4 - Do I need extra protection or what I have integrated into my gear is enough?
Well... it is obvious that body armor in combination with knee brace and neck brace will protect much better, no doubt! The problem is that there are too big and bulky, especially when you are on a long trip. Every time when you plan to walk around you have to be like Robocop or keep it somewhere, both are not so easy.
Question N: 5 - Could bad gear ruin the trip?
Not completely, but you will definitely need to buy some extra clothes or you will struggle. You cannot ride all day on 10 degrees or lower without a proper winter jacket or try to survive day after day completely wet, no way. It happened with a few of my riding friends in the past and the options they have were to stay an extra day to recover, from being sick or buy some additional stuff and complete the trip. This is the easiest part, the worst will be to have an accident without any protection. I won't say that the trip will be a disaster, but you might have some hard moments. All of this could be avoided with the right gear choice.

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The Great Alpine Road is a must for every motorcycle rider.

On this day my motorcycle trip around Australia brought me to the great alpine road. It was wonderful experience to have. Even that it was raining for few hours I really enjoyed this day. In some stage, I made one mistake that cost me more than 100km and two hours, but at the end everything went well.

Special thanks to Smart Turn System to support my trip, they also now offer 20 % discount and lifetime warranty for everyone who use the links below:
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Also special thanks to everyone who already sent money for my next adventure! This help is highly appreciated! I will do my best to show you this part of the world! You are my heroes, thank you!

Radu Dinescu (Romania), Milan Sotic (Serbia), Michael Bloom (UK), Gregor Tough (USA), Marco Thaler (Austria), Carlos Avila (Macau), Carlos Sousa (Portugal), Uroš Goričanec (Slovenia), Kevin Wright (Scotland), Christopher Cunningham (UK), Bertrand (Canada), Geoff Penney (Australia), Sander Veerbeek (Holland), Mike Fitz (USA), PD Doling (UK), Mark Rhodes (Canada), David Chivers (New Zealand).

Thanks to my Patrons and all of my subscribers! I am here because of you! Thank you!
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