Royal Enfield Books

Adventure Motorcycling Handook
Worldwide Motorcycle Route & Planning Guide
Chris Scott

Every red-blooded motorcyclist dreams of making the Big Trip – this comprehensive manual will make that dream a reality. Timbuktu to Kathmandu or Patagonia to Mongolia, whether you're planning your own Big Trip or just enjoy reading about other people's adventures, this book is guaranteed to illuminate, entertain and, above all, inspire.

Fully-revised 5th edition – Every red-blooded motorcyclist dreams of making the Big Trip; Chris Scott’s Adventure Motorcycling Handbook is the comprehensive manual to make that dream a reality.

Includes Information on buying and riding Royal Enfields both in India and on longer overland trips.

Practical information – Top ten overland machines rated, documentation, preparing your bike for touring off the beaten track, shipping and air-freighting, navigation and survival, off-road riding techniques in deserts, mountains and even rivers!

Trans-continental route outlines – Across Africa, Asia and Latin America, plus back-country riding in north-west Canada and the Australian Outback. Improved mapping shows overland routes.

Tales from the Saddle – First-hand accounts of spoke-bending biking adventures worldwide; battling against the elements on epic journeys: India, Australia, the Sahara, the Americas, Siberia and many more.

Paperback, 272 pages, 6 maps, 18 colour photos, 169 B&W photos, £12.99

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

PART 1: PRACTICALITIES
Planning and preparation 9
Getting information 14
Paperwork 17
Choosing a motorcycle 27
Top Ten overlanders 31
Bike preparation and maintenance 45
Carrying extra fuel 51
Tyres 58
Load carrying 70
Clothing for the long ride 80
Shipping overseas 84
Women and adventure motorcycling 88
Riding in Asia 88
Trans-America Muchacha 91
Life on the road 95
Setting off 95
Attitudes to security 97
Borders and checkpoints 98
Equipment checklist 101
Changing money 102
Two-wheel camping 103
Health and medical emergencies 108
Navigation and survival 122
Off-highway riding 128
Dirt roads 129
Riding in sand 131
River crossings 133

PART 2: CONTINENTAL ROUTE OUTLINES

Asia
Overland to India 140
Pakistan and the Karakoram 143
‘India: you’re standing in it’ 146
India on an Enfield 150
Southeast Asia 156
Central Asia, Russia and Mongolia 162
Central Asia Trip Notes 164
Trans-Russia and Mongolia 166
Australia 171
Major Outback tracks 173
Life on the Outback road 175
Africa 177
North Africa and the Sahara 179
West Africa 185
Western Route via Angola and Namibia 186
Egypt to Ethiopia 187
Kenya and the road to the Cape 189
Central and South America 190
Mexico and Central America 190
South America 195
The Pan-American Highway 197
Up and across the Amazon basin 201
North America 204
Renting, buying and importation guidelines 204
Northwestern Canada and Alaska 204

PART 3: TALES FROM THE SADDLE

Lois on the Loose, Lois Pryce 207
It Pours, Man it Pours, Andy Bell 214
In Search of Veal Veng, Richard Virr 220
Deadhorse, Fish Story, Gregory Frazier 224
Over the Page and Far Away, Maciek Swinarski 229
How did Pakistan get its name?, Georgie Simmonds 233
Old Boxers Never Die, Simon McCarthy 238
Up Top, Down Under, David Brown 242
Desert Riders, Chris Scott 245
No Turning Back, Arno Backes 250
Ladakh and the Valley of the Gods, Sameer Shisodia 254

APPENDIX

Some dvds and videos on adventure motorcycling 258
Conversion tables 259
Contributors 260

INDEX 269