Episodes

  • Mind And Body: Prepping For The Dakar Rally

    Mind And Body: Prepping For The Dakar Rally
    Dec 27 2024
    Lawrence Hacking is a veteran off-road racer, with plenty of motocross and enduro experience in North America and overseas (including the Baja 1000, ISDE, Baja Rally, and lots more). This week, he's here to talk about what it takes to prepare for, and then survive, in the Dakar Rally. He knows what he's talking about—Hacking raced in the very last Dakar Rally that ran the traditional France-to-Senegal route back in 2001.
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    52 mins
  • Retro Moto Lifestyle: No Cellphone, No Liquid Cooling, No GPS

    Retro Moto Lifestyle: No Cellphone, No Liquid Cooling, No GPS
    Dec 20 2024
    All things old: Airhead 247 podcaster Darren Dortin talks vintage BMW, life in rural Arkansas, his love of paper maps, and why he just can’t fathom cell phone ownership.
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    56 mins
  • Moto Guzzi vs. The North

    Moto Guzzi vs. The North
    Dec 13 2024
    What is adventure? How do you find it? Most of us will answer that question in different ways. In the case of Nick Adams, he doesn't attack near-impossible terrain, ripping up the mud with full-on knobbies and a hundred-horsepower-plus engine. Instead, Nick takes regular street bikes—particularly his old 1972 Moto Guzzi Eldorado—much farther into the wilderness than most adrenaline bros would ever dare.
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    48 mins
  • RIP Malcolm Smith, The KTM Saga, And Why Small Bikes Are Cool Again

    RIP Malcolm Smith, The KTM Saga, And Why Small Bikes Are Cool Again
    Dec 6 2024
    Motorcycling was shocked by KTM's worsening financial news, and saddened by the passing of racing legends Malcolm Smith and "Motorcycle Mary" McGee. This week, podcast host Neil Graham and ADVrider managing editor Zac Kurylyk discuss the big news and the cultural shifts (would you ever ride a Chinese motorcycle?) that we see in the world of moto.
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    49 mins
  • This Man Is Proof You Can Ride Around The World On A Vintage Bike

    This Man Is Proof You Can Ride Around The World On A Vintage Bike
    Nov 29 2024
    Doug Wothke isn’t your typical globetrotter. From his home in LA ("Lower Alabama” he says with a chuckle), Wothke, better known around these parts as rtwdoug, has ridden an oddball assortment of antique motorcycles to the far corners of the earth. Ever wondered what to do if your 1940s Indian shreds a transmission while you’re half-way across Russia? Talk to Wothke, he’s been there.
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    44 mins
  • Why One Man is Building Bikes That Nobody Else Will Make

    Why One Man is Building Bikes That Nobody Else Will Make
    Nov 21 2024
    From the balls-out Confederate to the ornate and unexpected Curtiss EV, designer JT Nesbitt strikes out on his own to make the ultimate American motorcycle—the Magnolia 4.
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    50 mins
  • Riding Through a Literal Minefield in Africa

    Riding Through a Literal Minefield in Africa
    Nov 15 2024
    Lois Pryce is a low-key rebel. She bailed on her record label gig in her 20s and hit the road. And hasn’t looked back. From Alaska to points south, through snow and deserts, to a romp through Iran—and all done by her lonesome. But what makes her different is her acutely observed writing. And then there’s the banjo…
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    1 hr and 13 mins
  • 2025's New Motorcycles: What's Hot And What's Not?

    2025's New Motorcycles: What's Hot And What's Not?
    Nov 8 2024
    It's the most wonderful time of the year for motorcyclists. This week, in Milan, Italy, the EICMA motorcycle show ran, with manufacturers from around the world showing off their new bikes. Podcast host Neil Graham and guests Zac Kurylyk (ADVrider managing editor) and Michael Uhlarik (veteran motorcycle designer) all have some thoughts on the show's good, bad and ugly machines.
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    1 hr and 6 mins