No more teasers. No more trade show fog. The X1 Alpha from KLIM is finally landing in shops. And this isn’t just another helmet with a fancy name and a plastic spoiler. This one was built to keep you alive and alert when you’re a few hundred klicks from the nearest tarmac. KLIM’s been banging […]
15th – 20th of April Distance cycled: 121km | Total Distance: 1840km Barsakelmes Island diversion, Karateren to Aralsk From the former fishing village of Karateren I had planned a two day 4WD excursion to Barsakelmes Island and Kaskakulan. The Aral Sea was often referred to as the “Sea of Islands,” virtually all of which are have […]
10th – 14th April | Kyzylorda to Kokaral Dam Distance: 520km | Total Distance: 1719km Day 18 – 124km We left our Kyzylorda apartment – on the fourth floor of a Soviet-style building – apartment blocks have the same design all over the former Soviet Union. I’m not quite sure how some of these buildings still hang […]
KLIM has launched a unique safety initiative that caters not only to thrill-seekers but to anyone who values their well-being on the open road. From now until the end of May, grab the KLIM Ai-1 airbag vest for just €320.00, down from €420.00, available at KLIM dealers. This isn’t just a piece of gear; it’s […]
6th – 9th April | Turkistan to Kyzylorda | Distance: 323km | Total Distance: 1199km Day 14 (6th April) – 119km In Turkistan, our guide Islam was afflicted with a health issue and after much discussion with his family and the team, sadly he decided to return to his home city of Shymkent to get some treatment […]
If you are an adventure motorcyclist tied to a regular nine-to-five job, then maybe you, too, dream about embarking on a motorcycle journey to foreign lands and across breathtaking landscapes. Regardless of whether you’re a seasoned rider or an eager novice longing to embrace the thrill of something new, you may not have the time […]
30th March – 5th April Kazakhstan Border to Turkistan Distance: 406km | Total Distance: 871km The border crossing between Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan was even more chaotic than the Tajikistan-Uzbekistan crossing a few days earlier. We had to walk my bike and lug all our baggage through passport control and security screens for both countries, a bun fight where […]
27-29 March 2025 | Total distance: 408km From Tashkent the plan was to drive back to Buka, the town that we stayed in on our first night in Uzbekistan, as I didn’t need to cycle the same road twice and rejoin the line of my journey there. Rather than heading straight for the Kazakhstan border, […]
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