Long-Distance Motorcycle Travel: Saying Yes to the Unknown

Jim Martin· Host0:00

12 years. That's how long we've been making Adventure Rider Radio. 12 years of motorcycle stories from all around the world, listened to by riders in almost every single country, and it's still the most listened to adventure motorcycle show of its kind. Rider skills, deep trouble, Adventure Rider Radio Raw, Southward Chronicles, stories of riders crossing continents, getting into trouble, figuring things out, and finding what motorcycles can open up for us in life. And over those years, we've heard from so many listeners about what Adventure Rider Radio and Raw have meant to them. Many have told us that it's actually changed their lives for the better. Some have said it helps, helped them get through some difficult times. Others say it gets them through every day at work, these long days at work. Others have said that they gave them the courage to buy a motorcycle, ride somewhere they never thought they could, take a trip, or just look at their own life a little differently. Those are some of the things that have always fueled us for doing Adventure Rider Radio, because Adventure Rider Radio was never about motorcycles. It's about what motorcycles open up for us. That doesn't mean that everyone wants to sell everything, quit their job, and ride around the world. Most people don't. Most people have their own version of adventure, their own responsibilities, their own limits, their own way of doing things. But there's something really powerful about hearing what's possible. You can listen to someone cross a continent by motorcycle and never want to do the exact same thing yourself, but that story can still move something in