About us

Adventure Bike Tours

Supporting companies & individuals explore the world of adventure motorcycling

"This is not a large corporate run business - more a combination of riders experiences from many years travelling evolved into a selection of adventures and information for riders who are looking to try somewhere & something different"

Steve Hotson founder of Adventure Bike Tours & lead guide for Motoexplorers Silk Road adventures.

Motorcycle tours & adventures

Why adventure?

bmw gs adventure motorbike Adventure motorcycle touring enables you to keep the independence of travelling alone whilst benefiting from the support and friendship of a small group of riders. With maybe two weeks touring, it can be difficult to make the most of that time if you've got to worry about finding places to stop, good riding routes as well as dealing with travel formalities, currency and motoring requirements for each country.

An experienced tour guide can assist with all of this, providing planning & assistance for travelling through each country, leaving you free to simply enjoy the great riding & freeing up more of your time to enjoy the bike and absorb the local cultures.

At the end of each day, you'll know that you've got a good place to stop where you can unwind and enjoy a good meal and drinks together & look forward to planning the next days riding.

"Taking you places others haven't found"

Our experience

It started in 1989 with a trip of a lifetime to the great Pyramids of Egypt with an ever faithful 'Teresa' . . . a simple Yamaha XT 600 Tenere

Europe
Road tours throughout Europe & Scandinavia: from 1983 onward Including; Italy, Germany, Austria, Turkey, Hungary, Greece, Denmark, Sweden, Holland, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Spain, Switzerland, Andorra, Portugal.

Eastern Europe
Overland Motorcycle touring to Budapest from 2004
Including; Hungary, Poland, Czech republic, Slovakia, Bosnia, Croatia, Slovenia, Romania

Africa
Overland motorcycle expedition to Morocco: 1987
Overland motorcycle expedition Egypt: 1989
Length of the Nile to Sudan

Western Africa
Western Kenya; 2002 photo assignment including extensive overland travel

China & Asia
Motorbike expedition, 14 countries including overland Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan
& whole of China Silk road Western China to Beijing, Aug-Oct 09.

Photography project throughout western Kenya, documenting the resourceful lives of the extra ordinary Kenyan people.

Photography workshop in Kenya helping children from the Kisumu slums tell their own stories through simple images.

Assignments by Land Rover, the 'firmest' ride known to man! Makes riding motorcycles feel like an armchair!

Featuring the best of adventure motorcycling

"Travel and exploring new places is important It kick starts your imagination, everything becomes more real and purposeful"

"Your senses are awaken as you are focused on exploring and discovering more about the wider world"

"What is everybody else in the world doing today? Why not come see for yourself

This site is evolving into a great resource for riders to discover new adventures & information.

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