africa

  • Adventure: Jolandie Rust – 45,000km around Africa on a BMW F650GS Dakar

    Adventure: Jolandie Rust – 45,000km around Africa on a BMW F650GS Dakar

    In the November issue of Motorcycle Sport & Leisure magazine we interview Jolandie Rust. Africa has been ridden through, traversed and conquered, but seldom by a lone female rider. Jolandie took 18 months and 45,000 kilometres to circumnavigate the entire continent on a BMW F650GS Dakar… Read the full interview only in MSL magazine. Motorcycle Sport &…

    Continue reading »

  • Off-road riding advice with Trailquest

    Off-road riding advice with Trailquest

    October’s issue see Motorcycle Sport & Leisure deputy Editor Bruce Wilson preparing for an epic South African adventure with Trailquest and Triumph… here’s his first video Motorcycle Sport & Leisure magazine is the original and best bike mag. Established in 1962, you can pick up a copy in all good newsagents & supermarkets, or online……

    Continue reading »

  • MOTORCYCLE TOURING: How to ride in Africa

    MOTORCYCLE TOURING: How to ride in Africa

    Adventure expert Kevin Sanders from GlobeBusters gives the low down on riding through one of the world’s best touring destinations… Crossing the equator on land isn’t easy, so it’s a great achievement to tick off the ‘bucket list’ for any adventurous motorcyclist. There are only 14 countries that straddle the line around our planet running…

    Continue reading »

  • The History of the Honda Africa Twin

    The History of the Honda Africa Twin

    WORDS: Phil West PHOTOGRAPHY: Honda Born at the height of the popularity of the Paris-Dakar Rally in 1988, the first production Africa Twin was effectively an ‘off-road RC30’. Like the RC, the XRV650 was built by HRC and conceived as a no-compromise, road-going replica of a race-winner – in this case the factory NXR750 V-twin…

    Continue reading »