Need reliable information about motorcycle trips, motorcycle travel, and adventure riding? Looking for practical motorcycle tips, long-distance touring advice, travel hacks, and real experience from the road? This channel is made for riders who want to improve their skills, prepare better, and enjoy safer, smarter, and more confident motorcycle journeys.
My name is Pavlin, and for over fifteen years, I’ve been traveling the world on two wheels. Through thousands of kilometers of adventure riding, off-road challenges, remote routes, and long-distance motorcycle trips, I’ve learned what truly matters when you’re far from home.
Here you’ll find motorcycle travel advice, gear recommendations, route planning ideas, riding techniques, and inspiration to finally start your own dream adventure. If you want to become a better long-distance rider and gain real knowledge from real experience, you are welcome. Your motorcycle journey starts here.
Motorcycle Adventures
On my Varna-Magadan and back trip, 39,000 km total, I spent a few days in St. Petersburg, and I chose to spend some of it standing in parks, walking along canals, and photographing fountains built three centuries ago.
No apologies for that. I enjoyed it very much.
A flexible plan is not a sign of poor preparation. It is what lets you actually experience the countries you ride through. Because the trip is not only about riding.
That is one of the things we cover in Adventure Riding WITHOUT Illusions - how to plan for the unexpected without losing momentum.
rtw-adventures.com/new-online-course-1.html
2 hours ago | [YT] | 35
View 0 replies
Motorcycle Adventures
Venezuela, 2024. A man who had plenty of stories to tell.
The best part of any trip is not the landscapes. Not the roads. Not even the riding. It's the people.
One day spent with a local person will teach you more than traveling alone for a month. Real information. Real hospitality. Real perspective on the place you are riding through.
Many riders are afraid to approach locals. I understand. Different language, different culture, they don't know how to start the conversation, or they are afraid.
But if you know how to do it, it's not a problem at all. It's actually one of the most reliable parts of the whole experience.
In my online course, Adventure Riding WITHOUT Illusions, there is a full lesson dedicated to this, how to approach locals, how to read the situation, and what actually works on the road.
Read more about it here:rtw-adventures.com/new-online-course-1.html
1 day ago | [YT] | 59
View 2 replies
Motorcycle Adventures
People spend thousands on motorcycle gear and modifications, only to find excuses to postpone the dream trip.
Too much work. Kids are small. It's not the right moment.
I get it. Life is real. But here's what I've seen after 400,000 km across 80+ countries: if you can't find the motivation at 30, it gets harder at 40. And harder again at 50. Life doesn't slow down. It speeds up. And the dream always stays a dream.
This photo is from the Road of Bones. 6:47 in the morning. 12°C. Dirt road stretching to nowhere. No gear upgrade got me here. A decision did.
If you're waiting for the right moment, it won't come. But you can start preparing for it right now.
Adventure Riding WITHOUT Illusions is the course I built to speed this process. No hype. No motivation speeches. Just the real framework for making a serious trip happen.
Link: rtw-adventures.com/new-online-course-1.html
2 days ago (edited) | [YT] | 218
View 15 replies
Motorcycle Adventures
Ushuaia, Argentina. 2025.
You have probably seen hundreds of photos like this one. Different locations, same shot.
What you don't see is what it took to get there. The motivation to start. The months of preparation. The consistency to keep going when it stops being fun. The money you actually need. And the health to finish.
Most people skip past the photo without thinking about any of that.
I cover all of it - in real detail, no shortcuts - in my online course, Adventure Riding Without Illusions. More info here: rtw-adventures.com/new-online-course-1.html
3 days ago | [YT] | 182
View 5 replies
Motorcycle Adventures
This video might be useful to some of you:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IK_7N...
4 days ago | [YT] | 121
View 2 replies
Motorcycle Adventures
Ask me anything related to motorcycle trips - Live Stream. Link to join it here: youtube.com/live/-tRYJja4wak?feature=share
5 days ago | [YT] | 75
View 3 replies
Motorcycle Adventures
Siberia, 2023. Somewhere between nowhere and the next nowhere.
I pulled these brake pads out at a roadside stop and just stared at them for a minute. Worn down to almost nothing. Not dangerous yet - but close enough that I wasn't going to wait.
This is the part nobody talks about. Not the scenery. Not the border crossings. The quiet moments where you crouch next to your bike, hands dirty, and make a decision that keeps the trip going.
Spare parts. Basic tools. Knowing what to check and when. That's not optional out there. That's the trip.
I cover this in detail in my course - what to carry, what to inspect, how to think about maintenance when you're thousands of km from a dealer. Link: rtw-adventures.com/new-online-course-1.html
5 days ago | [YT] | 132
View 7 replies
Motorcycle Adventures
A reminder about the upcoming live stream, open to everyone. It will start today, the 10th of May at 21:00h (EET).
No topics, just Q&A, basically, you can ask me anything.
It will be broadcast on my live stream channel: youtube.com/@MotoAdventuresLiveStreams.
Once it starts, I will share a link to all channels' community posts.
6 days ago | [YT] | 66
View 0 replies
Motorcycle Adventures
Transamazonica, Brazil, 2024.
2,500+ km of jungle road. Rain, mud, heat, dust, river crossings, zero services. You don't take what you want. You take what you can actually manage when things go wrong.
Everything you see on these bikes had to earn its place.
Most riders overpack because they're planning for comfort. When in reality, comfort should be the last thing to worry about on an adventure trip.
What stays, what goes, and why most people only figure this out after the trip destroys something expensive.
I talk in more detail in my online course, Adventure Riding WITHOUT Illusions. More about it here: rtw-adventures.com/new-online-course-1.html
1 week ago | [YT] | 178
View 3 replies
Motorcycle Adventures
One month ago, I launched "Adventure Riding WITHOUT Illusions." Hundreds of riders have already joined it.
No hype. No gear obsession. No, "you need this bike to travel." Just the real stuff. What actually breaks you on the road. What keeps you going. What nobody talks about until it's too late.
Read what those who completed it are saying: rtw-adventures.com/testimonials-1.html
More about the course: rtw-adventures.com/new-online-course-1.html
1 week ago | [YT] | 196
View 2 replies
Load more