Behind the scenes, look at the people of Turkana – not only what the team is up to, but also gossip about the latest scandals of our customers and friends in the adventure dual-sport community and what they are doing to get themselves into trouble.
Here you will find news and photo essays about their epic trips, tips, maybe something new to learn about what products they like to use (or not use) and maybe even some secrets about new motorcycle luggage projects in the works.
If you want to have an interesting life, go do interesting things. We hope these journals will assist in getting you going!
Tagore Sureshbabu is from India; he set out from Cape Town on a KTM 690 Enduro with one ambitious goal: ride from South Africa to Morocco. His route took him through Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia and Tanzania, across dirt roads, deserts, wildlife areas and borders. A breakdown couldn’t stop him, but eventually paperwork did. This is the story of an African motorcycle journey that didn’t reach Morocco.
Two riders, two KTM 890 Rallys and fourteen days through Namibia’s wild Kaokoland. Callie and Ezelda Steyn tackle Van Zyl’s Pass, the remote Marienfluss, desert heat, river crossings and some of Southern Africa’s toughest terrain on an unforgettable motorcycle adventure.
In May 2008, I quickly got sucked into the world of adventure biking. Remembering watching a movie of guys doing a trip to Van Zyl’s Pass in Namibia. I yearned to also experience an adventure like that, the challenges, hardships and all. But life happened and dreams fade….
In May 2008, I quickly got sucked into the world of adventure biking. Remembering watching a movie of guys doing a trip to Van Zyl’s Pass in Namibia. I yearned to also experience an adventure like that, the challenges, hardships and all. But life happened and dreams fade….
So here’s the deal. Three amigos on a mission to prove you don’t need big adventure motorcycles — or good decisions — to have a great day. We grabbed a Triumph Scrambler 400X, a Royal Enfield Himalayan, and a CFMoto 450MT Ibex. Then we slapped on some Turkana MadMule™ rackless soft saddlebags, fitted a Bullfrog™…
In May 2008, I quickly got sucked into the world of adventure biking. Remembering watching a movie of guys doing a trip to Van Zyl’s Pass in Namibia. I yearned to also experience an adventure like that, the challenges, hardships and all. But life happened and dreams fade….
The idea was simple – three friends, three bikes kitted with the new MadMules rackless soft luggage and five days to go do epic shit. Riding from sunrise to sunset carrying only what we needed.
We had piled enough food, water and other necessities on board to keep us going for the next five-six days, and it was a great way to truly give our prototype Turkana pannier bags a run for their money! It’s amazing how much you can get in them.
We keep testing and aiming to keep improving on the Turkana motorcycle soft luggage bag pannier range. When you live in Europe, as I do, the top adventure destination is Morocco. From Amsterdam, it is about 2,000 km as the crow flies to Tanger.
We knew this stretch of our planned journey through Turkana could potentially end our trip.
Angola – You only have to know these two words to have locals crack a broad smile and even hard-ass police officials won’t be able to keep a straight face. ‘Beer’ and ‘Thank You’ are what these Portuguese words mean, very important stuff!
Two Friends, a new prototype rackless luggage system for dual-sport and adventure motorcycles, one on a Yamaha T700 Tenere and one on Yamaha WR, packed to camp and ride the TET. The two amigos headed south from Holland in search of Cerveza, old single dirt tracks and laugh.
Part of your day job of being an adventure motorcycle tour operator is to scout out new potential routes in far-off exotic places.
