Adventure Stories
Behind the scenes look at the people of Turkana - not only what the team is up to, but of course 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 on 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!
Zimbabwe, where adventure riding still means it is a proper 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….
This is how we find out if our motorcycle soft luggage saddlebags survivesWe 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.
The MadMules rackless gets dirty in SpainTwo 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.