Had a good evening out at Tinklers Yamaha dealership in Norwich last night, the reason being Nick Sanders was giving a talk on some of his solo around the world/twin Americas rides. The guy is truly awesome, forget the celebrities McGregor and Boorman this guy does it the Real way round.   Got a link to his website, check the Dealership tour he's doing at the moment(free tickets + a free dvd) if he's appearing at one near you I can reccomend it for a really enjoyable evening.   http://www.nicksanders.com/index.htm                                                                                                                                                                             

I hear you, Pete and Mick had a great time  and this guy is one not to miss!!! wish I could have made it                                                                                                                                                                               

If anyones interested, he`s on at CMC in Chesterfield on Wednesday 15th                                                                                                                                                                             

While i agree he's the real deal I think the long way down/round team also have done great work in highlighting biking and adventure.

How ever there has been folks doing it lot longer than these 3 who don't get the limelight And Nick is mad I have some of his books/dvd's

I can't see a R1 doing the road of bones

                                                                                                                                                                             

Good point on the highlighting of biking by McGregor & Boorman with Long way round/up/down but any biker doing it solo without a fleet of 4WD's for back up has got to hold the respect of bikers more(be he mad or not, which Nick certainly is).                                                                                                                                                                             

Nuts, but fantastic entertainment. He's on at the following:
14th Feb Skellerns Motorcycles, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
15th Feb CMC Clay Cross, Chesterfield, Derbyshire
16th Feb Keith Dixon Motorcycles, Accrington, Lancashire
17th Feb Ride On Motorcycles, Glasgow
18th Feb Edinburgh Yamaha Centre, Edinburgh
20th Feb Raceways Motorcycles Ltd, Fleetwood, Lancashire
21st Feb Wigan Yamaha Centre, Wigan, Lancashire
22nd Feb Robinsons of Rochdale, Rochdale, Lancashire
29th Feb Len Manchester Motorcycles, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire

                                                                                                                                                                             

It's free and a great evening out...                                                                                                                                                                             

A must read for all motorcyclists Ted Simons in search of jupiter and dreaming of jupiter iv read them both an excellent read 70 countries in 2/3 years       .... ONE MAN ONE BIKE ONE PLANET   cheers kevkool                                                                                                                                                                             

ps  ted did his world adventure before ns   all good stuff  kk                                                                                                                                                                             

I was at nick sanders 7 time around the world adventure nite in glasgow yamaha dealship      hi it was a great nite out so if you wont a good nite out and it free go for it
he in edinburgh to nite                                                                                                                                                                             

A lot of people knock Ewan and Charlie then say 'but they did well for motorcycling' - but these people miss the point of the Long Way adventures. Yes they have a support crew, but this is mainly a film crew, not to get them out of scrapes - while it has it's advantages, carrying a tonne of camera equipment, hard-drives, editing equipment etc. is a little difficult on a bike.

On top of that, there is the time element - Ewan and Charlie complain as much as anyone about how short a time they actually have to do the trips - it's a very different game when you can spend several years doing the trip. Try to imagine yourselves riding 250 - 650 miles every day, for three months at a time.

The Long Way videos are not better or worse than the other guys having done this (of which there are actually hundreds in transit, continually nowadays) - just a different game altogether.

A good guy to watch is Graham Styles - a Kent / South London IT bod who decided to do all of the countries of the Americas over about 1000+ days (about 100,000miles). He's back in the country now, and I've got a tacit agreement (though I've not spoken to him for a while) to speak to the students of the M/C academic club were starting up in the Medway.

Difference between Graham and others, is that he filmed the trip and put it up on YouTube.

Try this link of him in Columbia crossing a bridge over a swollen river: if you want more, just switch to YouTube from this link and you'll see all 20+ videos.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yjIJ8ibOs8                                                                                                                                                                              

i'v read one of Nicks books and it was brilliant                                                                                                                                                                              

I have just looked at some of his films on Youtube, brilliant, love it. Woulod be nice to find the time to do similar                                                                                                                                                                              

Just got back from StreetBike halesowen. Nick Sanders is totally nuts!! His mixture of adventure and comedy makes it a great night out . . and Free! If you've not seen him yet, check out if he is near you soon and go have a great night.                                                                                                                                                                             

I think you have your own Camera crew Slidy,  Your profile picture changes to something new everytime I see you on here .  See you over here in Brittany soooon !!                                                                                                                                                                             

20th Feb Raceways Motorcycles Ltd, Fleetwood, Lancashire
oh no   just down the road from me MISSED IT   i have read his books and watched his videos met him at nec and been through his marriage and divorce to henrietta                                                                                                                                                                              

Met Nick at the Bike show in Birmingham in 1997/1998 and he signed a copy of his book for me. Top man.