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Call us sceptics, but we wonder whether a stunt rider did some of the riding for Ewan McGregor in this Moto Guzzi promotional video for the new V85 TT. It was filmed in southern Sardinia to promote the launch of the bike and Ewan as the bike’s ambassador. Ambassador McGregor Ewan has been a brand …
There are two things that have prevented Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman completing their proposed Long Way Up tour of South and North America. There is the fact that Ewan is so busy with Hollywood movies he can’t afford a few months off and there is also the fact that Ewan is ambassador for Moto …
The ninth annual York Motorcycle Festival in Western Australia is adding some adventure and celebrity to its events this year on Sunday 14 April 2019. Festival Director Peter Woods says the number of new attractions planned for the free event would help attract more than 6000 people. “This year we are presenting a big focus …
Charley Boorman is returning to Australia and Africa in 2016 riding a Triumph Explorer. Charley is better known for his round-the-globe rides on big BMWs and for his tantrum when KTM failed to support them. The renowned adventure motorcyclist, TV presenter and documentary maker has joined Triumph Motorcycles as one of their global ambassadors. Charley loves …
If you’ve ever wanted to tour the world’s emptiest country, Mongolia, like Charley Boorman and Ewan McGregor in Long Way Round, now is your chance. Extreme Bike Tours is offering US$585 savings if you book for their May or September 2016 tours by September 30, 2015. READ ABOUT THE EXTREME CUBA TOUR The sparse country is …
Long Way adventurer Ewan McGregor is trading his BMW R 1200 GS Adventure for a Moto Guzzi Stelvio and heading from California to the southern tip of Chile on his next motorcycle adventure. MotorbikeWriter predicted the swap and the Central American part of the tour after the above video was released on May 28. Now …
Could the next Long Way adventure for Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman be the Baja Peninsula in Mexico on Moto Guzzi Stelvio adventure bikes? Surprisingly, the possibility arises in a short promo video Ewan has recorded for the launch of the Moto Guzzi California Eldorado stripped-down cruiser. Toward the end of the video, Ewan talks about future …
Charley Boorman reunited with his R 1150 GS Adventure from the Long Way Round TV series at last weekend’s Goodwood Festival of Speed in England. He celebrated 10 years since the iconic round-the-world trip by taking part in the 1866m hillclimb. The book and TV series launched Charley on to the world stage as the unlikely hero …
There hasn’t been a quality Hollywood-style motorcycle documentary since On Any Sunday in 1971. Now comes the award-winning high-quality Why We Ride which has a host of Hollywood production staff involved. Instead of the dry and twee comedy of legendary director Bruce Brown, it features more pathos and drama. The beautifully shot feature-length motorcycle documentary …
If the Compass Expeditions tour I did earlier this year in the outback with Charley Boorman is anything to go by, their latest tour to Mongolia should be a blast. It will also allow travellers to retrace some of the tyre tracks of Charley and Ewan McGregor on their first epic journey, The Long Way …