‘Adventure Motorcycling Handbook’ by Chris Scott

Every red-blooded motorcyclist dreams of making the Big Trip – the Adventure Motorcycling Handbook is the comprehensive manual to make that idea a reality. Timbuktu to Kathmandu or Patagonia to Mongolia – it’s all here. Expanded yet again (an extra 90 pages this time), this new edition is in full-colour for the first time and includes: Practical information, essential documentation, overland machinery, preparation and gear for riding, as well as dealing with culture shock, borders, robbery, medical emergencies, accidents, shipping, navigation, wild camping, highway and off-road riding, fault diagnosis plus filming and also overlanding on quads. Trans-continental route outlines across Africa, Asia and Latin America.

Improved mapping shows overland routes. Tales from the Saddle are moto adventures from the earliest two-wheel pioneers to contemporary first-hand accounts from India, Morocco, South America, Pakistan and Siberia.

Really essential reading for every overlander.