Marcio Oliveira

Last year I found this website (www.advrider.com), that has TRUCKLOADS of useful information and amazing stories about dudes who, like me, love to ride motorcycles on long trips. I was so glad to see that countless guys (and gals) from each corner of this globe are into this kind of self-serving (yep, I concede, motorcycling is a bit of a egotistic affair). For those who enjoy it, bike trips are the best way to think about life's comings and goings (no pun intended), and to enjoy the machines we love at their full potential and preferential environment. I definetely recommend the site ADV. Go check it out! Ano passado achei este site na internet (www.advrider.com), que traz um MONTE de informações úteis e estórias sobre caras que, como eu, adoram fazer longas viagens de moto. Adorei descobrir que incontáveis pessoas de todos os cantos do mundo gostam deste tipo de auto-ajuda (ok, reconheço que andar de moto é um lance um pouco egoístico). Para quem gosta, viagens de moto são um óti

A good friend of mine, who never rode a big motorcycle before, bought my Yamaha Super Teneré 750cc a few months ago. I loved that bike, we had many great trips together, and I'm so glad it is with him. You see, I got him into the crazy world, the motorcycle world, and who knows, maybe one day he will become a real Adventure Rider (www.advrider.com) and we can do a long-way-round kinda trip together. I'm glad he is taking it slowly though. Big bikes are a little tricky at first. Anyhow, I'm also very happy that I now own a BMW 1100 GS, my old-dream bike, and I'm already planning to take it to the road on a long trip, maybe take it to the salt flats at Atacama Desert in Chile! So, that brings us to the real reason of this post: This friend, who bought my old bike, has given me a book called "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" . Of course I have heard about it before. The title always enticed me to read it, but, one of these things, I never did. He gave

A BMW GS é a motoca que eu sempre sonhei em ter. Capaz de tudo, promete de te levar tipo "to infinity and beyond". Quem não conhece esta máquina, procure no youtube a série "Long Way Round" com o dublê de motociclista Ewan McGregor e seu sidekick Charlie Boorman. Ele dão a volta ao mundo em cima de BMs como esta do vídeo abaixo.

Interessante, mas postei apenas p/ testar o "embed video"...:)