I once met some chaps in Belgium who were the Freedom Riders Rebel Motorcycle Club or some such name. They had a road leader, back markers, printed sheet with the route, risk assessment and a treasurer with two assistants. They struck me as neither free nor rebels but had a *****y good time.

Possibly good in the right sized dose?

Andy

Does the name "Biker" have to be associated with HD ? nope or MC Gangs ?nope Biker is a name for one who lives to ride and rides to live, one whom has no need for training wheels, two wheels work just fine no need for four.
I Voted biker because that is and always will be where I come from.In around 1962 a biker bratt was spawned into this world to a very large family 70 full patched and around about the same number of wannabes.Same old life as all of the rest of the world with the biggest exception being very few owned a vehicle with more than two wheels.I have raised my children the same and they also have very little need for anything other than a motorcycle.I am now traveling all over the world ona MC been living on the roads and hiways for almost a year with no plans of ever returning to the starting point,Does this make me a MC Traveller ? Hmmm... Nope,I'm the same person that was labeled "Biker".
I have to ask what is the differences between biker and MC Traveller. My clothes are the same as everyone else's but I do not ride a HD,I used to ride my BMWs to the coffee shop almost daily but so did everyone else.Now that I escaped the rat race I still find myself going to coffee shops if they can be found.
Did I mention how I dislike in a very strong way the (Name,Term,Label,Association with HD) "Biker"

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While I enjoy both I think it would be easier for me to give up long distance travelling than riding my bike. I travel once in a while, but I ride my motorcycle darn near every day.

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Bruce Clarke - 2020 Yamaha XV250

Was a frustrated biker / traveller for a long time! Watched LWR and it reached boiling point ! Could not afford either until recent years due to family commitments, starting business blah blah blah. I know for sure there are many more "wanabe" guys & gals around. It's tough but sometimes you have to put other people / things first. I guess it is tough when you can't do that too !

My luck changed. Kids older ( Don't do Mum & Dad Holidays) Work is okay.

I had to coerce my wife into the bike bit to start with, she will never ride herself but has loved every trip so far as pillion.

Just a shame life is 90% work 10% travel and not the other way.

I am with out a doubt a traveler with a passion for bikes.

For me bike overlanding is (to paraphrase Jack Sparrow -Pirates of the Caribbean 2003):

..."The entire wo'ld. Wherever we want to go, we'll go. That's what a BIKE is, you know. It's not just wheels and a seat and a engine and a couple of panniers, that's what a bike NEEDS but what a bike is... what the Anubis really is... is freedom."


For me it is simple.. I love travel and will do it anyway i can. I love bikes. so the combination of the two is simply perfect. But as other have said. If i could only travel by "other mean" I would still travel. I hope to never stop riding or traveling..

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I love to ride motorcycles! I love the feel of acceleration as it slides me back on the seat. I love the feel of the tires gripping the pavement on a mountain road.

I also love to travel, backpacked through Europe, Middle East and South America. I bought my first bike in Cairo, Egypt in 1982 after reading Jupiter's Travels, hoping to follow in Ted's tire tracks. that ended badly but the passion remained.

So I throw my tent and some clothes on my big bike and follow the twisty roads wherever they take me. Last year that was around the USA and Mexico. Next South America. Riding fast on challenging roads, stopping in villages, towns and cities to experience life and culture. Sure, I may miss that rare flower on the side of the road, but, flowers don't interest me anyway.

I will never ride one of those buzzy little toys that some "travelers on bikes" use so i guess I'm a biker who travels.

The two are so closely connected - since by virtue of being under power and moving you are travelling...

I used to travel by boat, since I didn't like being landlocked. Now I travel by bike, because I don't want to be gridlocked!! I guess I will always travel, and if at some point for whatever reason it is no longer by bike, I will find the next thing....

I find it's the best of both worlds for me since l was able to buy my own bike lve always had one sitting around somewhere, and now lve got the travel bug and my recent trip thru Thailand lve found the perfect match. In Thailand lve got a Kwaka 650 Versy and here in Oz just picked up a 2015 Triumph Explorer to do the big K's on

True that. I'm finding all this debate a little pointless as well. But it seems like we're in the labeling age.

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Sorry, but no intention of labeling. Anyone here is obviously passionate about bikes and traveling, so no restriction. When someone said that he had 4 bikes in his garage but was still more of a traveller, you may understand many things. Maybe because I have two singles and consider myself more of a traveler, even though I love bikes.

Probably I was unable to explain the idea in the opening post, but some people missed the point. Nonetheless, I found it very interested (being away too long, but got this notification).

However, I've had the impression that those who considered themselves bikers were more annoyed by the fact of choosing. I may be wrong too, but I justo wondered why.

Rest assured this is not trolling, that's not me. Not to annoy anyone, justo chat and understand others with similar intereses.

Keep riding and travelling, happy and safely.

Esteban

Traveler on a bike. What ever bike I can get my hands on in whatever corner of the world.

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Greg "WANDRR" Turp
2WANDRRs.com

I got my drivers license in June 2016 and we left for a trip around the world in July 2016. Absolutely started as a traveller instead of a biker but by now I see myself as both, my wife is absolutely still more a traveller. Most of our time we spent in Africa while riding so far since November 2016, we are still in Africa so riding all different grounds what makes it very nice for me

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In my opinion, traveling by motorbike is the best way to travel, period.

As for a breakdown, I'd say I'm 50/50.

Hi. I'm most certainly always a rider first, and happy to do so most anywhere. I have done lone rides in other countries but know with certainty that if I had a bottomless bank account I'd be happy just riding back roads throughout the Pacific Northwest. I live in Whitehorse, and work as a consultant, riding my bike to contracts around North America. I've ridden from the north and southern Canada, to central Canada, Florida, and the Caribbean. And while I'm on contract my down off is spent on the bike not in the bar unlike most of my coworkers. During my time off I am exploring Backcountry routes in British Columbia, the Yukon, and Alaska these past couple of years. I happily rode from Whitehorse to Yellowknife for a short two-week engineering contract.

Living in Southeast Asia I had a variety of bikes, but in northern Canada, I spend my time between a BMW GSA here in southern Ontario, a KLR for playing at my new house on Vancouver Island, and a WR250R ready for play in the Yukon. My riding changed even before I turn 50, I won't take the GSA down the Dempster anymore, but it's the bike I take across the country. I bought the KLR 10 years ago, but over 55 k of its 60k has been ridden in the last 5 years, it's my preferred bike for backroad riding with camping gear. I have attended to Horizons unlimited meetings 1 in British Columbia and one in Chiang Mai. I joined the Forum here to find other riders to ride with across Northern Canada and North to the Arctic Ocean with.

Cheers

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