Traveller on a bike. My motivations for getting a travel bike was being stuck in the back of a public bus in Namibia in 1992 that was overtaken by a German on a XL500 Honda. In that moment I knew my "destiny"  .
There have been times when I haven't travelled to certain places because I can't go there on a bike.
I've tried the 4wd thing in Southern Africa. My highlights were non-driving based activities and going for a ride with a biker-friend round Natal on his spare bike. Driving the car was pure and simple a PITA.
I've also evolved into a "biker" too: I commute to work on a little 250cc bike (because I getter better mpg than in my van and it's quicker to cut through all the jams) and I have a shiney road bike on which I'll ride out for breakfast or round the TT circuit.
I tried riding a sidecar-outfit but decided it wasn't for me (I crashed it  )
Chris
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