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Send us Fan Mail The Isle of Man TT isn’t compelling because it’s polished. It’s compelling because it’s real public roads, real consequences, and a level of commitment that most of us can’t even imagine. We ride out to meet legendary motorcycle journalist and author Stuart Barker, then let him pull back the curtain on what the TT actually is: a 37.75-mile mountain course with hundreds of corners, brutal hazards, and a culture that refuses to pretend the dark parts don’t exist. We talk about...
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Send us Fan Mail A gun gets waved in bumper-to-bumper traffic, a rider escapes down the shoulder, and we are left asking the same question we keep circling back to: what does “safe” even mean when you ride long distances in the real world? We start with updates from the ADV Cannonball orbit, including a heavy, time-sensitive story tied to an active nonfiction research project, and how modern tools like AI research agents, photo metadata, and public records shape what we can prove. The death o...
Send us Fan Mail Press Release: https://www.advcannonball.com/news/press-release-2026-adv-rally 2026 Results and Photos: https://www.advcannonball.com/2026-adv-cannonball-rally The awards banquet is where the ADV Cannonball Rally stops being a route file and turns into real people, real bikes, and real stories. We’re on stage handing out finisher awards and specialty trophies while the crowd relives the kind of moments only an endurance adventure motorcycle rally can create: unexpected passen...
Send us Fan Mail CREW SHOW Press Release: https://www.advcannonball.com/news/press-release-2026-adv-rally 2026 Results and Photos: https://www.advcannonball.com/2026-adv-cannonball-rally Sixty-four people make it to the Monterey awards banquet, but the real story lives in the gap between signing up and rolling across the finish. We sit down right after two wild weeks on the road to unpack the 2026 ADV Cannonball Rally from the inside, including what surprised us, what failed, and what riders ...
Send us Fan Mail Day five hits with a question every adventure rider has wrestled with: when the rally feels like it’s dialled past the limit, do you keep chasing every checkpoint, or do you make the adult call and ride straight to the hotel? Rolling out of Moab toward Las Vegas, we talk honestly about fatigue, food, hydration, and the quiet danger of stacking big days with small sleep. We also dig into why finishing is always an accomplishment, but why certain rally awards only mean somethin...
Send us Fan Mail Day four on the ADV Cannonball is where the rally’s personality really shows: long highway miles, heavy heat, and the kind of messy, real-world problems you cannot simulate in a garage. We’re rolling west on Highway 70 watching riders stream past, swapping stories about surviving a 107 heat index, the weird calm of a “slab day,” and why traffic jams can be more dangerous than any dirt section when impatience takes over. One ugly run-in with a truck driver turns into a clear l...