I just wrapped up a solo scouting tour through Portugal, and I'm still buzzing from it. This was a compressed eight-day run to test the routing and accommodations for the upcoming official guided tour next year—the Portugal Grand Tour. After careful planning, I tested a few different tracks to really nail down the final tour route that will be the basis for the 2026 guided tour. And let me tell you: Portugal was an incredible surprise. Why Portugal? I've been planning this tour for a while,...

This was the one we'd all been waiting for. The Andalusia tour was our end-of-season ride for 2025, and this time the crew was bigger—nine of us total. New friends, old friends, my brother, business partners—all together for the only time of year we can all drop everything and do what we love most: ride our motorcycles through some of the most beautiful scenery in Europe. For me, it was also the final scouting tour—checking out the tracks, testing the accommodation, and fine-tuning every...

We wrapped up the season with a beauty: an on-/off-road run through the heart of Italy following the legendary Adventure Country Tracks. I had 2 great riders join the final guided tour of the year—an off-road adventure through the heart of Italy. The Adventure Country Track through Italy had a good amount of challenges waiting for us, but most importantly the chemistry between the group immediately clicked. Just a few days in it felt like riding with old friends. Being connected through our...