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N° 01 · Autumn 2026 · Offroad · Motorcycle · Harley · Expedition · Camp · Overland · Gear

Where the tarmac ends.

A magazine for people who drive, ride and walk past the end of the road. Long reads from the track, straight answers about kit, and ten tools that turn the guesswork into numbers before you leave the driveway.

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The lead story

Overland · Money

What a Year on the Road Actually Costs

Not the number in the inspiring blog post. The real one, split into the three lines that decide whether you come home when you planned to or three months early.

9 September 2026 · 10 min read

Also in this issue

Five Days Around Mallorca

Harley · Mallorca Five Days Around Mallorca One island, one mountain range, two hundred and eighty kilometres of coast road, and a rhythm that suits a heavy cruiser better than any Alpine pass ever will. 9 min read

Choose the Bike You Can Pick Up

Motorcycle · Buying Choose the Bike You Can Pick Up The most useful specification of a travel motorcycle is not power, range or suspension travel. It is whether you can lift it, loaded, alone, on a slope, at the end of a long day. 9 min read

Reading the Ground Before You Drive It

Offroad · Technique Reading the Ground Before You Drive It Every surface tells you what it will do under a tyre. Learning to read it, fifty metres ahead, is the skill that separates a driver from somebody steering. 9 min read

Build the Rig Around the Weight, Not the Wish List

Overland · Build Build the Rig Around the Weight, Not the Wish List Every accessory catalogue starts at the bumper. Every successful build starts at the weighbridge, because payload is the one budget that cannot be extended. 10 min read

Start here

How much does your rig actually weigh?

Nine out of ten travel vehicles that reach a weighbridge are over their plated limit. Enter your build, get the axle loads, see what has to come off.

Payload Ledger Range and Water

Payload Ledger

The departments

Seven ways to spend a week away from the office

Offroad

Offroad Read the ground before you drive it 4 stories

Motorcycle

Motorcycle The bike matters less than the load 4 stories

Expedition

Expedition The trip that has to be planned twice 4 stories

Camp

Camp A good camp is chosen, not found 4 stories

Overland

Overland What a year on the road really costs 4 stories

Harley

Harley The islands are best seen slowly 4 stories

Gear

Gear The only part that touches the ground 4 stories

The workbench

Ten tools that give you a number, not a mood board

Calculators, finders and planners built by the editors. Free, private, and open about what they assume.

Four questions, three vehicles Rig Finder Everybody starts with the vehicle they want. This starts with the trip you are taking, the people in it and what you can spend, and works backwards to three machines that fit. Open

The number that decides the build Payload Ledger Most travel vehicles that reach a weighbridge are over their limit, and almost every owner is surprised. Enter the build and find out at the kitchen table instead. Open

Fuel, water, days Range and Water Three numbers decide whether a crossing is a trip or an incident. This works them out for your vehicle, your party and the surface you will actually drive. Open

The cheapest traction you own Tyre Pressure One set of tyres becomes four different tyres depending on what is in them. These are the starting pressures, front and rear, for your load and your surface. Open

Distance is not the question, hours are Stage Planner A hundred kilometres of tarmac is ninety minutes. A hundred kilometres of rutted piste is a full day. This converts a route into hours and hours into days. Open

Everything, once, in order Pack List Generated for the trip you described, grouped the way you will pack it, with a weight total so the list and the payload ledger agree with each other. Open

The Route Book

Forty-six routes, honestly graded

Grade, season, permits and the number of days each one really takes. Filter by continent and surface, sort by whatever matters to you.

Open the Route Book

Eight questions, one archetype

What kind of traveller are you?

The Trailbreaker
The Long Hauler
The Saddle Nomad
The Expeditionist
The Minimalist
The Basecamp Builder

What stops most trips before they start?

Latest

Fresh from the editors

Five Days Around Mallorca

Harley · Mallorca Five Days Around Mallorca One island, one mountain range, two hundred and eighty kilometres of coast road, and a rhythm that suits a heavy cruiser better than any Alpine pass ever will. 9 min read

What a Cruiser Changes

Harley · Technique What a Cruiser Changes Three hundred and twenty kilograms, a long wheelbase and your feet in front of you. Every one of those changes how a riding day works, and none of them is a disadvantage once the route matches the machine. 8 min read

Andalusia at Walking Pace

Harley · Andalusia Andalusia at Walking Pace White villages, empty plains and a mountain road to Ronda that was made for a machine with long legs. Southern Spain in spring is the best week a cruiser can have in Europe. 8 min read

Build the Rig Around the Weight, Not the Wish List

Overland · Build Build the Rig Around the Weight, Not the Wish List Every accessory catalogue starts at the bumper. Every successful build starts at the weighbridge, because payload is the one budget that cannot be extended. 10 min read

Touring in Style, Without a Support Truck

Harley · Logistics Touring in Style, Without a Support Truck Luxury on a motorcycle trip is not a better hotel. It is not carrying your own luggage on the days you do not want to, arriving before dark, and never once standing in a car park wondering where to park. 8 min read

A Good Camp Is Chosen an Hour Before Dark

Camp · Craft A Good Camp Is Chosen an Hour Before Dark Wind, water, ground and law: four questions that take two minutes to answer and decide whether the night is restful or one of those nights you tell stories about. 8 min read

Field notes

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