"The first thing we did was to buy the Adventure Motorcycling Handbook" Ewan McGregor, The Long Way Round, p.26

The fifth edition of Chris Scott's Adventure Motorcycling Handbook (AMH) still has no worthwhile parallel after 18 years in print and guess what, the latest edition refines the well-tuned AMH formula, mixing hard-won practical advice with anecdotes and entertaining contributors' tales from around the globe.

With the growth of 'adventure motorcycling' (a term first coined by Chris Scott) as a recreational pursuit and the popularity of the Long Way... and forthcoming TV series, Edition 5 no longer assumes readers need change their life to set off on an overland adventure. The new range of adventure motorcycling tours are considered, as are the possibility of renting a machine overseas and advances in speedy and efficient air freight - all enabling a rider to have a motorcycle adventure without giving up their career or selling the house.

• Double-stitched 'all-terrain' binding

• Cover price maintained (£12.99/US$19.95)

• Improved mapping for Continental Route Outlines

• New colour photography and scores of new monos

• Advice on sorting out documentation and visas

• The best 10 overland machines rated, including more on road tourers

• Riders' Trip Reports (hundreds more here)

• Fully updated advice on shipping by sea or air

• Expanded first aid and medical section: from altitude sickness to trauma and snake bite

• All the latest equipment and accessories for bike preparation, much of it tested by the author on the Desert Riders Project (as seen on TV)

• A dozen new Tales from the Saddle

Still not convinced? Sample parts of the book on the Trailblazer website (links below) or check out the readers' reviews on Amazon.

The bible for two-wheel adventurers

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