More than half the spaces for the 2020 Sideburn Nepal trip have sold and that before we've even announced that our rep is going to be the one and only Travis Newbold! Travis is a veteran of both Sideburn Himalayan and Sideburn Morocco trips and we couldn't think of a better rep, and this time he is going with his wife, Rachel. Here's what he says about his previous experiences. I have been lucky and had the pleasure of exploring some different ends of this planet with motorbi

In October 2019 a group of 12 intrepid Sideburn readers went on the inaugural Sideburn Nepal trip. Before we were even halfway through I knew we'd return for another trip and I'm happy to announce October 2020 is the date for Sideburn's return to Kathmandu and the Manang valley. Sideburn has co-promoted a number of unforgettable sold out trips in the Himalayas and we were itching to do another in the region with our Indian-owned partners at Helmet Stories. After a few reconn

October 2019 and a dozen of our favourite early adopters, plus one or two new friends, joined Sideburn and Helmet Stories on the inaugural Sideburn Nepal trip - riding Royal Enfield Himalayans on from Kathmandu to Manang and back. Andrew from Kriega edited footage from his phone and his mate, Salty's, helmet cam to make the short film above. Jason wrote the story for the magazine and it's a story of an adventure riding virgin more used to staying in hotels with pillow menus,

This is a short, straight out of the GoPro clip from Vir's helmet cam of a mile or so of the upcoming Sideburn Nepal trip. We leave from Kathmandu. Do you know how special it feels to write that? Kath. Man. Du. We ride Royal Enfields with one of the stars of the Indian motorcycle scene - Vir Nakai. Vir is a Mt. Everest of a man, a black-haired yeti with an insatiable thirst for life, adventure and camp fire booze. And he’s our tour leader. I’m going and some of my favourite p