When life gives you lemons, run them over with your dirt bike!
After taking the year off to save up money and establish a more portable career, Tiffani Burkett was finally ready to get back on the road and finish her 'Round The World ride that she had started on her 2015 Yamaha FZ-07. Little did she know that getting rid of everything in January of 2020 would be one of the biggest mistakes of her life.
Or perhaps one of the biggest opportunities.
With her plane grounded, international borders closed, and no home to quarantine in, Tiffani and her travel partner, Hollywood, turned their focus towards the American wilderness, rife with trails and challenges that would entertain even the most advanced dirt bike rider. But there was just one issue: Despite over a decade of riding on roads and race tracks, Tiffani didn't know the first thing about riding off road, and learning to ride dirt as an adult presents its own set of mental and physical challenges. But if she wanted to ride across Siberia one day, it was about time to face her fear, anxiety, and self doubts that had held her back from the braap for all these years by turning the summer into a dirt bike boot camp.
With their old Chevy pickup, a Kawasaki KLX125, a Kawasaki KLX250, and a lot of hope, they set off to the Rocky Mountains to ride some of the greatest trails the USA has to offer, finding Dinosaur Bones, old mines, beautiful backdrops, and a whole lot of single track and stream crossings along the way.
Chronicles of a Motorcycle Gypsy: Dirt Bikes and Dinosaur Bones
is the fourth book in a series of travel memoirs written by Tiffani Burkett, an internationally published Motorcycle Journalist with features in
Motorcyclist Magazine
(Girl Meets World),
Revzilla's
Common Tread, and
Mexican News Daily
. It also includes a full gear list and bike builds for the aspiring Dirt Bike rider, with lots of pictures for every chapter!
If you loved
Ewan McGregor
and
Charlie Boorman's Long Way Round
Ted Simon's Jupiter's Travels
, you'll love
Chronicles of a Motorcycle Gypsy!