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PRESENTERS
The Presenter list for 2025 is complete, and very big!
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Kinga Tanajewska
Kinga started riding in her teens in her native Poland, however, her love affair with the roads less travelled really started when she was living in Australia in her twenties, wanted to explore those big open spaces and found that sports bikes just weren't cutting it...
Enter an F800GS and she's never looked back, exploring first Australia and then, following a life-changing crash in 2015, another F800GS and a solo world trip. Now seven years on the road and counting, Kinga called her trip the "Are we there Yet?" tour, a reference to the fact that it doesn't have a finish point. We're so pleased that she has agreed to come and talk at Overland no matter where she is in the world next August! Check out her travels here
Enter an F800GS and she's never looked back, exploring first Australia and then, following a life-changing crash in 2015, another F800GS and a solo world trip. Now seven years on the road and counting, Kinga called her trip the "Are we there Yet?" tour, a reference to the fact that it doesn't have a finish point. We're so pleased that she has agreed to come and talk at Overland no matter where she is in the world next August! Check out her travels here
Supported by Dunlop Tyres
No matter how you like to ride, there’s a Dunlop tyre that’s perfect for you and your bike. Ever since John Dunlop invented the pneumatic tyre in 1888, Dunlop have been at the forefront of tyre technology. They never stop trying to improve riders’ grip, control and safety. Continually developing new technologies they have an incredible range of tyres to suit every kind of adventure and touring machine. All new technologies are thoroughly tried and tested in racing conditions so you can concentrate on nothing but the road ahead. And just ride.
Ted Simon
We're delighted that he has confirmed his attendance again! He's Ted. He’s Jupiter. He really needs no introduction, but he and his Triumph are the reason thousands have saddled-up and set off to explore the world.
If you haven't read 'Jupiter's Travels' or 'Riding High' about his 4-year RTW ride in the 1970s, you really should...
Despite having just celebrated his 93rd birthdayTed is determined to join us again at this year’s Overland Event. He calls it his favourite travel event of all and we usually ensure he's accompanied by both of his round-the-world motorcycles. Come and meet him for an interview and Q&A - he's a remarkable character!
If you haven't read 'Jupiter's Travels' or 'Riding High' about his 4-year RTW ride in the 1970s, you really should...
Despite having just celebrated his 93rd birthdayTed is determined to join us again at this year’s Overland Event. He calls it his favourite travel event of all and we usually ensure he's accompanied by both of his round-the-world motorcycles. Come and meet him for an interview and Q&A - he's a remarkable character!
Molly Harrison
First time at Overland! Molly started riding as an adult and quickly fell in love with everything two wheels. She taught beginner motorcycle classes in the US for 8 years, and she’s ridden on the racetrack and off road. Her long distance touring has included much of North and Central America, Europe and Asia, staying with locals whenever possible.
She will be giving two talks this year – one on solo motorcycle travel through Mexico and Baja (including useful info on the Baja ferries and Baja 1000 desert race), and another on finding adventure wherever we are. Molly has a corporate job in the USA, but like many of us, dreams of longer adventures.
She keeps honeybees and chickens, hikes and camps with her two energetic dogs, rides her mountain bike to work, and makes routine pilgrimages to MotoGP/desert races, concerts and festivals, interesting tourist spots and riding destinations. Molly tries to say yes to everything, which has included working on a pit crew for the Baja 1000 and eating absolutely anything.
She will be giving two talks this year – one on solo motorcycle travel through Mexico and Baja (including useful info on the Baja ferries and Baja 1000 desert race), and another on finding adventure wherever we are. Molly has a corporate job in the USA, but like many of us, dreams of longer adventures.
She keeps honeybees and chickens, hikes and camps with her two energetic dogs, rides her mountain bike to work, and makes routine pilgrimages to MotoGP/desert races, concerts and festivals, interesting tourist spots and riding destinations. Molly tries to say yes to everything, which has included working on a pit crew for the Baja 1000 and eating absolutely anything.
Chris Scott
Author of the Adventure Motorcycle Handbook and many others, film-maker, guide and Sahara specialist Chris Scott has been recce'ing new Algerian routes across the Sahara, but knows everything there is to know about interesting routes in Morocco too, and that's what he'll be talking about at Event 2025. His newest edition of 'Morocco Overland' will be published then as well, and available at The Overland Event
Haren Khatu and Nerine Mak
Riding in from Singapore! Well sort of... having set off from their home in Singapore in January 2024, Haren and Nerine have now reached Albania (April '25) and are planning to make it to Oxford after heading north to Nord Kapp. They packed in their jobs (developer at Mutt Motorcycles and lawyer respectively) and have been riding ever since and taking excellent photos. After Overland Event they'll be heading to South Africa, so we'll hear about the trip so far!
Rhys Lawrey
It’s Overland’s 10th anniversary and it's 10 years since Rhys completed a record-breaking solo motorcycle journey around the world on a Triumph Tiger 800 —crossing six continents, 71 countries, and covering nearly 57,000 miles. So now, a decade since that 2015 ride, and with over 80 countries now under his belt, he’s back to the Overland stage to reflect on that epic adventure and the ten years that followed. From leading global expeditions with GlobeBusters to continuing to explore the world on two wheels, Rhys shares the highs, the lows, and what a life shaped by adventure really looks like. Expect inspiring stories, honest reflections, and behind-the-scenes insights from one of the most widely travelled riders of his generation.
Supported by Dunlop Tyres
No matter how you like to ride, there’s a Dunlop tyre that’s perfect for you and your bike. Ever since John Dunlop invented the pneumatic tyre in 1888, Dunlop have been at the forefront of tyre technology. They never stop trying to improve riders’ grip, control and safety. Continually developing new technologies they have an incredible range of tyres to suit every kind of adventure and touring machine. All new technologies are thoroughly tried and tested in racing conditions so you can concentrate on nothing but the road ahead. And just ride.
David and Emy Woodburn
Originally hailing from Western Australia and the Philippines respectively, David and Emy are now living in rural Georgia USA, but their overlanding story is truly remarkable. Click this link for just a bit of their global sidecar history. As great storytellers they'll be focussing on crossing DRC (Zaire) during the civil war, an experience like nothing else!
Ken McGreevy (The Adventure Detective)
We first met Ken about 15 years ago in his native Ireland when he was about to set off east on a GT550 Kawasaki, because it’s the bike he had at the time. He consequently wrecked that machine in the Kazakhstan desert while racing to make a presentation to the UN. Yes really… Since then he’s travelled where and when he can and as we write this he's just completed an important and emotional ride up the Americas on an Africa Twin. With luck he'll tell you about it and celebrate his friendships from the road. Ken is a copper and what you’ll realise during his presentation is that it's a career that teaches you many things, like knowing how to get un-arrested from the most bizarre situations. His is a story of inspiration and perspiration in equal measure. Sure what’s travel if it’s not a bit of craic?
Steph Jeavons
World Record Holder, and first person to ride on all 7 continents, Steph Jeavons, is multi-talented. She's established the MotoJunkies training centre in Wales and has also become a tour guide, leading overland adventures all over the world. There are many places she could talk about, but she's going to spill the beans with 'Confessions of a Tour Guide'!
Lisa and Simon Thomas
Since 2003 when they first left the UK on a BMW R1150GSA and an F650GS, Simon and Lisa Thomas have ridden something like half a million miles through 78 countries, breaking records and more than a few bones along the way.
In 2016 their original bikes were upgraded to a BMW R1200GSA LC for Simon and an F800GS for Lisa, which they’ve been riding around Mexico, Canada, Alaska, and the USA. But Covid brought them back to the UK where they are temporarily stationed, preparing to get back out there and continue their quest to ride through 122 countries and on all seven continents.
We’re thrilled that they are to be part of the Overland Event this year. We hope they'll tell some remarkable stories, while they'll also be running some photography sessions and Lisa will be cooking up something really special: an on-the-road cookery workshop!
Find out more about their mammoth trip here
In 2016 their original bikes were upgraded to a BMW R1200GSA LC for Simon and an F800GS for Lisa, which they’ve been riding around Mexico, Canada, Alaska, and the USA. But Covid brought them back to the UK where they are temporarily stationed, preparing to get back out there and continue their quest to ride through 122 countries and on all seven continents.
We’re thrilled that they are to be part of the Overland Event this year. We hope they'll tell some remarkable stories, while they'll also be running some photography sessions and Lisa will be cooking up something really special: an on-the-road cookery workshop!
Find out more about their mammoth trip here
Richard and Mopsa English
A remarkable couple, Richard and Mopsa English rode their Triumph sidecar outfit around the world in the 1980s and did their utmost to remain patriotic throughout, but times were changing. The factory they bought their bike from went bust while they were on the road and parts became increasingly difficult to get. Wars ensued and empires shrank still further, but their story is a brilliant one and the book it produced – Full Circle – is superb.
As well as having some great tales to tell, they will be accompanied by Tommy, their poor abused Triumph. Come and meet all three!
As well as having some great tales to tell, they will be accompanied by Tommy, their poor abused Triumph. Come and meet all three!
Fern Hume
Although Fern's epic global ride aboard her DRZ400 began back in 2011, now that she's back in the UK she hasn't stopped travelling. Now though, she's been exploring the world on micro adventures, setting a £1000 budget and seeing where in the world she can get to, hire a bike and ride until the money runs out. You'll be amazed at what's possible! It's a 'grand idea' indeed.
Elle West
Canadian motorcyclist Elle hates winter and loves chocolate. With her motorcycle, she has been chasing the sun for over 25 years and has ridden from the Arctic Ocean in Alaska to the southern tip of Argentina, stopping to dance the Tango, soak in hidden hot springs, and sniff out boutique chocolate shops. She’s an advocate for women in motorcycling, sharing her passion with students as a motorcycle instructor with Motology School in Calgary. While passing through Colombia in 2019, she served as a guardian for the Women Rider's World Relay. Elle has been a regular guest on Adventure Rider Radio, and other motorcycle podcasts but will be talking about her trip with partner Jeremy which coincided with Covid and left them stranded in Uraguay for 6 months!
Sam Manicom
Sam’s first solo trip was by bicycle into Europe when he was 16. Many backpacking, hiking, cycling, sailing and hitch-hiking journeys later, he wanted to do something completely different, so set off to travel the length of Africa on ‘Libby’, his BMW R80 GS, only a few weeks after learning to ride.
What he’d planned as a one-year trip became an eight-year, 200,000 mile, 55-country adventure around the world. 4 years into the trip he met Birgit and they began to ride together, she with only 600 motorcycling miles under her belt!
His four books; Into Africa, Under Asian Skies, Distant Suns and Tortillas to Totems vividly describe that epic journey.
He’s also a contributor and editor of The Moment Collectors series of short travel tales. You’ll find several of the overlanding nuts who are contributing authors at the Overland Event this year, where Sam will be presenting and running workshops on what’s involved with getting your story published, and a workshop on travel writing.
What he’d planned as a one-year trip became an eight-year, 200,000 mile, 55-country adventure around the world. 4 years into the trip he met Birgit and they began to ride together, she with only 600 motorcycling miles under her belt!
His four books; Into Africa, Under Asian Skies, Distant Suns and Tortillas to Totems vividly describe that epic journey.
He’s also a contributor and editor of The Moment Collectors series of short travel tales. You’ll find several of the overlanding nuts who are contributing authors at the Overland Event this year, where Sam will be presenting and running workshops on what’s involved with getting your story published, and a workshop on travel writing.
Greg & Melanie Turp
After a 35-year career in healthcare, Greg and Melanie decided to sell off everything and hit the road. Greg had ridden since he was a kid, but together they rode in every US state, ending in Alaska, and published a book, “Two Up with a Pup”. After that they wondered what was next: The World.
To date they have ridden all 6 continents and over 800,000 miles. They continue to travel, seeing the world, bit at a time, a “Patchwork RTW”. They have since rebuilt a life in the US while continuing to keep mototravel a priority. Join them as they tell a story about one of their trips.
To date they have ridden all 6 continents and over 800,000 miles. They continue to travel, seeing the world, bit at a time, a “Patchwork RTW”. They have since rebuilt a life in the US while continuing to keep mototravel a priority. Join them as they tell a story about one of their trips.
Kathy Wood
Known to many as 'Motofreight Kathy', there's no-one with more up-to-date shipping info and we're delighted that she will be running a Q&A session on all things shipping. Ever wondered how to actually crate a bike, or just what a Carnet is for? How easy is it to get a bike to Cape Town at the minute, or what are the port charges in Auckland? Whatever your question this is the forum in which to ask it.
Chris Kirby & Dave Owen
Hailing from N Wales, Dave has been riding since 1971, first heading overseas as a pillion in 1984, on an XS750 to Brussels. Graduating from uni (where he met Chris) aged 40 as a mature student in 1995 he worked at AstraZeneca till 2009, making sure he got away every year! 2004 was 3 weeks in India with a 350 Enfield, then a pan-Europe trip on a W650 the following year. In 2006 he did the inaugural 3-week EnduroAfrica with Chris and incidentally met our own ‘MotoSkills’ tutor ‘Cogs’ when offroad training for Africa. Next few years saw explorations of France before redundancy in 2009, when he set off the next day to ride solo round Australia.
Big rides at home or in Europe followed every year – many with Chris – before they both rode Miami to San Francisco in 2023 on Harleys, the trip they’re going to talk about.
Chris has been riding for 40 years, mainly sports bikes but there have been some trailies and sports tourers, and even a vespa when at Uni. He’s toured Europe, the US and South Africa, mostly with Dave. After two adventures on Harleys in the US, he keeps wondering if he should actually get one… He's now a part time coach and mentor to European tech CEOs, but spends the rest of his time rock climbing, biking and doing vast amounts of physio as various bits of him break down!
Big rides at home or in Europe followed every year – many with Chris – before they both rode Miami to San Francisco in 2023 on Harleys, the trip they’re going to talk about.
Chris has been riding for 40 years, mainly sports bikes but there have been some trailies and sports tourers, and even a vespa when at Uni. He’s toured Europe, the US and South Africa, mostly with Dave. After two adventures on Harleys in the US, he keeps wondering if he should actually get one… He's now a part time coach and mentor to European tech CEOs, but spends the rest of his time rock climbing, biking and doing vast amounts of physio as various bits of him break down!
Supported by Dunlop Tyres
No matter how you like to ride, there’s a Dunlop tyre that’s perfect for you and your bike. Ever since John Dunlop invented the pneumatic tyre in 1888, Dunlop have been at the forefront of tyre technology. They never stop trying to improve riders’ grip, control and safety. Continually developing new technologies they have an incredible range of tyres to suit every kind of adventure and touring machine. All new technologies are thoroughly tried and tested in racing conditions so you can concentrate on nothing but the road ahead. And just ride.
Glynn Roberts
At the age of 21 Glynn broke down on his first trip abroad in Italy. No return ticket, next to no money (not even for a prized sticker for the bike), he rode the 1,500 miles back in four days at 30mph to save fuel money, living on 30 pears and a homemade loaf of bread!
The experience didn’t deter him, but rather it gave him the confidence to take on more adventurous challenges and trips, culminating in a 3 year round the world ride 6 years later.
In 2018 he made an impromptu trip to visit his niece in Mongolia on his 37 year-old BMW R80 G/S.
He’s continued the 'breakdown' theme over the years, breaking down on every continent, narrowly making the trip home from Mongolia last year.
Glynn’s presentation is not an A to Z on how to do anything. But he does have some photos and a bunch of slightly bonkers stories from his trip to Mongolia and back.
The experience didn’t deter him, but rather it gave him the confidence to take on more adventurous challenges and trips, culminating in a 3 year round the world ride 6 years later.
In 2018 he made an impromptu trip to visit his niece in Mongolia on his 37 year-old BMW R80 G/S.
He’s continued the 'breakdown' theme over the years, breaking down on every continent, narrowly making the trip home from Mongolia last year.
Glynn’s presentation is not an A to Z on how to do anything. But he does have some photos and a bunch of slightly bonkers stories from his trip to Mongolia and back.
Max Jowett
If you managed to see Max last year you'll have heard about his ride down West Africa and why he was home without his bike... Well he's been back out there and now we're ready for CRF in Africa; the sequel! Incredibly widely travelled Max has led mountaineering expeditions to the Annapurna region of Nepal among other things. He enjoys winter mountaineering, rock and ice climbing, and 25 years ago set up a charity called Wheels 2 Work in the South West.
It’s a motorcycle loan programme for disadvantaged people, that stretched over five counties and had nearly 300 motorcycles on the road, helping isolated people access work and education. He also ran two motorcycle dealerships investing all of the profits back into local communities through Wheels 2 Work.
It’s a motorcycle loan programme for disadvantaged people, that stretched over five counties and had nearly 300 motorcycles on the road, helping isolated people access work and education. He also ran two motorcycle dealerships investing all of the profits back into local communities through Wheels 2 Work.
Mark Ball and Rich Hall
Yes, they sound like a comedy duo, and these guys went down a storm last year, but you shouldn't miss them if you like green laning! Somewhat awed by the presenters they were going to see at the 2018 Overland Event, Mark & Richard felt it a bit of a cop-out to ride to Oxford up the M4 in an hour and a half, so they plotted an “Overland” route from the deepest South West, avoiding tarmac whenever possible. Travelling the many green roads the UK has to offer, getting to the Event became an event itself.
Since then they have plotted routes everywhere and extended them into multi day trips. If a year off work and crossing the Sahara is proving difficult to organise, then think smaller. Learn how, using cheap and simple resources, to piece together a route picking up the UK’s “green roads” to create a “mini adventure” and how to plot a 2-week off-road overseas adventure.
Since then they have plotted routes everywhere and extended them into multi day trips. If a year off work and crossing the Sahara is proving difficult to organise, then think smaller. Learn how, using cheap and simple resources, to piece together a route picking up the UK’s “green roads” to create a “mini adventure” and how to plot a 2-week off-road overseas adventure.
Jeremy Kroeker
Jeremy is a speaker, YouTuber, author and editor. He has ridden to over 35 countries, managing to do at least one outrageously stupid thing in every one, like tasting teargas in Israel, evading police in Egypt and scrambling through minefields in Bosnia. He grew up in Saskatchewan, spending most of his boyhood summers on a dirt bike chasing gophers. As a young adult, he took a job long-haul trucking to fund a year of travel in Europe, attending a mountaineering school in Austria and volunteering at a refugee centre near the end of the Balkan War. Jobs since have included being a member of an initial attack wildfire rappel crew in Alberta and working a wilderness camp.
He’s the sweetest hard-core guy you’re likely to meet and now we’re delighted to say he’s an ice-road trucker, which means his summers are free for travel, returning to Overland, having first visited us back in 2017.
He’s written two award-winning motorcycle travel books: ‘Motorcycle Therapy’ the hilarious tale of riding from Canada to Panama after a failed relationship, only to discover he hadn’t left himself at home. And ‘Through Dust and Darkness’ riding across Europe and the Middle East to question much about organised religion and his own spirituality. Don’t let this book scare you - you can’t travel in the Middle East without at least mentioning religion, and at heart it is a motorcycle travel book full of the finest descriptive prose and picture-painting lyricism.
Exactly what he’ll speak about is TBC, but hopefully he’ll also play us some tunes from his latest EP too!
He’s the sweetest hard-core guy you’re likely to meet and now we’re delighted to say he’s an ice-road trucker, which means his summers are free for travel, returning to Overland, having first visited us back in 2017.
He’s written two award-winning motorcycle travel books: ‘Motorcycle Therapy’ the hilarious tale of riding from Canada to Panama after a failed relationship, only to discover he hadn’t left himself at home. And ‘Through Dust and Darkness’ riding across Europe and the Middle East to question much about organised religion and his own spirituality. Don’t let this book scare you - you can’t travel in the Middle East without at least mentioning religion, and at heart it is a motorcycle travel book full of the finest descriptive prose and picture-painting lyricism.
Exactly what he’ll speak about is TBC, but hopefully he’ll also play us some tunes from his latest EP too!
Will Brix
Frequent overland traveller and new writer, Will Brix spends most of his spare time recently preparing for long-distance enduros, but he’s taking time out to come over from California to talk about his travels across Africa and Asia aboard his trusty XT660Z Tenere. You might also see him working the bar – he’s a dab hand at a cocktail!
His books ‘The Unseen Walls’ and ‘East to Zero’ employ a style of writing which is more about the mental journey, less the physical one, and he chronicles the road of the mind – the highs, lows, confusion, doubt and the fear – which most overlanders choose not to elaborate on. We’re really pleased he’s coming back to see us all again and he really is one of the nicest people you’ll have the pleasure of meeting.
His books ‘The Unseen Walls’ and ‘East to Zero’ employ a style of writing which is more about the mental journey, less the physical one, and he chronicles the road of the mind – the highs, lows, confusion, doubt and the fear – which most overlanders choose not to elaborate on. We’re really pleased he’s coming back to see us all again and he really is one of the nicest people you’ll have the pleasure of meeting.
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