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Photo by Andy Miller, UK, Taking a rest, Jokulsarlon, Iceland

I haven't been everywhere...
but it's on my list!


Photo by Andy Miller, UK,
Taking a rest,
Jokulsarlon, Iceland



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Aim For The Horizon - The Balkans Videos
Hello all,

If you like what we're doing please let us know and rate the thread at the top.

It’s been a long time since I’ve posted anything mainly because I’ve been so busy I’ve not had time to go anywhere. But that’s all about to change. In the past I’ve made a couple of motorcycle documentaries so thought I’d put those skills to good use and film all the trips we plan on doing over the next few years. I’m not making these webisodes to make money. I’m making them to share the adventures with everyone for free.

I’m lucky enough to have good friends to experience these adventures with and we all wanted to travel the world but our commitments wouldn’t let us do it in one chunk so we’re doing it in stages. The first stage being The Balkans.

I won’t say much more at this point I’ll just let you watch the story instead. I hope these are of interest to you all because the more followers we get the more webisodes we’ll make. There's more info on www.aimforthehorizon.com

Please feel free to share these videos and we’ll be releasing more every week so keep watching.

Rob Mason

EPISODE ONE -- The Idea: Every adventure motorcycling journey starts with an idea. We wanted an adventure; we wanted to ride the world but that takes months and our commitments weren't going to let that happen. We think we've found a way round it... This is how it started. Stage 1: The Balkans.



EPISODE TWO -- The Third Rider: They say two's company but three's a crowd, but in this case three is the entertainment. As it had always been our personal ambition to ride the world we hadn't discussed bringing a third person along. With the filming to consider, many hands make light work and with a friend rapidly in need of an adventure we found rider number three.



EPISODE THREE -- Broken Back: If anybody was going throw a spanner in the works at this late stage it was going to be Brian. With the news of his skydiving accident we were all keen to know if it was game over before the trip even starts.



EPISODE FOUR -- Bike Collection: One of the most important things about a motorcycle adventure is having a motorcycle to ride. We only had one bike between us so we needed two more. Scouring the free ads and internet we found two great condition Honda Africa Twins that were at opposite ends of the country, it was time to pick them up.

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looking forward to more episodes!

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Thanks Charlie. There's a lot of hard work going into making these so it's nice to hear good feedback.

We're trying to get as many views as possible to spur us on to film more and more so feel free to spread the word with people you think would enjoy watching these.

These are the first 4 of 20ish episode ready to release.


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Hello All,

It's time to release another episode. There's also the next episode on our website www.aimforthehorizon.com

EPISODE FIVE - Bike Prep Breakdown: With three XRV750s in our garages we still had a lot of work to do to make sure they were ready. Although all in good mechanical order, prevention is always better than a cure. It was time to strip them all down and prepare the bikes that would carry us on our adventures.



Hope you like.

Rob
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Interesting insight into preparation and process enjoyed the video's very much ,cheers Noel.
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We're thinking about releasing the next Off Road Training-Day1 episode sooner. Anybody interested?
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We're thinking about releasing the next Off Road Training-Day1 episode sooner. Anybody interested?
Yes, I'm interested!

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Here you go guys. EP:06 Earlier than planned...

EPISODE SIX - Off Road Training Day 1: There's always an excuse to go riding and James is just that. It was clear his off road skills leave a lot to be desired and it was time to do something about it. When most people think of the south of Spain they imagine the beach, the nightlife, great food and culture, but we could think of something much better.

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Here's the next episode guys. Hope you enjoy it.

EPISODE SEVEN -- Off Road Training Day 2: Impressed with the way James picked up the basics on day one it was time to push him to the next level and see what he's made of. This time taking us all further afield to ride some of the stunning routes, tracks and trails that the South of Spain has to offer.

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Hi there all - Bassetdad Aka James
Robs given you the details, just to add let us know what you think of the website www.aimforthehorizon.com. Would be good to hear your views, what you like! What you don't like! What you would like to see! Etc..

Look forward to keeping you all up to date with our next stages!!!

James
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Like your bike pictures?
Hi all,

Just wanted to let you know that we have loads of bike pics in various situations and also us on the website!

Thank you to for comments keep them coming and pleased you're liking the episodes so far... and just to think the real riding hasn't really started yet!
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Time for another episode guys and gals,

Check out our website for episode 9.

EPISODE EIGHT -- Bike Bits: With only three weeks until departure we still had a lot of work left to do before the bikes would be ready. With the arrival of the parts needed we took the time to introduce James to bike maintenance and talk him through why we're being so thorough.

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Episode 9
EPISODE NINE -- Departure: Finally it was time to leave for on first stage but nothing's simple. With a train to catch and time ticking away we discovered some major problems with two of the bikes brakes. So it was back into the garage and all hands on deck.

For more information and extra features, like past and present adventures, kit lists and galleries, please visit:

www.aimforthehorizon.com

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Episode 10 on the website to view!
Take a look at www.aimforthehorizon.com to see the UNLEASHED Episode 10! The biking starts!

Keep letting us know if you like and how we can improve on the success!
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Episode 10 is here!!


EPISODE TEN -- UK to Austria: It was good to finally be on the road. Due to the problems on the day of departure we were already one day behind. Our aim was to get to Austria via the most direct route possible. Luckily we had two welcome stops along the way to break up the motorway miles.

For more information and extra features, like past and present adventures, kit lists and galleries, please visit:

Aim for the Horizon | Ride the World

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