T he H orizons A re , W ell ...
Joe Enberg
In 2011, at the tender age of 45, I got my motorcycle
license. I purchased my first motorcycle; a 2001 Honda
750 American Classic Edition Shadow in June of that same
year. I then took a riders training course and passed the
next level of graduated licensing, which allowed me to
ride my bike wherever and whenever I wanted to. Trans-
lation: Freedom
That same year I started planning my first big motorcy-
cle adventure; to cross this great big, beautiful country we
Canadians call home, through the Canadian Rocky Moun-
tains to the Pacific coast and Vancouver Island.
May of 2012 I set out on that adventure and, along the
way, I learned a ton about solo long-distance motorcycle
travel. The most important thing was that there was so
much more to learn.
Three years, one accident, and two broken ankles later,
I purchased a new motorcycle. Even the category sound-
ed exciting; an Adventure Motorcycle. Oooooohhh, the
places we would go!
But wait! What did I know about adventure motorcycle
riding? Barely enough to fill a tank bag! And what the
heck was a tank bag anyway?!
A short Google search brought me to a long night of
reading - and an as yet unquenchable thirst to get out
there and find my adventures.
It suddenly seemed that my horizons were – well ...
Unlimited.
If you have not yet been initiated into the world of Hori-
zons Unlimited, I encourage you to head to www.hori-
zonsunlimited.com and better yet, join the HUBB forum
(Horizons Unlimited Bulletin Board), quite likely the most
informative online overland travel forum you have ever
visited.
Horizons Unlimited is the go-to resource for overland
adventure travellers from all walks of life and all modes of
travel. Cars, trucks, Unimogs, Westfalia’s, bicycles and, of
course, motorcycles of every type and size can all be over-
land travel vehicles. On the Horizons Unlimited website
you are definitely going to be able to find answers to your
questions about your own personal form of travelling
across borders and towards new horizons.
An even better way to find answers and inspiration is to
attend a Horizons Unlimited Travellers Meeting. You will
meet like-minded people who are just as excited to follow
their adventure passions around the world as you are.
The founders of Horizons Unlimited are Grant and Su-
san Johnson, a Canadian couple who came together in
their thirties over a shared passion for travel and adven-
ture. A Round-The-World tour on an old BMW R80G/S mo-
torcycle was the genesis for what has become the lifetime
pursuit of passion for them both, and Horizons Unlimited
is the result. So while you cannot say that Horizons Un-
limited truly calls any one country home, the couple that
brought it to life still rest their boots, and hang their hats
in Canada.
We are currently gearing up with preparations for the
2019 Horizons Unlimited Ontario Travellers Meeting to be
held once again at the Golden Beach Resort on the shores
of Rice Lake in Ontario, Canada from May 23 to 26.
This will be the sixth edition of the Ontario Travellers
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