early days of sneaking the bike out of the back shed.
Seeds were being planted; adventure and travel.
Growing up in country Victoria (Australia) was a great
grounding yet he fell for Canada on a last-minute snow
skiing trip with friends.
“As soon as I laid eyes on the mountains I fell in love
with the place.” Vancouver soon became Matt’s base, a
place to start adventures, to explore, to ride, to start a
business sharing all around.
“I rode from Vancouver, Canada to Argentina a
few years back,” reminisces Matt as he describes the
adventure over an 11-month period.
This need for adventure, need to explore led to
Mountain View Motorcycle Adventures germinating and
becoming a foremost motorcycle ‘tour’ operator in the
Vancouver area.
“I’m an outdoorsy guy,” Matt continues. “I was
spending a lot of time in the mountains of British
Colombia on my KTM 950.
“I would study Google Earth and Canadian backroad
maps and head out exploring as much as I could.”
Matt continues that he would do most of these rides
alone, discovering amazing trails in the middle of
nowhere. Breathtaking scenery and no one to share it
with.
“It was so hard to explain to people what I had
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