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remoteness, ask to include Chapursan and Shimshal, but plan for fewer services and the need for permits and local fixers. M8 Moto and local guides can compress and expand these itineraries depending on experience and machine type.
Motorcycling here can be a transformational experience: you will leave with the smell of diesel and juniper in your gear, a handful of stories and an appreciation of mountain-time. But this region’ s ecosystems and communities are fragile. Ride slow through villages, pack out your trash, hire local guides and craftspeople like M8 Moto, and listen more than you photograph. The best souvenirs are stories shared over a second cup of tea.
M8 Moto specialises in adventure motorcycle tours that range from week-long dashes along the Karakoram to 24-day expeditions that stitch together Baltistan, Hunza, the Deosai Plateau, and the high border passes. Riders come for the landscapes— the Himalaya, the Hindu Kush, the Karakoram— but they stay for something else: the mix of raw challenge and local welcome that defines riding in Pakistan.
From the moment you arrive, the logistics are made easier by M8 Moto. They arrange visas, permits and reliable machines— Suzuki GS150s and Yamaha TTR250s— that suit the terrain. Their groups are kept small, usually no more than a dozen riders, which gives the rides a sense of intimacy and flexibility. Support vehicles carry the bulk of luggage, mechanics ride alongside, and the daily rhythm is less about watching the clock than responding to what the road, or sometimes the weather, decides to offer.
The Karakoram Highway forms the backbone of many itineraries, but it is far
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