Tour Suitability

Tour Grade Guide

We want all of our riders to feel thoroughly satisfied at the end of each day – without feeling too tired by the mileage, the riding, or the weather, but feeling like they have really traveled somewhere. Therefore, we have created a chili rating system to help you choose a motorbike tour well-suited to your abilities. Our ratings range from  to  and are based on a combination of distance, terrain, difficulty, altitude, remoteness and weather that you will encounter on each motorbike tour. The main benefit of this grading guide is to provide you with an overall indicator to compare one tour against another.

All our trips require basic fitness, preferably acquired through riding your motorbike. The fitter you are the more you’ll enjoy the riding. When deciding which trip is for you consider both the level of physical fitness and the technical riding skill required. Please make sure that you have understood the activity you are undertaking and the requirements of the motorbike holiday.

If you are in any doubt, please send us an email.

Biking Grade Guide
	Easy	Suitable for anyone who can ride a road bike and can manage a bit of exercise. There might be the odd twisty section and a long day, but on the whole – easy!
	Moderate	For the weekend off-road rider who exercises regularly and perhaps goes for a weekend ride on gravel roads or trails at home. Fitness is more important than technical ability for tours of this level, as the track surfaces will be smooth without any single trail.
	Active	Suitable for reasonably fit people who are confident off-road riders. Longer riding days mainly on gravel, with potentially single trail, sand, water crossings but no difficult hill climbs. There may be some rutted hills but not too many.
	Challenging	Long riding days and tougher terrain requiring specific experience of more demanding and technical riding. Vehicle support may sometimes be more limited; the routes can contain rough tracks and deep sand so off-road riding skills are a must. You should be confident of your physical condition and bike handling skills. In some cases the distances may be low but due to heat or altitude, the riding is still a challenge.
	Tough	Serious expeditions designed for serious riders, which are either unsupported or very long hard tours. Riders should be happy to undertake long tough rides up and down steep hills, deep sand or following very technical trails in testing conditions. A high level of fitness required, as well as proven off- road riding skills.

Still not sure what tour is for you?

Haven’t been on a bike since you were a teenager? Not sure if you can handle more than 4hrs a day on a bike? Don’t exercise much?  We suggest:  (Easy) (Moderate)

You are fit from riding, walking, swimming or other exercise, have taken an active holiday before, but never a motorbike tour? You are a frequent rider, but have never rider more than 200 km at a stretch? Used to race or ride a lot, but getting older now and cutting back?  (Moderate) (Active)

For those that don’t ride often we’d suggest you get some ”saddle time”, to get used to spending time sitting on a motorbike.

Still racing the odd enduro and riding single trails on weekends. Have done some serious sand riding and are reasonable fit.  Don’t mind riding some 10hr days. You hate steep hill climbs but you can do them?  (Active) (Challenging)