Sam Manicom at Westside Motorsports Spokane, WA

Many consider Africa to be a region of the world where it’s the norm to shoot first and ask questions later; where corruption and poverty rule. The truth? No smoke without fire?

6,500 miles top to bottom? Not when you are on a motorcycle and have the freedom of the road. Be warned though, Sam is a disaster magnet. If something wants to go wrong, it finds him.

You’ll be taken to jail, to hospital, along remote desert and jungle tracks and Sam will explain how a biker’s guardian angel is one of the necessities of a long ride through ever-changing, fascinating yet demanding lands. Lands where humankind began and where the skills of a motorcyclist are never challenged harder.



You’ll be dropped into the depths of the giant Rift Valley. You’ll meet locals who will have you laughing, a very upset Brigadier General, a chief’s wife who will surprise you and you’ll have the heat and the scents of Africa brought alive. A magical, stunningly beautiful, addictive continent.

Sam had been riding a motorcycle for exactly 3 months the day he got to the edge of the Sahara. Nuts? Or...

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