76 Countries 54 on a Motorcycle
By Dave & Missy Edinger
(Dave was a club president in the '90's)

Five years ago we temporarily left Texas for a job in Louisiana during covid. While we were there we were hit by two hurricanes within 6 weeks. We decided it was time to leave so I sold 14 of my 23 motorcycles and put everything else in storage. I bought a hydraulic motorcycle ramp, loaded up one of my remaining bikes and we hit the road for four years. We started with a loop around the country and along the way we rode in my final state to hit my 50th. After that we spent three months in Buenos Aries. I wanted to rent a motorcycle and ride to Terra del Feugo but couldn’t pull that off, yet… I had already ridden to the Arctic Circle and a year later to Goose Bay Labrador which included 600 miles of gravel after the pavement ended. At the end of the road I planted a Texas flag and claimed it for Sam Houston, so we own it!

Then I took just the bike to Charleston, and headed North through Savanna, Hilton Head and along the outer banks before I turned West and rode the Crooked Road also known as Virginia's heritage music trail and back to visit family.

Then it was off to the Northeast to escape the Texas heat turning Southwest after visiting Arcadia NP and eating my fill of Lobster Rolls. We rode all the amazing roads in Vermont and New Hampshire and visited the Laconia MC Rallye and finally to upstate NY to see the fall colors but then it was time to head South again.

Next we were off to Portugal and Spain which I had already ridden in. Then to Morocco, back to Gibraltar and along the Spanish coast. Then up to Belfast. I had already ridden Northern Ireland and the Irish republic previously so this time was in a rental car.

Then it was off to Vietnam to ride the Ho Chi Minh trail up towards Hanoi and back along the coastline. Afterwards I continued West riding in Laos, Cambodia and Thailand. From there we hit the Stan’s, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan where we saw the World Nomadic games. I did ride in Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan on a previous trip.

Then it was off to Bali. I rented a bike there and after exploring Bali, we took the bike on the ferry to Lombok and saw the Indonesian Moto GP.

Then we flew to Australia and rented a bike there. I had only rented riding gear from the SE Asian rides so it was a bit chilly. Then we hopped over to New Zealand and rented another bike and rode both islands including to Burt Monroe’s home town and visited the museum there. New Zealand is my new favorite, dethroning my previous favorite Austria.

After 4 years of non stop traveling we have put down roots in Waco. Previous trips included riding in Africa, China, all of Europe, the Balkans and the Middle East etc. Next big ride will be in Japan in October with Edelweiss motorcycle tours. You should join us