Our guest on Episode 51 of the Rider Magazine Insider Podcast is Forrest Hobbs, who took a “purist” approach to completing the TransAmerica Trail. Hobbs lives in Denver, Colorado, and he bought a 1,200cc Yamaha Super Ténéré adventure bike, rode it 2,000 miles to Nags Head, North Carolina, rode the entire 6,200 miles of Sam Correro’s TransAmerica Trail, added a couple thousand miles along the way to visit friends and family, and then rode from Port Ord, Oregon, back home. Over 73 days, he logged over 12,000 miles. Hobbs used only roll charts for navigation and didn’t even have a GPS as a backup, and he camped on the trail nearly every night. Hobbs is a passionate off-road rider. He didn’t start riding motorcycles until he was 30, and he has competed in the Baja 1000, the Red Bull Romaniacs hard enduro, and the Idaho City 100 ISDE qualifier – and he’s done each race twice. Hobbs’ plan was to make the TransAmerica Trail as challenging as possible to test himself, to break himself down mentally and physically, and he prevailed.
LINKS: Forrest Hobbs on Instagram, TransAmerica Trail
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- Ep. 50: Dave Scott, Part 3 on the TransAmerica Trail
- Ep. 49: Gina ‘Brooklyn’ Neumann, Leather and Lace MC
- Ep. 48: Dave Scott on the TransAmerica Trail
- Ep. 47: Neale Bayly, motojournalist and philanthropist
- Ep. 46: Dave Scott, TransAmerica Trail Part 1
- Ep. 45: C. Jane Taylor, author of Spirit Traffic
- Ep. 44: Moshe K. Levy, Moto Mouth Moshe
- Ep. 43: Can Akkaya, Superbike-Coach.com
- Ep. 42: Andre LaPlante, MotoVentures
- Ep. 41: Scott A. Williams, writer and contributor to Rider
- Ep. 40: Chris Peterman, Director of Motorcycles at CFMOTO USA
- Ep. 39: Hayley Bell, Founder and President of Global Business Development for Women Riders World Relay
- Ep. 38: Eric Trow, Rider Contributing Editor and Stayin’ Safe Principal
- Ep. 37: Bill Dragoo, Dragoo Adventure Riding Training (DART)
- Ep. 36: Gordon McCall, Director of Motorsports for The Quail Motorcycle Gathering
- Ep. 35: Rennie Scaysbrook, Pikes Peak record holder, motorcycle journalist, and racer
- Ep. 34: Cat MacLeod of Leod Escapes Motorcycle “Track and Tour”
- Ep. 33: Inna Thorn and Tim James of Backcountry Discovery Routes
- Ep. 32: C. Jane Taylor, author of Spirit Traffic
- Ep. 31: Alan Wilzig, motorcycle collector and owner of Wilzig Racing Manor
- Ep. 30: Scott Moreno, founder and owner of IMTBike Motorcycle Tours and Rentals
- Ep. 29: Greg Rice, long-distance rider and Iron Butt Rally competitor
- Ep. 28: Brian Case, Director of the Barber Advanced Design Center at the Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum
- Ep. 27: Steven Goode, motorcyclist who completed the Great American Deli Schlep to support MAZON
- Ep. 26: Nancy Gerloff and Mark Augustyn, creators of Mimi and Moto: The Motorcycle Monkeys
- Ep. 25: Jess Stone, designer of the K9 Moto Cockpit and founder of Ruffly
- Ep. 24: Eddie Braun, Hollywood stuntman who completed Evel Knievel’s Snake River Canyon jump, and star of the film “Stuntman”
- Ep. 23: Ryan McFarland, founder and CEO of Strider Bikes and All Kids Bike advocate
- Ep. 22: Americade interview with Bill, Gini, and Christian Dutcher
- Ep. 21: Peter Starr, motorcycle filmmaker, author, and MotoStarr podcast host
- Ep. 20: Jon DelVecchio, founder of Street Skills and author of “Cornering Confidence”
- Ep. 19: Lauren Trantham, founder of Ride My Road
- Ep. 18: Keith Code, founder and director of California Superbike School
- Ep. 17: Valerie Thompson, world’s fastest female motorcycle racer
- Ep. 16: Wayne Rainey, president of MotoAmerica and a motorcycle racing legend
- Ep. 15: Longhaulpaul (Paul Pelland), Chasing the Cure: a million-mile motorcycle journey for MS
- Ep. 14: Andy Goldfine, Aerostich founder and Ride to Work Day advocate
- Ep. 13: Dr. Gregory W. Frazier, America’s #1 extreme motorcycle adventurer
- Ep. 12: Daniel Calderon, Curator of Exhibitions at SFO Museum
- Ep. 11: Peter Jones, Rider columnist and author of The Bad Editor
- Ep. 10: Christian Dutcher, Director of Americade and Touratech DirtDaze Rally
- Ep. 09: Melissa Holbrook Pierson, author of The Perfect Vehicle
- Ep. 08: Rainer Buck, CEO of Edelweiss Bike Travel
- Ep. 07: Michael Lock, CEO of AMA Pro Racing
- Ep. 06: Alonzo Bodden, motorcycle enthusiast and comedian
- Ep. 05: Paul D’Orleans, publisher of The Vintagent
- Ep. 04: Eric Trow, Rider columnist and owner, Stayin’ Safe Advanced Riding Training
- Ep. 03: Clement Salvadori, traveling motorcyclist and Rider contributor
- Ep. 02: Kevin Wing, world-class motorcycle photographer and Rider contributor
- Ep. 01: Robert Pandya and Discover the Ride at the Progressive International Motorcycle Shows