Desert Biking: Guide to Independent Motoring in the Sahara

by Chris Scott

The only work of its kind in English, this book is the culmination of 15 years of hard-won experience. Not only will this exhaustive manual tell you everything you need to know about crossing the Sahara by bike, it also contains a vast wealth of information pertinent to all long-distance adventure motorcycle touring. This book has gone on to become the Adventure Motorcycling Handbook; the sixth edition was released in 2012.

224 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 1995

About the author

After exploring the Sahara in 1980s, I wrote Desert Biking in 1993. That evolved into today's Adventure Motorcycling Handbook, now in its 6th edition. I also co-wrote several editions of Australia for Rough Guides and worked on other RG titles. Desert Travels, a Saharan travelogue came next, then Sahara Overland, Overlanders Handbook, and Morocco Overland, all for Trailblazer Guides. I also enjoy updating Trailblazer's British walking guides once in a while.
I recently reprinted Desert Travels alongside a new book: Adventures in Motorcycling, an urban motobiography paralleling the DT era of the 1980s, but telling a quite different story.