A new frontier of “riding a motorbike”
“You look at it fondly, with its muddy knobs and a few lines on the tank, you are ready to set off with it on a new adventure! All you can do is put on your boots, helmet and gloves... you turn it on, put your backpack on your shoulder, jump on the saddle, fill up... and off to the rendezvous with your travel companions, in search of sun, dust and freedom, the kind that you know you can only find by ploughing through dirt roads, crossing passes and wading through streams.
You will leave the sea behind you, you will travel along roads that ooze with history, legends and hard work, ancient villages among the most beautiful in Italy often unknown, you will cross the mountains and you will reach the longed-for destination.
All accompanied by friendship, sharing, hard work, landscapes of a thousand colors and, why not, by good food with flavors and aromas that will always make you go back in your memory to an unforgettable moment of your life. Because this is the HAT, the adventure journey that crosses the culture and history of northern Italy, from the sea to the mountains, in the company of trusted friends and your two-wheeled companion.”
In these words you can feel the whole spirit of the HAT and of the Adventouring, the adventure tourism by motorbike that today represents a new frontier of “riding a motorbike”, a real energy boost for many. The contact with the purest nature, the vision of places and works of absolute beauty, the pleasure of tasting delicious drinks and foods, the discovery of a lesser-known, hidden and therefore even more unique Italy. This is the romantic and essential part of motorbike tourism, and if this is practiced off-road, away from the masses, one cannot help but appreciate an even more intimate and profound exclusivity.
Adventure and Tourism, two ingredients that together exalt the noble man who knows how to appreciate, practice and respect them.
Adventure is enhanced by the sportier side of the discipline, riding a motorbike on secondary roads, often off-road, immersed in nature, sometimes even challenging. Routes where not only a good level of riding experience counts, but also the preparation of the motorbike, the appropriateness of clothing, the harmony with companions, the organization and attention to details of the trip. With a clear standard in the Adven worldtouring, the word Adventure must be combined with the word Safety. This is a fundamental aspect to fully enjoy this discipline, which can sometimes be extreme but which must have the rules of a safe and controlled game well in mind.
Tourism is instead the soul, the most intimate and cultural part of the discipline, moved by the interest in places and locations with a strong historical value or particular natural beauty, excellences underlined by a particular emotion or charm, which however only those who have the character and personal quality to appreciate them can understand. The choice of the most tranquil tourist pace by motorbike distinguishes the Adventouring, who by precise choice ignores the rapid times of the stopwatch and embraces those of the contemplation of natural landscapes, of places and historical buildings, of every form of art however it is expressed.
For all this the Adventouring promotes ethical rules of conduct for its practitioners in the area.