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We have joined up with Motorcycle Offsetters to gain a Carbon Negative status for all our tours. We are actively offsetting Carbon for all bikes on our tours by 150% making us not only neutral on the carbon emissions but…
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5 reasons you should add this MotoDiscovery feature destination to your bucket list
The South American continent offers a wealth of adventure riding treasures. We’ve been riding there since 1995, and by far the most popular region is the southern reaches of Chile and Argentina known as Patagonia.
Technically it is bound by the Atlantic Ocean to the East the Pacific to the West, sandwiching the Andean mountain range, a stunning system of fjords with temperate rainforests, glacial lakes, and barren windswept grasslands. It is this exact dynamic that offers you a thrilling motorcycle riding experience, unlike any other on the planet.
Here are 5 good reasons why you should add this Patagonia motorcycle tour to your bucket list:
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Such a great time we live in, having all these different bikes to choose from! All from large adventure bikes to lighter more capable off-road adventure bikes that still maintain a great highway character. Tell us what you think, best…
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For over two decades, it has been our privilege to ride the roads less traveled, to embrace and be embraced by the peoples of foreign lands, and to be recognized worldwide for our innovation, our integrity and our mission of providing a very special experience for a special breed of individual. Please join us this season and help us create the next chapter of MotoDiscovery history!
1981
Skip Mascorro organizes motorcycle tours to Mexico.
Skip Mascorro relocates from San Antonio to El Paso, Texas and begins to spread the word about motorcycle touring South of the Border. His first Mexico tour runs in early 1982.
1986
The Gold Wing Road Riders Association and Wing World magazine sponsor our first Colonial Tour of Mexico.
PVMT entertains groups from New Zealand and Australia organizing rides through the American Southwest. Also this year we introduce several new tours including rides to the Yucatan and the still popular Baja & Copper Canyon Tour.
1988
Our first “dual purpose” motorcycle tour is offered.
Recognizing the future of “dual purpose” adventure touring, the first Copper Canyon Expedition runs in Old Mexico. Pancho Villa gets dirty!
1989
Ed Culberson joins PVMT.
Ed Culberson (along with his R80GS “Amigo,” that now sits in a place of honor in the museum at the BMW manufacturing plant in Greenville, South Carolina) joins the PVMT staff team. Ed was recognized as the first to travel the entire length of the Pan American Highway, including the jungles of the Darien Gap, and was the author of “Obsessions Die Hard.”
1990
PVMT runs its first women-only tour.
PVMT begins to successfully run a series of For Women Only tours to Mexico raising awareness of the growing involvement women have in motorcycling.
1992
PVMT runs two USA to the Panama Canal tours!
Two back-to-back tours are conducted from the USA, through Mexico and Central America to and from the Panama Canal.
1993
Costa Rica is added as a Fly-n-Ride destination.
PVMT again pioneers new territory!
1996
We reach the tip of South America!
With the help of PVMT researcher and world traveler Frank Campbell, PVMT undertakes a lengthy one-month expedition from Santiago, Chile to the tip of South America at Tierra del Fuego.
1996
Norwegian globe rider, Helge Pedersen
(author & photographer of Ten Years on Two Wheels) lends his world travel expertise to the success of the Tierra del Fuego project as staff.
1997
An exploration of Incan South America is offered.
The lure of the ancient Inca civilization again has PVMT riding in South America, this time through the high Andes and Altiplano of Peru and Bolivia… Destination, Machu Picchu.
1999
Skip Mascorro speaks at the Art of the Motorcycle exhibit.
Skip Mascorro, PVMT founder, is invited as a guest speaker at the Field Museum of Chicago on the subject of motorcycle touring in conjunction with the Art of the Motorcycle exhibit.
2000
PVMT is on television.
Speedvision Cable Network, hosted by Dave Despain, runs a two-part series on Pancho Villa Moto-Tours in the Copper Canyon.
2003
PVMT becomes MotoDiscovery.
2004
MotoDiscovery runs its first 30 day Turkey Expedition.
Also, a full program of tours in Asia is added to the list of exotic destinations offered by MotoDiscovery.
2006
MotoDiscovery Rides in Iran
It was a time of political tension and intrigue. A group of 13 Americans ride from Turkey into the Islamic Republic of Iran, a ground breaking and somewhat controversial event.
2007
Venice to Istanbul, The Orient Express Tour
Another MotoDiscovery Recon ride proves to be highly successful adding European Union countries to our growing list of riding destinations.
Our History
For over two decades, it has been our privilege to ride the roads less traveled, to embrace and be embraced by the peoples of foreign lands, and to be recognized worldwide for our innovation, our integrity and our mission of providing a very special experience for a special breed of individual. Please join us this season and help us create the next chapter of MotoDiscovery history!
1981
Skip Mascorro organizes motorcycle tours to Mexico.
Skip Mascorro relocates from San Antonio to El Paso, Texas and begins to spread the word about motorcycle touring South of the Border. His first Mexico tour runs in early 1982.
1986
The Gold Wing Road Riders Association and Wing World magazine sponsor our first Colonial Tour of Mexico.
PVMT entertains groups from New Zealand and Australia organizing rides through the American Southwest. Also this year we introduce several new tours including rides to the Yucatan and the still popular Baja & Copper Canyon Tour.
1988
Our first “dual purpose” motorcycle tour is offered.
Recognizing the future of “dual purpose” adventure touring, the first Copper Canyon Expedition runs in Old Mexico. Pancho Villa gets dirty!
1989
Ed Culberson joins PVMT.
Ed Culberson (along with his R80GS “Amigo,” that now sits in a place of honor in the museum at the BMW manufacturing plant in Greenville, South Carolina) joins the PVMT staff team. Ed was recognized as the first to travel the entire length of the Pan American Highway, including the jungles of the Darien Gap, and was the author of “Obsessions Die Hard.”
1990
PVMT runs its first women-only tour.
PVMT begins to successfully run a series of For Women Only tours to Mexico raising awareness of the growing involvement women have in motorcycling.
1992
PVMT runs two USA to the Panama Canal tours!
Two back-to-back tours are conducted from the USA, through Mexico and Central America to and from the Panama Canal.
1993
Costa Rica is added as a Fly-n-Ride destination.
PVMT again pioneers new territory!
1996
We reach the tip of South America!
With the help of PVMT researcher and world traveler Frank Campbell, PVMT undertakes a lengthy one-month expedition from Santiago, Chile to the tip of South America at Tierra del Fuego.
1996
Norwegian globe rider, Helge Pedersen
(author & photographer of Ten Years on Two Wheels) lends his world travel expertise to the success of the Tierra del Fuego project as staff.
1997
An exploration of Incan South America is offered.
The lure of the ancient Inca civilization again has PVMT riding in South America, this time through the high Andes and Altiplano of Peru and Bolivia… Destination, Machu Picchu.
1999
Skip Mascorro speaks at the Art of the Motorcycle exhibit.
Skip Mascorro, PVMT founder, is invited as a guest speaker at the Field Museum of Chicago on the subject of motorcycle touring in conjunction with the Art of the Motorcycle exhibit.
2000
PVMT is on television.
Speedvision Cable Network, hosted by Dave Despain, runs a two-part series on Pancho Villa Moto-Tours in the Copper Canyon.
2003
PVMT becomes MotoDiscovery.
2004
MotoDiscovery runs its first 30 day Turkey Expedition.
Also, a full program of tours in Asia is added to the list of exotic destinations offered by MotoDiscovery.
2006
MotoDiscovery Rides in Iran
It was a time of political tension and intrigue. A group of 13 Americans ride from Turkey into the Islamic Republic of Iran, a ground breaking and somewhat controversial event.
2007
Venice to Istanbul, The Orient Express Tour
Another MotoDiscovery Recon ride proves to be highly successful adding European Union countries to our growing list of riding destinations.
