If you have ever fallen down a rabbit hole watching motorcycle adventure riding vlogs, you already know how easy it is to lose a couple of hours. That is exactly what happened to me over the past two days. I ended up back on the DeweyRides YouTube Channel
, started from video one, and I genuinely could not stop watching. I want to talk about why that series grabbed me the way it did, and why I think it is some of the best moto travel content on YouTube right.
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A Motorcycle Adventure Riding Vlog You Can Actually Binge
I had watched bits and pieces of DeweyRides when the videos were first coming out a couple of years back. I would catch one here and there, but I never really sat down and followed it as a series. Big mistake. Coming back to it now and watching it straight through is a completely different experience. The playlist has 122 videos, and I have already burned through somewhere between 15 and 20 of them.
The series starts with Dewey riding up to Alaska, which then leads right into his massive trip down through Mexico and into Central America. The episodes range from around 8 minutes on the shorter end up to 15 minutes for the meatier ones. Whether you have a lunch break or a whole evening to burn, there is always a good stopping point, and there is always a reason to keep going.
What Makes This Series Stand Out From Other Riding Content
Here is the thing about a lot of riding content on YouTube. You see the good stuff. The open road, the scenic overlooks, the clean campsites. And that is fun to watch, do not get me wrong. But what keeps you coming back to a series is when you actually feel like you are along for the ride, all of it, not just the highlight reel.
Dewey does not shy away from the hard parts. His bike got stolen while he was in Mexico. He ends up on this old beat-up blue bike for a stretch, and you feel the weight of that situation with him. There is also the emotional side of things. Adventure Tomek rides with him for several days heading into Mexico, and then they have to split off because Tomek has other obligations. Watching that happen, even just through a screen, genuinely got to me. You build up this sense of camaraderie watching them ride together, and then suddenly it is gone and Dewey is on his own continuing this massive undertaking. That is good storytelling. That is why people keep watching.
Reminds Me of Another Great Motorcycle Adventure Film I Watched Years Ago
Dewey Rides reminds me a lot of this other moto travel film I stumbled onto several years back, right around the time I got back into riding. I cannot remember the guy’s name for the life of me. I want to say it was Guy something. He put together a full-length documentary, maybe an hour and a half long, covering his trip from somewhere in New England all the way down through Central America. He sold his sport bike to buy a Kawasaki KLR and just went for it.
What stuck with me about that film was how real it felt. He made the mistake of traveling during rainy season without realizing it, and you see him sitting there on the side of the road with a hundred other vehicles, passenger buses included, all waiting for four feet of floodwater to clear the road. You cannot script that. He had mechanical breakdowns, bike problems, all of it on camera. That combination of genuine adventure and honest documentation is exactly what makes Dewey Rides work too.
Get Lost | A Solo Motorcycle Adventure to the Darien Gap
Edit – I found the video and have included it below.
A Quick Word on Itchy Boots
I know you cannot really talk about motorcycle adventure riding vlogs without bringing up Itchy Boots. And look, she has done some truly remarkable things on two wheels. I have enjoyed plenty of her content. It just never hooked me the same way. I never sat down and watched her stuff religiously like I am doing with Dewey right now. No knock on her at all, it just depends on what clicks with you personally.
The Bottom Line
If you are into motorcycle adventure riding vlogs and you have not spent real time with the Dewey Rides series, do yourself a favor and start from the beginning. Block off some time. Start with the Alaska trip and let it roll right into the Central America journey. You will get invested fast.
The best riding content is not about perfect roads and perfect weather. It is about watching someone take on something bigger than themselves, deal with whatever gets thrown at them, and keep going anyway. That is what Dewey does across 122 videos, and that is why it is so easy to lose two days to it without even noticing.
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