2023 ADV GUIDE P91
(Above) The road touring
is almost as good as the
off-road riding, but when the
tires get dirty, Iceland really
comes alive. (Left) Metzeler's
new Karoo 4's were the ADV
tire of choice for the tour.
(Right) You better be ready
for more than a couple water
crossings in Iceland. They're
all part of the fun.
immediately to the open
plains Iceland is famous for,
then we continue along the
Geysir nature reserve, home
of the Strokkur geyser.
The Strokkur geyser is a
series of erupting hot springs,
an area that first came to
prominence in 1789 after an
earthquake unblocked the
conduit of the geyser. It's an
Instagram hotspot located in
a geothermal area beside the
Hvítá River located east of the
capital, famous for water erup-
tions that shoot up to 130 feet
into the sky 10 times an hour.
Like much of Iceland, the
area smells heavily of sulfur
dioxide due to the geother-
mal origins of the warm
water. It's a smell that can get
on your nerves at first, but
the country's natural beauty
quickly takes over, and you're
encased in a constantly
adapting view that would
make David Attenborough
blush.
This is only the first day
of the Dainese Expedition
Masters Iceland adventure
tour, an initiative in conjunc-
tion with Dainese's com-
mercial partners Ducati and
Metzeler. Led by Dainese's
Head of Experiences Luca
Bono, a former pro racer
who worked in MotoGP for
over a decade and competed
at the Le Mans 24 Hour, the
Dainese Expedition Masters
