The 100: 2025 Edition

Explore with Appalachian ADV: The 100... 2025 Edition

​I started these Explore with Appalachian ADV: The 100 articles at the end of the 2021 event season with the intention to highlight the goals of Appalachian ADV using a mostly visual representation. The 100 photos selected for that initial article were taken by various people, including myself, at the events Appalachian ADV held from our first in 2020 through the last in 2021, as well as a couple events that we supported. My goal with the article was to help people get to know Appalachian ADV and for them to see the riders having a good time out in our slice of the region. I wanted to showcase the beauty, ruggedness, small town charms, great riding and community building camaraderie that our events captured. Those very first two events in particular brought together a bunch of guys that became friends through those rides and helped to start the Appalachian ADV Inner Circle.

As each year passed and Appalachian ADV continued to progress, these Explore articles continued to be a visual highlight reel from each event season that helped capture our little community within the ADV and Dual Sport community. I am not a professional photographer by any means, but as we pushed out more events and clinics I also had the opportunity to slightly improve my photo taking skills. The last couple of Explore articles I decided that I wanted to only utilize my own photos.

Why not grab really good shots from other folks for these articles, you may be asking? Well a new intention started to rise up and although it may have been a bit subliminal… I wanted people to see our community in action through my eyes. Seeing people pushing their limits, enjoying nature, finding confidence, building friendships. A part of me still can’t believe that the Appalachian ADV Experiment is still chugging along. That people from 24 different states, the District of Columbia, and a couple Canadian Provinces have come to hang out with us. That I get the opportunity to share the joys of getting motorcycles dirty for a living. It has been very rewarding to meet so many great people. Particularly special to help some of them enter into ADV and watch their growth as riders. Super awesome to see so many come back out to help me build that ‘family reunion vibe’.

I try to capture different moments during these events and clinics and when I am attempting to select 100 photos out of the couple thousand I take each year, it can be daunting. My first round usually gets me about 200 photos, the easy part. The hard part is paring that down to just 100. So sometimes I have to take out a few favorites to make sure I can tell the whole story of the year but if you follow our Instagram and Facebook accounts they all definitely get a bunch of play over there! I post something to social media just about every day so if these 100 grabbed your attention then head over there for more!
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I’ve become a quick draw with the cell phone camera partially out of necessity but also because I am trying to capture a moment in time that is real. Ideally the person or people in the frame don’t realize that I am taking a picture but sometimes that is also the point, to ham it up once in a while! The photos may be from and of my perspective but hopefully the viewer of the article can also picture themselves in the shot and it interests them enough to come out and see what this Appalachian ADV Experiment is all about. And if they have been around, fuel to help stoke the fire and get back out here with us to keep the Appalachian ADV Community strong!

Photo Courtesy of Tom MacConnell

​I can’t state enough how grateful I am to our Appalachian ADV Community. I appreciate everyone coming out to Have Fun, Take Chances with me! Appalachian ADV is what it is because of folks like Jim & Reiko (Fools Ride Rally & Level 2 Clinics Hosts), Dick & the Street Track ‘n Trail Crew (Level 1 Clinics & Great Adventures Rally Hosts), and everyone in the Appalachian ADV Inner Circle (Scout Teams, Leads, & Sweeps). The support from the family, AKA the Best Base Camp Crew in the business, is what helps keep this thing afloat. Also our collaborators, partners, and sponsors help make all of our Clinics and Events special.
 
The 100 photos above help tell the story of Appalachian ADV in 2025! So many great memories. So many awesome people!

• 6100+ miles of ADV, ADV Dual Sporting, and Dual Sport riding
• 7000+ miles in the truck hauling bikes around
• 90 days in the saddle at various Events, Clinics, and Scouting Sessions!
  • 31 of those 90 days were for 18 different Riding Clinics
• Coordinated 24 total riding events and clinics; Participated in 5 friends' rallies
• August was the busiest month of riding: 13 days in the saddle running our PA Wilds Tour, two Level 1 Clinics, a Level 2 Clinic, and a Private Clinic
• Hosted Backcountry Discovery Routes Documentary Premiers at Motozilli of Warren, OH; Point View of Canfield, OH; The Fools Ride on April Fools' Ride Rally in Richmond, OH; and the Great Adventures Begin Here Rally at Street Track n' Trail in Conneaut Lake, PA 
• Participated in the Adventure Riders OHiO Annual Potluck and was a guest speaker at the BMW Motorcycle Owners of Cleveland’s All Things ADV Seminar as well as Kissell Motorsports’ Soggy Bottom MotoFest.

The pictures are in random order and all taken by Kane from Appalachian ADV.  Check out the action from:

• The 5th Annual Fools Ride on April Fools Ride ADV, Dual Sport, & ADV Dual Sporting Rally in Richmond, OH
• The 4th year of running ADV and Dual Sport Riding Clinics in Conneaut Lake, PA and the first year in Richmond, OH
• Guest Level 2 Riding Clinic as well as a couple awesome days of riding at the 304 Detour Rally in Fairmont, WV
• The 4th Annual Great Adventures Begin Here ADV Rally hosted by Street Track 'n Trail in Conneaut Lake, PA
• The 3rd Annual American Legion Fundraiser Group Ride hosted by Birdfish Brewery in Columbiana, OH
• The 5th Annual (& 8th running of) Allegheny Backcountry Adventure Loop Guided ADV Tour in Western Pennsylvania
• The 4th Annual Allegheny Jamboree Powersports Rally in Marienville, PA (this event has been retired!)
• The 6th Annual Explore The PA Wilds Four Tour in North Central Pennsylvania
• Scouting for the 2026 Wildcatters Adventure Rally near Titusville, PA (new event!)
• Scouting for the 2027 Bald Eagle Guided Tour near Millheim, PA (more information and official title coming soon!)
• Scouting for the Appalachian ADV Clinic & Group Ride at the upcoming Hogrock Adventure Rally in Cave-in-Rock, Illinois
• Soggy Bottom MotoFest in Port Matilda, PA (second year talking and riding)
• Wailin' Wayne Weekend in Nelsonville, OH (led groups on our Wailin's ADV Dual Sporting Loop for the 5th year -but 8th year attending- and provided a few door prizes)
• Red River Scramble in Beattyville, KY (we provided a few door prizes and thoroughly enjoyed the awesome dual sport riding for the 3rd year)
• Chilly Willy Weekend in Uwharrie National Forest, NC (we provided a few door prizes for the 2nd year and did some ADV Dual Sporting in the sand trails and also on the slick ice-like OHV trails for the first year!)

Check out the full Explore with Appalachian ADV: The 100 series!

The 100: 2020-2021

The 100: 2022

The 100: 2023

The 100: 2024

​Kane is the founder of Appalachian ADV – Adventure & Dual Sport Motorbiking LLC, formed as an outlet for creativity in written word, captured visual art, and route development. Two wheels and a motor are his adrenaline junkie delivery system of choice, providing natural highs delivered through dopamine, serotonin, oxytocin, and endorphins that act as the catalysts for his motorbiking experience. His goal is to bring people of diverse backgrounds together to create common bonds through shared adversity on his ADV & “ADV Dual Sporting” routes as well as building confidence by overcoming those joyous hardships. Kane and Appalachian ADV aim to use motorbikes, the beauty and challenges of nature, and a healthy dose of those happy hormones to give people opportunities to enjoy life, unplug, find much needed commonality, and to Have Fun, Take Chances…