T hey say what you want isn’t always what you need, and that’s certainly true when it comes to touring motorcycles. We’d all love to own the BMW M 1000 XR or the Harley-Davidson CVO Road Glide RR.

BY CAYLA VIDMAR In Sept. 2017, Heather Lea stepped off her BMW G 650 GS in Magadan, Russia, the final stop in a 93,740km motorcycle ride through 40 countries. Seven years later, her book about the ...