Press
A lot has changed since we first set out to travel the world in 2003. Too be honest we could never have imagined that over a decade later we would have shared our journey and our lives with millions of readers around the planet via our website, magazines and other media.
It continues to be a genuine privildge to be asked to write and contribute to the many of the worlds most respected print publications. Our passion for two wheeled exploration drives us to capture, write and share our experience and the lessons that come from them, as vividly and as powerfully as possible. Oh, yeah, getting on the cover of a magazine is still cause for celebration and a garanteed way to slap a smile across our faces.
So, sit back, ckick the links below and ride into our world. See you on the road...
MAGAZINE COVER SHOTS
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Adventure Bike Rider UK
May/June 2018 - Adventure Bike Rider magazine UK. ISSUE #47
March-April 2018 - Adventure Bike Rider magazine UK. ISSUE #46
Jan/Feb 2018 - Adventure Bike Rider magazine UK. ISSUE #44
Jan/Feb 2017 - Adventure Bike Rider magazine UK. ISSUE #38
Jan/Feb 2017 - Adventure Bike Rider magazine UK.
May/June 2014 - Adventure Bike Rider magazine UK.
Aug/Sept 2015 - Adventure Bike Rider magazine UK.
Jan/Feb 2015 - Adventure Bike Rider magazine UK.
March/April - Adventure Bike Rider magazine UK.
May/June 2015 - Adventure Bike Rider magazine UK.
July/Aug 2015 - Adventure Bike Rider magazine UK.
Sept/Oct 2015 - Adventure Bike Rider magazine UK.
Dec/Jan 2016 - Adventure Bike Rider magazine UK.
Feb/March 2016 - Adventure Bike Rider magazine UK.
April/May 2016 - Adventure Bike Rider magazine UK.
June/July 2016 - Adventure Bike Rider magazine UK.
Aug/Sept 2016 - Adventure Bike Rider magazine UK.
Sept/Oct 2016 - Adventure Bike Rider magazine UK.
Nov/Dec 2016 - Adventure Bike Rider magazine UK.
ADVMoto Magazine - USA
March 2018 - ADVMoto magazine US.
Jan 2018 - ADVMoto magazine US.
July/Aug 2017 - ADVMoto magazine US.
July/Aug 2017 - ADVMoto magazine US.
July/Aug 2017 - ADVMoto magazine US.
July/Aug 2017 - ADVMoto magazine US.
Sept/Oct 2017 - ADVMoto magazine US.
Sept/Oct 2017 - ADVMoto magazine US.
Motorcycle News - MCN - UK
Feb 2015 - Adventure Bike Rider magazine UK.
August 2014 - Adventure Bike Rider magazine UK.
MEN'S HEALTH MAGAZINE
March 2007 - Adventure Bike Rider magazine UK.
December 2005 - Adventure Bike Rider magazine UK.
FreeWheeling Magazine - Australia
April 2013 - Adventure Bike Rider magazine UK.
August 2014 - Adventure Bike Rider magazine UK.
February 2014 - Adventure Bike Rider magazine UK.
October 2014 - Adventure Bike Rider magazine UK.
Motorral - Hungary
April 2010 - Adventure Bike Rider magazine UK.
Road Trip - France
July 2014 - Adventure Bike Rider magazine UK.
RoadRunner - USA
March/April 2009 - 2RTW Introduction & Bike Preperations.
May/Jun 2009 - Norway - Cold Land Warm Hearts.
July/Aug 2009 - North Africa - Under Saharan Skies.
Sept/Oct 2009 - West Africa - South By Southeast, Morocco to Ghana.
Nov/Dec 2009 - East Africa - Camping With Lions.
Jan/Feb 2011 - Amazon Jungle, Brazil - The Dark Side of Adventure Riding, Part 1.
March/April 2011 - Amazon Jungle, Brazil - A Rumble With The Jungle, Part 2
May/June 2011 - Argentina, Chile - Roof Of The World.
July/Aug 2011 - Bolivia - Riding Into The Sky.
March/April 2012 - The Silk Route - The Rough Side of Silk.
Sept/Oct 2012 - Pakistan - Pride Of Pakistan.
July/Aug 2012 - Iran - The Different faces of Iran.
Nov/Dec 2012 - India - India Assaulting The Senses.
Jan/Feb 2013 - Nepal - Earth's Eden.
March/April 2013 - Cambodia - Mekong Meanderings.
May/June 2013 - Thailand - Land of Smiles.
July/Aug 2013 - Malaysia - Jungle Joy Ride.
Sept/Oct 2013 - Indonesia - Riding The Ring Of Fire.
Nov/Dec 2013 - Australia - The World's Longest Shortcut.
Jan/Feb 2014 - Australia - Coasting Down Under.
Touratech Catologue
NT News - Australia National Paper
2012 - NT News - Australian National Paper
Malaysian National Paper
July 2011 - The Sun - Malaysian National Paper.
Brunch Magazine - Thailand
February 2011 - Brunch Magazine - Thailand.
Change Magazine - USA
February 2011 - Brunch Magazine - Thailand.
Online, Web & Social Media Coverage
Global Women Who RIde.com: Motorcycle Legends: 'Lisa Thomas’ Full Interview
SHEADV.com: Female Riding Role Models
I'd Rather Be Riding.com: Interview with Simon & Lisa Thomas of 2Ride The World
Christopherhopper.com: A Chance Meeting With Simon & Lisa Thomas
ANDARDEMOTO.PT: Simon & Lisa Thomas - Incredible 14-years around The World
ACAST.com: Lisa & Simon Thomas - Motorcycle Adventurers - Beyond the Point of No Return?
wiltsglosstandard.co.uk: Cirencester man and his wife...motorcycle journey.
brake-magazine.com: NEWSWORTHY – Are the the two coolest BMW GS's ever?
conti-bike.co.uk: 2 Ride The World Talk Tyres
motorcycleintelligence.com: Best Long-Distance Motorcycle - With Simon & Lisa Thomas
nikonclub.com: Photo Exhibition - 2Ride The World
frasercoastchronicle.com.au: Whales worth the global ride - Simon & Lisa Thomas Interview
tourenfahrer.de: Travelling The World With Simon & Lisa Thomas - 2Ride The World
conti-bike.co.uk: Building The Ultimate GS Motorcycles
adventureriderradio.com: 2014 - Interview: From Mexico - Part 1
adventureriderradio.com: 2014 - Interview: From Mexico - Part 2
adventureriderradio.com: 2016 - Interview: Beyoned The Point of No Return
adventureriderradio.com: 2016 - Interview: RAW with Grant Johnson, Sam Manicom, Graham Field & others
travellerspoint: 2013 - A serendipitous meeting with Mike's Advneutures
expeditionportal.com: threads - 2-Ride-The-World
touratech.co.th: Adventure - Travel - 2Ride The World
bmw-motorrad.nl: 2Ride The World - Unstoppable on a GS
touratech-usa.com: Interview with Simon & Lisa Thomas AKA 2Ride The World
sena.com: Adventure Seekers - Rider Spotlight - Simon & Lisa Thomas
TV Shows & Video Interviews (CLICK HERE)
Sponsorship Options
As the world’s leading adventure motorcyclists we are always looking for partners who share our spirit of adventure.
This is why we’ve put together the 2RTW Sponsorship Program. As riders, adventurers, educators and motivators we’re excited to be able to share our journey and promote this exploding new sport.
To make sure that anyone can get directly involved, whether you're a corporate giant or a passionate rider, we now offer some exciting opportunities for both Corporate and Personal sponsorship.
To save time and get you to where you need to be on thsi page, select which sponsorship category you're interested in by clicking one of the button below.
If you’d like to become part of one of the most exhilarating motorcycle journeys of all time please, don’t hesitate to drop us a line. For more information on our current Sponsorship Program or to discuss a bespoke corporate arrangement please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
For more info on our journey, Statistics and accomplishments please see here
PERSONAL SPONSORSHIP
The 2RTW 2015 Sponsorship Program offers some great rewards to individuals that want to join the 2RTW family. Personal sponsorship makes a world of difference to us and is a great way for you to join the adventure. We understand that not everyone can ride off towards the horizon, even though they want to. Personal sponsorship of the 2RTW team is your digital escape and your opportunity to lay claim to part of this incredible ride. You’ll be acknowledged on our website and maybe even get your name and details printed on our bikes for everyone to see. Not to mention we’ve also created some exclusive 2RTW sponsor collectibles, not available anywhere else.
Taking on the whole world is a daunting task! We’d love to have you on-board and your support will make a very-real difference to this project, this ride and to us.
Getting involved is easy. Just select the ‘level of support, you're happy with and click the appropriate button to make a donation via our secure PayPal system. Please also make sure you complete our simple name and address form. It will only take a second and will let us know where to send your special ‘sponsors only’ merchandise. If you would like to make a sponsor contribution using a different payment option please email us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
2RTW Personal Sponsor Program
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NOMAD-$250 | |
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ADV HERO-$500 | |
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VOYAGER-$1000 | |
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CORPORATE SPONSOR PACKAGES
The 2RTW Corporate Sponsorship Program offers a wide range of valuable opportunities for corporate sponsors. If you’re looking for an exciting and effective means to promote your brand to millions of adventure enthusiasts then contact us today.
Do you want to play an active and tangible part of one of the longest and most successful motorcycle journey’s of all time? Don’t just watch the journey, become part of it!
Sponsorship of the 2RTW team is a great way of reaching an adventure hungry targeted audience. Better still, sponsorship is a friendly way of marketing your brand and products with a global audience that is choosing to log in, share and actively engage in an ongoing global adventure.
Our upcoming North America leg of our journey will see us ride over 15,000 miles through the heart of the USA and the east coast. We hope you want to share the positive attention our global ride generates. It will be great to have you along for the ride.
What are you sponsoring? You’ll be sponsoring the 2RTW Team AKA Simon & Lisa Thomas. By association your sponsoring, adventure, vision, determination, energy and trusted brand that has been putting it’s money where it’s mouth is for over 12-years. “Talk is cheap. Action is where the action is!”
Our five corporate packages all offer value-added benefits as well as strategic value. We’re also open to the development of specialized sponsorships.
Human beings have an immeasurable desire to Discover! We’ll discover the world, our followers will discover you!
Corporate Options
PATHFINDER-$1000 | |
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GLOBETROTTER-$2500 | |
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ADVENTURER-$5000 | |
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EXPLORER-$10000 Please email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | |
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PIONEER-$20000 Please email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | |
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BESPOKE PACKAGE Please email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | |
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EVENTSPEAKERS
I wanted to reach out to thank you for your visit to Adidas Head Office. Our entire team was very excited to hear about your adventures and how your experience could apply to innovation and problem solving across our global platform. Your presentation was lively, funny, informative and above all, inspiring" Sr. Director, ADIDAS |
Who Are Lisa & Simon?We're a married couple that's still dating, Adventurer's, Entrepreneurs, Keynote Speaker, Professional Photographers, Brand Ambassadors, Social Media Strategist and Consultants, Brand Architects, Athletes, Coach's, and Authors. Yeah, sometimes there's just not enough hours in the day! For more information see here. |
Download Our Corporate Speaking Info Kit Here.
You have an important event, that will host a large group of industry professional and you want to make sure they are engaged, entertained and moved to action.
Crucially you want them to leave feeling inspired to act and perform, with a genuine belief that your event and speaker were a nucleus for positive growth and empowerment. To achieve this you will need to make sure that you invite speakers that are exciting, offer a unique perspective and are motivated to share your message with enthusiasm and passion. You need influencers that can connect with your audience with immediate credibility.As keynote or motivational speakers, Simon & Lisa Thomas are a unique power-house duo that thrive on new challenges and engage with any audience bringing with them an incredible life story, passion, and a level of real-world credibility that will inspire your audience to shift their mindset, shirk off poor business habits and look to the future with renewed vigor.
SPEAKING TOPICS FOR YOUR EVENT.
- Sports & Adventure
- Motivation
- Inspiration
- Teamwork
- Change Management
- Risk-Taking Accountability
- Leadership & Cultural Challenges
- Reduce to Renew
- The Key To Better Communication
- Act To Succeed
- Peripheral Success
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INTRODUCTION | |
Simon & Lisa Thomas are modern day explorers and considered the world's foremost adventure motorcyclists, who have inspired people within some of the world's top performing companies, to create new opportunities, adapt for change and communicate and perform at a higher level. Via their remarkable story the Thomas's reveal the mindset, skills, tools and techniques that they employ to not only survive, but flourish, in many of the worlds most politically explosive and dangerous regions. Their proven methodologies have enabled them to explore the globe for over a decade, traverse the length of six contients, forge a worlds 'first route' through the Amazon jungle and connect with cultures in almost 100 countries. At the end of the day it's about inspiring delegates to strive toward greater success, and importatnly giving them the tools to find that success, no matter what the arena. Simon & Lisa have now shared their experience and insights with over 100-live audience around the world and have made over 40 national and local TV appearances on five continents. That could be at your next event? |
BIOGRAPHY |
Imagine yourself stranded in the Amazon Jungle. You have two cracked cervical vertebrae, (a broken neck). Your left side is paralyzed and you’re blind in your left eye. Your motorcycle needs repair and your only companion, your wife has come down with malaria. Oh, and it’s the rainy season, so the only way out means navigating a life-sucking mud track, nearly a foot deep. The closest civilization is hundreds of miles away, and help is not on the way! Simon and Lisa Thomas don’t have to imagine it. They lived it. They survived it. They made their necessary repairs, and spent the next three weeks riding, pushing, and picking their motorbikes up, over and over, until finally, mercifully, they reached help. Upon reaching hospital they were treated for a host of medical concerns that left medical staff in disbelief that they had not only survived but still wanted to continue. Following emergency cervical surgery and a spell of hospitalization they once again jumped aboard their motorcycles and gladly continued to push the boundaries of what many describe as impossible. Considered by many as the world’s foremost Adventure Motorcyclists, adversity is nothing new to this pair who confess to thriving on finding new challenges. Prior to the start of their 14-year global motorcycling odyssey, Simon Thomas was the owner and Vice President a telecoms company and Lisa led the IT team at a major UK utilities company. With a host of business successes and having broken multiple world motorcycling records, they passionately share their thoughts on taking personal responsibility, achieving life goals and transforming thought into action. Unlike many other public speakers, they are also candid about their failures and how this aspect is a vital part of the learning cycle. Both Simon & Lisa share countless real-world examples of how their positive attitudes, techniques and value framework were crucial to overcoming adversity. The pair were filmed as a part of a BBC mini documentary as they explored South America and have made over 40 national and local TV appearance on 5 continents. Over the years thier status has been recognised and this intrepid pair are now international Brand Ambassadors for a number of global industry giants, such as;
In 2011 they were invited to join the Committee of Advisers for the Ted Simon Foundation. Their photographic work was recognized in the same year, when Nikon announced it was to back them as the exclusive photographic partner of the 2RTW project. They are currently still engaged in their record-breaking journey around the world on two BMW motorcycles. |
TESTIMONIALS
Simon and Lisa captured the audience’s attention straight away and delivered to a full house. They described their unique partnership as world travellers, setting goals, problem solving, constantly reviewing desired outcomes and resultant successes or failures. They worked with each other easily as presenters and switched between speaking roles while sharing an amazing series of images with our delagtes, that took the audience along on their ride, allowing the audience to relate to the content as it was delivered. Having being involved with the organising of events for our South Australian Members for the past 5 years I can honestly say that I have never seen so many Members stay back after a presentation to gain some time to chat with the Speakers. Simon and Lisa were happy to spend their time with each of these Members answering their many questions. I would happily recommend Simon and Lisa Thomas, aka 2 Ride the World, to any Company or Organisation looking to motivate and inspire their Staff with something a little different that encourages the audience to set and achieve their own life goals. Andrew Harrison. Chair Of Events Mortgage and Finance Association of Australia |
I wanted to reach out to thank you for your visit to Adidas Head Office. Our entire team was very excited to hear about your adventures and how your experience could apply to innovation and problem solving across our global platform. Your presentation was lively, funny, and informative and above all, inspiring’ Sr. Director,Future Footwear Team. ADIDAS | |
What Lisa and Simon offer is not some glitzy, overproduced, special effects documentary. Their story is real, raw and engaging. You “Ooo, Ahh and wow” at their multi-media presentation. With their energy, conviction and obvious passion for two-wheeled travel, Simon and Lisa inspired, educated and entertained us all. Their video draws you in and makes you feel like you’re part of the adventure. Their photography of the world is stunning and their story telling is spellbinding. I can honestly say, we have never had a presentation at the dealership that has been this popular. Do your customers, your dealership and yourself a favor. Have Lisa and Simon share their continuing story with your customers, you won’t regret it.’ Kurt Asplindh BMW Motorcycles of Las Vegas |
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