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rob, zayne and sidecar motorbikes in portugal

Rob has decades of experience in operating and training on machines of all kinds – from high speeds boats, to gyrocopters, to motorbikes. As a retired Lt Colonel in the British Royal Marines with an MBE, he chose to take up sidecars when his daughter started crêche, as he didn’t see why he should give up on motorcycles as his chosen mode of travel. He has lived in several country across Europe.

Zayne is an international brand designer who has worked and lived in several countries around the world, and came to riding motorcycles later in life… but why not? Riding motorcycles with sidecars fulfilled her love of team sports and working together to achieve a goal.

We moved to Portugal in 2018 because it was time for a change, and we’re so pleased we did it.

Fresh start, here we go.

As we always say

you don’t know what you don’t know, and that’s where learning begins.

Setting up a sidecar business isn’t the obvious choice, but with so much experience and passion to share it felt like the right thing to put our energy into. To build another aspect into world of motorcycling and to share the experience is really satisfying.

We meet an incredible range of motorcycle adventurers, some of them with sidecars and some of them soon to be sidecar riders. We love hearing the ideas and the plans people are making, and helping them to prepare for their adventures in terms of skills, preparation and upkeep along the way.

We love pushing skills on the rallies with the maxi trails, and venturing out on long distances journeys, as much as we do riding to the shops via the scenic route and taking people out on a local route, because they’ve never been in a sidecar!

Almost every bike that comes in is almost immediately customised in some way shape or form. And that takes us back to the start of Gusto Motorbikes – customising old BMWs on the canal sides of Amsterdam.

Change is good, and we’re always looking for and finding new ways to move our adventures, business and lifestyle forward. We call it Gusto life.

living life with gusto

Sharing the fun of all kinds of adventures by sidecar with Dianna and Keith… what great sports. Day 2 tomorrow. Can’t wait to show them more of our beautiful region in the centre of Portugal. @centro_de_portugal @uralmotorcycles @ur
Riding these hilltop farm tracks on our old boys is the perfect match and just what needed after days of hard work on and around the house. It’s a treat/recce before our next guests arrive for their sidecar adventures…. We think they&rsq
Heading out with our @gusto_sidecar_dogs to explore the local hills last year. What fun. If your dog likes to stick its head out of your car window, imagine the buzz in a sidecar! The goggles are essential to protect their eyes of course, but they al

 FAQs

  • No, we don't rent out our sidecars. All of our experience days are ridden with one of us, and all our adventure tours are guided and ridden by ourselves.

  • Yes. Combining two and three wheels, everyone can enjoy the motorbiking experience... together. A motorbiking holiday where riders don't have to leave their friends or loved ones behind.

    Those who do not ride, or want an adventure sidecar experience, can jump in the sidecar... and off we go, together.

  • Yes, there’s always a way to customise your bike to be more suited to you and the way you want to use it. As regulations vary from country to country, we ask that you research your local rules and processes before we start any project.