Most people schedule adventures between life.

Lyndon Poskitt took a sledgehammer to normal - and let adventure do the renovations making dirt, races, and chaos his nine-to-five.

Having built a motorcycle from the first nut and bolt and named it Basil (after his grandfather), Lyndon pointed it at the world. The result?

If you’ve ever fallen down the YouTube rabbit hole of Races to Places, you already know the headline stats: 245,000km, 74 countries, 11 races, and a video series that’s racked up millions of views. You also know the “how”: rally starts, border crossings, breakdowns, and the kind of stubborn follow-through that gets you to the Dakar Rally — and back again.

What you might not know (until you read his new book, Races to Places) is the “who.”

“Life is messy. So is the adventure.”

Lyndon’s book surprised us — in the best possible way — because it refuses to do the Cool Dakar Dude on A Bike thing. It’s raw, human, and genuinely vulnerable.

“I just decided not to hold back from reality; we all have our struggles, challenges, relationships, things going on, and a lot of people smooth over them,” Lyndon shared. “But there’s no point in hiding anything. Life is messy, so is the adventure, and embellishing or skipping things just felt fake.”

Lyndon’s been open in his videos for years (including a famously dark Dakar moment where he cried because he was so broken). The book takes that same energy and turns it into something more reflective: not just what happened, but what it did to him.

And it’s not vulnerability for vulnerability’s sake — it’s a deliberate choice to tell the story the way life actually feels.

“Sometimes, you don’t understand the value of a moment until it becomes a memory. You only get one life, and yesterday is already gone. Today is the day that counts. Make the most of it - the only thing that’s stopping you is you.”

The engineer who became a storyteller (and a three-time Dakar finisher)

Before Lyndon became “that guy who rode around the world and raced on every continent,” he was an engineer.

After completing his degree, he joined BAE Systems and rose fast — becoming an executive by 30 and running aerodynamics test facilities in the UK. He worked and lived in multiple countries. On paper, it’s the kind of career you’re supposed to be grateful for.

But away from work, he’d been racing motorcycles since he was ten years old — across seven disciplines — with Rally Dakar as the dream race he’d watch on TV every year. And in 2013, a near-fatal training incident rewired his perspective.

That’s when the long-held dream stopped being a “one day” and became a plan: ride around the world, race on each of the six populated continents, and document it all.

Lyndon called it Races to Places.

Curiosity is a fuel source

One of the unexpectedly great things about the book is how curious it is.

Lyndon isn’t just collecting miles and medals — he’s collecting why.

“The world is an intriguing place, and I wanted to share that,” he said. That’s how you end up with strange, wonderful little factoids (yes, including Central American bananas and the realities behind the garbage strewn on roadsides in Indonesia) living alongside hard-earned lessons about borders, people, and what it means to keep moving.

It’s also why the book deserves a much wider audience than the motorcycling world.

“This book isn’t just for riders; it’s for everyone who’s into adventure and getting to know the world; for people who are curious; for people who dream to travel the world.”

The book is built like the journey: practical, technical, and real

Lyndon wanted the book to be useful — not just inspiring.

“I also really wanted to include all the technical bits — packing, bike setup, the technical stuff — so that people can learn, take what’s useful for them, and plan their own adventures”.

And he’s designed it to be experienced in two ways: you can read it as a standalone story, or you can watch the journey as you go along.

“My book has two ways of telling the story — read it or watch the videos following the QR codes, it’s all enmeshed.”

That’s a classic Lyndon move: engineer brain meets storyteller brain, with a practical solution that makes the whole thing more immersive.

The hardest part wasn’t writing — it was shaping the truth

The “why” came first.

“The first thing I wrote was the why; that was easy,” Lyndon said.

Then the scale of it hit.

“40,000 words in, and I’m not even out of Europe yet.”

He tried diaries. Voice notes. Jumping around scenes and countries and people and food. For about a year, he wrestled with structure — until he finally committed to a timeline and wrote it through.

And then, after the first draft, he did something that takes more courage than most people realize: he went back in and made it more honest.

“After the first draft, reading my own book back, I felt like some things were missing… often, it was just the real struggles, the reality, the feelings, so I added them.”

The oil barrel moment: when the dream changes shape

If you’ve followed Lyndon for a while, you’ll know he didn’t stop after the world trip.

He raced more rallies. He moved to Spain. He started a rally school in Andalusia. He got married. He had a baby. He built a camper truck because apparently relaxing isn’t his native language.

And then came the “oil barrel moment” when Lyndon found himself sitting in his garage in Spain, stressed out, realizing the rally school needed to close.

Going from riding around the world and racing to running a business was a different kind of hard.

“The teaching people part was awesome, but I love doing everything myself… I take on too much, I hire people, my perfectionism butts in, it all becomes too much, and it crashes,” Lyndon shared. “I have to do everything myself to the point where I feel guilty if I’m resting.”

It’s the kind of confession that lands because it’s familiar. Not just to entrepreneurs — to anyone who’s ever turned a passion into a responsibility.

“Take the bike that you’ve got.”

Lyndon’s advice has matured in the same way his storytelling has.

“If I had to give a younger version of myself one piece of advice, it would be to check my own ego. I used to be so convinced that there’s only one perfect bike or one perfect way to do things… Now? If someone asked me what bike is ideal for a round-the world adventure, I’d say, it’s the one you already own”.

And he’s blunt about the modern trap of watching other people live while you postpone your own life.

“Don’t let online comparisons make you feel small. Enjoy what you have and the path YOU are on. There will always be people telling you you’re doing it wrong, or that you “Should” do it this way or that. Do it your way - it’s your adventure”.

He’s still riding. Still traveling. But he’s also clear-eyed about seasons.

“I still want to travel, I love riding bikes, but I don’t want to live on the road anymore. I’m hoping to travel more with my family, perhaps show them some of the places I’ve been to, especially in South America”.

And maybe the most quietly powerful line of the whole interview:

“I’ve achieved my dream; it’s time to pass it along.”

These days, Lyndon is considering more keynote and motivational speaking — less about proving what’s possible, more about helping other people chase the thing they keep postponing.

The people are the point

For all the racing and logistics and technical detail, Lyndon’s biggest takeaway isn’t about bikes.

“It’s the people of the world who shaped me the most. I learned to judge less and listen more.”

And that’s the thread that makes Races to Places feel bigger than a motorcycle story: it’s an adventure book that happens to involve a motorcycle and racing.

“The toughest situations on my adventure were the ones that taught me the most about myself”.

Where Enduristan fits into the story

Lyndon’s relationship with Enduristan started in 2018, when he was preparing for another Dakar. He loved the gear enough that it grew into a full sponsorship — and over time, he’s even collaborated with us on product design.

That matters, because Lyndon’s whole ethos is the opposite of shiny marketing: use what works, tell the truth, keep moving.

And that’s exactly why we’re so stoked to have him as our ambassador.

If you’ve been waiting for a sign

If you read Races to Places expecting a victory lap, you’ll get something better: a real person, telling the real version.

Not just the miles and the rally medals — but the doubts, the ego checks, the messy bits, the relationships, the moments where the dream nearly breaks you… and the moments where it gives you your life back.

So here’s your permission slip (borrowed from Lyndon’s whole trajectory): you don’t need the perfect bike, the perfect plan, or the perfect version of yourself.

Start with what you’ve got. Be honest about what you want. And when the road shows you the way — follow it.

Want more Lyndon?

• Check outRaces to Places (the book) and follow along with the QR-linked videos.
• Dive into theRaces to Places YouTube series.
• Keep an eye out forLyndon’s next chapter: family travel, new roads, and (hopefully) more stories that tell the truth.