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Have you ever wanted to quit your job and run away to the ends of the earth with the love of your life on a motorcycle?


Whether that’s your greatest dream 🤩, or your greatest fear 🫣, it’s exactly what my wife and I did in 2017. And we’ve been crossing continents and having unbelievable adventures ever since.


We are 2Up and Overloaded, and I'm Tim Notier, and my wife is Marisa. We're a motorcycle couple from Chicago, and by subscribing to our blog posts, you can experience all the potholes and peaks with us.


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Message History

- Tim Notier

The Mae Hong Son Loop does not ease you into it. The road immediately starts climbing and twisting, demanding your attention with every corner. There is no autopilot here, just you, the bike, and the next turn.From the start, this ride felt like it was going to be more than just another loop.​We rode o...


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Life of Pai

- Tim Notier

​Some people take a relaxing vacation to unwind. We, on the other hand, wanted as many windy roads as possible. Marisa and I, along with our friends Dan, who we first met in Tempur on Java, Indonesia, along with Chris and Tim who have been circumnavigating the world themselves (


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- Tim Notier

Happy Thanksgiving to all of our North American friends and family!​Marisa and I have been exploring Thailand for our latest motorcycle tour offering in Nov/Dec of 2026. Marisa came to Chiang Mai twenty years ago, and the stories she has shared with me made me eager to experience this place for myself....


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- Tim Notier

There are good days, there are bad days… and then there are Lombok torrential rainstorm days, the kind that make you question all your life choices, your mechanical abilities, and whether motorcycles can drown.Spoiler: they can. Somewher...


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Smoke and Mirrors

- Tim Notier

Put your helmets on as we ride on the back of a rickety Bajaj Pulsar 220 to Bali’s legendary Lempuyang Temple. ​The Great Lempuyang Temple ShowdownOur destination? The jaw-dropping, mirror-illusion-fuelled wonder known as


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