Our Tour Leaders

Claus Lazik

Claus Lazik is a partner with Ayres Adventures Limited. He was born and raised in Kaufbeuren, southern Bavaria, Germany.

After school and military service he studied Physical Geography at the University of Munich and worked in geological and geophysical offices and in the Bavarian Institute for Topographical Maps.

In 1999, Claus decided to change to a profession that would allow him to focus on his interests of motorcycling, languages, and travel. He became a tour leader with an Austrian-based motorcycle tour company and by now rode a motorcycle on all 7 continents (incl. Antarctica). He has led motorcycle tours in most European countries, as well as Morocco, Southern Africa, Dubai, Oman, China, Japan and South America. He has also traveled privately by motorcycle in North and South America, Australia, New Zealand and Vietnam.

Claus is fluent in German, English, Spanish and French and is addicted to exploring and showing the many different facets of our planet by two wheels: from the Alps and Pyrenees with their countless passes to the magic of Morocco and Southern Africa, from the colors of Spain and South America to the overwhelming beauty of Norway and Iceland.

When not traveling as a Tour Director with Ayres Adventures, Claus lives with his family in the little village of Mauerstetten, about an hour’s drive from Munich.

Ed McClure

Ed McClure has lived in Fairbanks, Alaska since 1980. He spent his early years riding enduro bikes, and hiking and climbing in Mt. Rainier National Park. He has always enjoyed exploring and ‘going to the end of the road’.

Ed has 30 years experience traveling in Alaska by truck, airplane and motorcycle. He has driven on the Cassiar and Alaska Highway over a dozen times, and is currently training on the Dalton Highway to qualify as an ‘Ice Road Trucker’.

He’s traveled extensively throughout Alaska by motorcycle, including multiple rides north of the Arctic Circle including one of the world’s most challenging motorcycling destinations – Prudhoe Bay. He is intimately familiar with motorcycling throughout Alaska and Canada’s Yukon Territory. The same pioneering spirit that led Ed to answer the call of the wild and head to Alaska at age 21, inspired him and his wife Pat to open a seasonal gift shop in Denali National Park featuring Pat’s original artwork and fabrics, and to build their own cabin in the woods with an authentic outhouse and a resident moose named ‘Molly’.

Janis Cimins

Janis was born in Latvia, Riga, the nation’s capital. He is a passionate motorcyclist and a BMW certified off-road instructor.

Janis has traveled through most European countries, as well as Asia, North America and South America. He has led tours for Ayres Adventures in Africa, Australia, Iceland, New Zealand, Japan and Europe. He also helped lead our 69-day Epic Journey: Moscow to Hong Kong.

Janis resides in Salacgriva, located on the banks of the Salaca River, with his wife Aija, an accomplished artist, film director and photographer. The Salaca River is famous for its salmon fishing and also offers opportunities for ice skating, two of Janis’ favorite pastimes. Janis also enjoys spending weekends riding with his friends on the numerous nearby MX tracks.