noob q: what is ADV riding?

[kiran]

please excuse for the stupid questions :)

- Can someone explain me what is ADVriding?
- Does this mean having a off road motorcycle and then traveling on it?
- Do you go off-road and then ride on a terrain and reach to other end on another road? and then you map the waypoints for someone else to explore?
- Is this done in ANY area, or off-road friendly areas such as National parks/trekking ranges etc?
- Do most of you have a BMW :)