A Tiger Tale

Adventure Rider Issue #45

• Fit Out
• Checkout
• Countdown with Karen Ramsay
• Wheelies: Part Three with Miles Davis
• Dry July with Mike Ferris
• Soggy Bottom with Andy Strapz
• Vic High Country Cruise
• A Tiger Tale
• Hunting Fear
• Make Time
• All In A Day’s Work
• Hattah
• Tyre Markings
• No Particular Place To Go
• Inspired To Adventure
• Tibooburra Destress Mission
• Glory Days
• Ho Chi Minh Discovery Ride
• It’s what we do

Rod Taylor loves his Triumphs.

A bike that’d do long miles both on and off road.

Get an adventure bike, ya wuss,” they said.

“Wot? A wuss rides a Honda Blackbird 1100?” was my snappy and edgy reply.

It was probably the worst time to bring it up. After a spirited fang through Kangaroo Valley mixing it with a couple of Fireblades I’d done a bike-swap onto Michael’s KTM 990 for a run down the exciting (not) Princess Highway. I fought hard to stay awake and just couldn’t see the point.