A premium riding suit can be a big investment.Touratech’s Compañero World 2 suit is about as premium as it gets. The outer Goretex layer will prevent the wind getting to the rider’s skin. A few issues back – issue #35 – we put a BMW Rallye suit to the test and found that, although the […]
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Why, Brother? There’s Nothin’ Much There
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First aid can save lives and significantly reduce the severity of injuries, and it’s good knowledge to have. But what happens if the patient doesn’t want first aid…or any other kind of aid? What happens then? Most riders would have had some level of instruction in administering first aid, whether it’s keeping an accident victim
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Longtime KTM dealer and racer Craig Hartley found himself invited to do both the Wall To Wall Remembrance ride to Canberra as well a run to northern Queensland for the King Of The Beach races near Mackay. The problem was the destinations being in opposite directions from his home in Dalby, central-western Queensland, and there
Colin Bayman, one of the famous Bayman sisters trio, spearheaded another great Perth Adventure Riders epic in Northwest Or Bust. Join a ride with a big group or a small group? Is there any advantage to riding in a big group? Of course there is. For example: • Somebody else does the planning (thanks to
A short, one-day introduction to the newest Ténéré in issue #38 had us fizzing at the split. Early indications were the 700 was a bike ideally suited to The Land Of Sweeping Plains. After a few solid days doing just about everything the bike’s designed to do, we think the Ténéré 700 lives up to
Peter Haydon ponders the nature of adventure in our island home. As I looked to plan another route to Phillip Island – the group’s 25th MotoGP – I became a little nostalgic. I thought back over our achievements and adventures of the past 25 years…what we’d ridden, where we’d ridden, and more importantly, where we
The weather didn’t look good for the 2019 KTM Adventure Rallye on New Zealand’s South Island. Three days out the prediction was for 100mm of rain and high winds. That kind of weather in the Mackenzie country was certain to leave roads and creeks impassable. A little rain wasn’t going to bother 150 hard-bitten KTM
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A year ago I highlighted a couple of errors I’d made and how they were really simple things…‘rookie’ errors I said at the time, and the consequences had been a little dramatic. I’ve done it again, but this time there was no serious penalty except I’ve made myself look really foolish. I won’t bore everyone
Motorrad Garage Yamaha XTZ 700 Ténéré The T7 is live at last. Motorrad Garage has come out of the gates hard with a range of gear for the most anticipated bike for ages. Go to www.motorradgarage.com.au to check out great gear for all adventure bikes.
