Adventure Rider Magazine first spoke to Scott Britnell waaaaay back in issue #06. Since then he’s kicked a goal or two, including entering and finishing his first Dakar in 2018. First contact with Scott, 45, from the Southern Highlands of NSW, was a phone call out of the blue when he introduced himself, said he […]
Ever dream of being a motorcycle tour guide? To be paid to ride some of the world’s most exotic locations? To help others achieve their dreams? It can happen. Right here. Right now. You can be a professional sweep for Australia’s longest-run-ning tour operator, riding and guiding one of the world’s great adventure locations. Cape
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Adventure Ride Looking for new riding challenge? Jump in a Ural sidecar. We dare you. Sidecars aren’t for everybody. They’re certainly not for wooses or people with big ideas on themselves. In first place, the three-wheeled riding experience can be as scary as hell. It doesn’t have to be, but it can be. In the
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Not many invitations include a support crew for a six-week adventure trip to the Kimberley. Melbourne-based James Otto was quick to accept. Less than four weeks out from the start of the trip I had a self-created problem. The DRZ400 had about 40,000km on it, and I didn’t think either it or myself would be
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Sharper than the Multistrada Enduro 1200? We have to say the Multistrada Enduro 1260 is not only sharper, it’s even more fun to ride. Adventure Rider Magazine loved Ducati’s Multistrada Enduro 1200. We raved about it, and with good reason. Aside from it being heavy to heave upright in a sand dune, it was a
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Trevor Gerdsen set out on his first ever off-road adventure. What had I got myself into? It was mid-morning in Colombo and I’d just swung my leg over a dirt bike for the first time in my life. I was set for 14 days riding around Sri Lanka. I blamed my riding partner, Albert. Last
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NSW – Green Valley Farm, Tingha. WA – Round Tu-it, Northcliffe. The Gymkhana final: From left, Greg Yager, Vince Strang and Garan Hale. As big years go, 2019 was an absolute whopper for the Adventure Rider Magazine Congregations. The first, at Green Valley Farm, Tingha, in the New England region of NSW, was a holeshot-and-brake-slide-into-the-first-turn
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For Adventure Rider Magazine’s publisher, riding across the Wide Brown Land has been a long-held dream. In 2017 the dreaming is over. It’s time to take care of business which is a DRZ to ride from coast to coast. Ready for a coast-to-coast ride…once the Safari Tanks fuel cell is fitted. Riding east-west from one
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Yamaha’s newest Ténéré has finally landed in Australia. Adventure Rider Magazine was lucky enough to enjoy a quick ride to answer some of the questions the entire adventure-riding community has been asking. Yamaha’s latest configuration of its Ténéré range is built around a proven 689cc, liquid-cooled, parallel-twin CP2 motor. The powerplant’s claimed to offer ‘strong
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Tyres used to make me indecisive. Nowadays I’m just not sure.Ask some advice in the front bar regarding adventure tyres and you’d best have a couple of hours to spare. Hooley dooley. The choice is so broad now I’m like a dog with three dinners: I just don’t know which to choose. Trying to think
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