Adventure Rider

Adventure Rider Magazine’s editor rates the Motodry Rallye 2 as ‘a seriously good value-for-money adventure-riding suit from a seriously good Aussie company’. Originally I took delivery of the Motodry Rallye 2 jacket and pants to wear on the new KLR650. But because of bastard COVID19 the release of the new Kawasaki was postponed and I […]

Karen has a few ideas to help get your significant other on a bike. People often tell me they wish their wife/girlfriend/partner rode bikes. While I’ve been in lockdown and working from home I’ve been able to give this some thought, and I reckon I’ve come up with a semi-foolproof plan that could maybe make

Andy’s claims a victory. Settled into a cracking campfire and one of the best steaks ever. There I was lying in the sun next to what amounts to my version of Diogenes’ barrel. Locked down again, blowing kisses at missed riding opportunities and hoping the next plan might just come together. If the Grovelment did

Rod Taylor and teddy bears have the same message: you’d better not go alone. The track disappeared almost completely into a field of pretty yellow St Johns Wort. Can you pick up your fully laden adventure bike? I can, but only when the bike is in a favourable position. A fully laden Tiger XC800 weighs

Not to plan But still awesome. A national and international off-road racer, Jemma Wilson, along with her father and husband, tackled their first adventure ride. It was a wild one! Out in the elements, not knowing what the next day will bring and seeing what natural wonders Australia has to offer. I’m not even sure

A new resource for adventure riders. Ol’ mate Colin Bayman in West Aussie has started up a new adventure-riding website at ridewithme.site. Col’s the one who introduced Adventure Rider Magazine to the Perth Adventure Riders, and he’s not a bad bloke who tells a good story and likes sharing riding and set-up tips.

Andrew Bickford’s group planned and replanned around wet weather and COVID19 shutdowns. Their persistence was rewarded. Blaze Tree 16. Adventure riders planning a trip will often look for a loop, and after planning a Simpson Desert crossing,and watching borders shut due to the pandemic, a great loop into the Northern Territory appeared. It was still

Hopper shares the joy of a great couple of days. The view from Bendemeer Station Track. A text message from one of Newcastle’s adventure-riding legends,Glenn Foreman, smashed into my phone on a Friday morning. ‘Do u hav a ryd pland 4 the weekend? Keen 2 get out,’ it said.

Graeme Sedgwick and two mates grabbed a handful of maps and planned to explore Victoria’s less-travelled spaces. Then another lockdown meant a fast rethink. Take two. I enjoyed a lazy cuppa in the garage with myself while doing a few final checks in between packing pockets rather than panniers. We hadn’t been able to reschedule

Travis Beard’s adventures with the Kabul Knights Motorcycle Club in Afghanistan continue. Brother Fahim soars no-hands over the Herat crowd on this second-hand dirtbike. After riding Chinese motorcycles for three years we were due for an upgrade. We’d upgraded before. I went from the Chinese Super Kabul to the Chinese 180cc Caspian and Jack from