Adventure Rider

Adventure Rider Magazine highlights some great products and accessories, but there’s a few we get handed and told, “Give it a workout.” We get to thrash it through the dust, mud, deep water, rocks, desert heat and winter cold until either it or us falls apart or gets pensioned off. There’s no way out for […]

Karen deals with her sag. Feeling like a causeway expert, right up until the last one of the trip. Remember in The Castle when Darryl Kerrigan says, “Oh Steve, could you move the Camira? I need to get the Torana out so I can get to the Commodore…” Well, that’s how it felt here, only

Miles is at the sticking point. With a heading like Finding Traction you might think this story is going to focus on the best tyres to fit. Well, you almost couldn’t be more wrong. If you’ve read my stories regularly before, or attended a training course with me, you’ll know I firmly believe tyres are

Mike decides not to drink and drive, but ends up in a fix anyway. Our early motorcycle safaris through the Himalayan kingdom of Nepal were traditionally run through the festive season of Christmas and New Year. On our fleet of Royal Enfields, we typically started the tour with a few days in West Bengal in

Map dreamin’ Andy raises the middle digit to digital. There’s nothing quite like a map spread out on a table to whet the appetite for a big ride. Most of us are from a time when mapping was done with a sextant and a bloke with a three-cornered hat standing on the prow of our

The Mac Attack and Adventure Rider Magazine’s editor were a little anxious for both riders and both bikes to finish a ride. An engineering marvel and well worth risking serious injury to see. “I reckon we could see four dams in a single day,” offered The Mac Attack in his usual quiet and considered way.

Chris Bostelman went on the quest for the ultimate lightweight adventure bike using only Australian parts and suppliers. The unicorn of adventure…the adventurecorn. Lightweight, powerful, good fuel range, good suspension, good lighting, can carry enough gear for a desert crossing, some wind protection, enough space for nav gear, comfortable enough for long road sections, ABS,

Bob Wozga and Rod Pedemont went for a midsummer ramble through the Blue Mountains west of Sydney. Appreciating the history of the area. At face value, places visited or travelled through can be taken for granted. Sometimes it’s not until after I return from a ride and research places visited that I appreciate the history

Australia’s top five Wildest rides Benji Brundin set a world record crossing Australian deserts and has ridden up, down and across the country in a quest to touch the cardinal compass points. Here’s his list of the five wildest places to ride in the Wide Brown Land. If you’re planning your own rides, maybe you

The next big thing in rider safety gear is here: the ‘air-bag vest’. As usual, Alpinestars has a first-rate example. Those who watch MotoGP or SBK will be familiar with the sight of a rider crashing, pounding along the deck, then jumping up and walking away looking a bit like an upside-down triangle on legs.