Adventure Rider

It’s all very well to bang on about the importance of selecting the correct tyre, but understanding just what the hell it is you’re being offered can be a little daunting. Adventure Rider Magazine went in search of truth and the meaning of all those letters and numbers on a tyre. In the next few […]

Bones Dunn and Pat Flannery found having no specific plan made for a great few days’ riding. I had some leave booked in October to ride in Vietnam with good mate Pat, but obviously that didn’t happen. Instead we arranged a week away. Pat was riding a borrowed ’Busa, so I threw the road wheels

Graeme Sedgwick is always up for a ride, especially one that opens eyes, mind and senses to something new. But a riding incident took its toll, and a return to adventure riding needed the encouragement of some good people. We’re inspired by heroes or by unassuming, long-time skilled riders we know or hope to meet.

A rotation of shifts had Hopper’s wife at home more than usual and the normally high level of marital bliss was under pressure. Permission was granted for a few days riding to destress. Newcastle shrunk in the rearview mirrors as the luggage-laden 790R left the city behind. It was 7.00am, 12 degrees, and a cold

Marty Blake’s 1988 Suzuki DR BIG 750 Agreeing to the price was the easy bit. Although it’s not talked about much, Suzuki had a good run in rallies, including the Paris-Dakar, in the 1980s. A French rider, Gaston Rahier, had a fair bit to do with Suzuki’s success, but the bike Suzuki put under Rahier

When adventure is defined as ‘an exciting or remarkable experience’, a journey through Vietnam definitely qualifies, no matter what mode of transport is chosen.

I’m sometimes asked, “What’s the best adventure destination?” For me it’s still Cape York. I’ve ridden some fantastic and exotic locations all around the world, but for the joy of riding and a huge feeling of accomplishment, there’s still nothing in my mind beats the river crossings, saltwater crocs, campfire cooking, fishing and sleeping under

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Last issue we left Karen and her group partway through a 10-day ride full of unexpected challenges. The conclusion of the story makes the first instalment look like ‘the fun part’. Somewhere between Bourke and Brewarrina on a black-soil road in the rain. The forecast of rain was the latest determiner of our route.