Articles and reviews of essential adventure riding gear, including helmets, jackets, gloves, boots, luggage systems, and navigation devices.
The plan was to fly to Perth, then head out to Steep Point. From there Greg ‘Bones’ Dunn and his crew would travel east, eventually doing a lap of Uluru, and on to Byron Bay. We’d arranged bike transport from the east coast, travel permits, accommodation, flights, GPX tracks, analysed kilometres and fuel range, organised […]
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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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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
Food for adventure riders is always an interesting topic. A lot of times if you ask people what they eat when they’re out riding for a few days, pubs and cafes feature heavily. Some trips husband Dave and I seem like we’re just on a coffee-and-cake binge (well, he does ride a BMW). Other times
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Some riders of course prefer to ride in relative silence. Ever since our ancestors clambered through the e quarters from branch to branch or tree to tree. Then further afield, from grove to grove. The voices became louder to cater for the longer distances. All the surrounding primates knew your business, whether you needed to
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Adriatic Tours, in collaboration with one very satisfied customer, have offered a special insight into Adriatic’s Southeast Europe Tour. This will come out in edition 62 (hitting newsagents around 21st March) but for now, an excerpt: I rode a new BMW F750 GS, which matched the weight and size of the 1989 Honda
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