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Articles and reviews of essential adventure riding gear, including helmets, jackets, gloves, boots, luggage systems, and navigation devices.

Ducati World Premier 2024

This has now come to a close but what a fabulous stable of bikes across differing rider categories.   See: https://www.ducati.com/au/en/home/ducati-world-premiere   The DesertX Rally has been generously welcomed by the market. It’s fabulous suspension and lighter weight are key pluses. It’s Enduro core and Motocross front styling tempt riders who appreciate rigor as well […]

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Mongolia – Britton Adventures steppes up

Mongolia – Britton Adventures: “This is amazing,” enthused Alan Hall, spreading his arms to indicate the wide-open expanse of the Mongolian steppes, “Why didn’t you make me come here years ago?” Mike and Angela of Britton Adventures had been trying for years to get Alan Hall to join them on a tour of Mongolia. When

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Best Job In The World

What a season! Seriously, it was bloody awesome. Being a tour guide for Cape York Motorcycle Adventures, living half the year on a bike riding through tropical far north Queensland…it can’t get much better, can it? The short answer is, “No. Not really.” I’m sure glad I hassled the old boy for a motorbike as

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Fathers Day = australian adventure motorbike magazine

What to do on a special day? For Marty Blake the choice was easy: ride, clock up some kilometres and not really worry too much about the destination. The idea was to tag along west with some lucky mongrels heading into the desert, see them on their way from Narrabri, then skip through some Pilliga

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Royal Enfield Himalayan – adventure motorbike magazine – australia

We had a ball on this bike when it was released in 2017. We loved the simplicity and how it seemed to be all about the fun. Now with EFI and ABS, it’s every bit as enjoyable, with maybe just a small nod to the modern world. The Himalayan is all about just getting out

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Under African Skies – australian adventure motorbike magazine

The first steps down the ramp onto African soil are always filled with anticipation and excitement,but Compass Expeditions’ Mick McDonald knew what he was in for. It was his third Charley Boorman ride from Cape Town to Victoria Falls under African Skies. Backcountry Namibia. Finally, after too many hours on a plane, we touched down

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Mount Augustus – adventure motorbike tour, news, magazine

My life was starting to sound like a country-and-western song. You know the type… woman trouble, dog deserted me, hole in my shoe and so on? To save me from shooting the sheriff or developing a drinking problem a good mate rocked up with stories of a 4WD trip to Mount Augustus and Tom Price

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The Great Australian Ride – Coast to coast and the right to boast

Riding across Australia is pretty much every-one’s dream. It’s a tough proposition. There’s adventure-riding with the challenge of having to share a room at a country pub and maybe repair a puncture, and there’s the adventure-riding with several weeks of toughing it out in tents and swags, bodging up repairs to make it to the

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Sahara To Sunraysia = australian motorbike riding tours news event magazine

40 years of extreme adventure riding If there’s an historian of cross-country rally riding in Australia, it’s Peter Whitaker. He’s written extensively about desert rally racing in The Land Downunder. This issue he has a look at the evolution of Australia’s newest rally, The Sunraysia Safari. The original ‘rally raid’ was an adventure like no

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Tubeless Bliss with Miles Davis

I have probably ridden a conservative 10,000km per year for the last 19 years, so next year I should hit the big 200K. I’ve had some amazing rides, seen some incredible places and met some great people, and I feel pretty blessed for all of this. Most of the kilometres have been on GS boxer

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