Articles and reviews of essential adventure riding gear, including helmets, jackets, gloves, boots, luggage systems, and navigation devices.
Tyres used to make me indecisive. Nowadays I’m just not sure.Ask some advice in the front bar regarding adventure tyres and you’d best have a couple of hours to spare. Hooley dooley. The choice is so broad now I’m like a dog with three dinners: I just don’t know which to choose. Trying to think […]
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According to Colin Bayman, the Perth Adventure Riders had a great time acting their age on a recent ride through the Aussie holiday Mecca of Bali. The volcano lava field at Kintamani. Most Bali dirt rides involve extreme, hard-core enduro, riding 450s on the rev limiter through local villages, wheelying past farmers quietly working on
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Adventure Rider Magazine’s editor stole away for couple of days on Ducati Multistrada 1200 Enduro. A valuable lesson was learned on how different riding modes can turn a great ride into a sensational one. Ducati’s Multistrada 1200 Enduro is a pleasure to ride in just about any situation, especially if a rider takes the time
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The recent BMW GS Safari to Cape York was for some a life-changing experience. Miles Davis was there (for the second half). Now, let’s explore BMW GS Safari Enduro There are few destinations in this adventure-riding land that conjure up more wonder than Cape York. In August this year the BMW GS Safari Enduro embarked
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When Ryan Heath said he was going to Kyrgyzstan there was an assumption any place whose name ended with ‘stan’ wasn’t a travel destination of choice. It just shows how wrong assumptions can be. Formally part of the Soviet Union, Kyrgyzstan gained its independence in 1991. It’s a small, landlocked nation that forms part of
Kyrgystan – Adventure Motorbike Tour Read More »
Looks like a show pony.Goes like a thoroughbred. Power delivery is predictable and controlled, but still offers plenty of excitement for those who want to cut loose. There’s nothing new in retro-looking bikes. There’s a whole lot of Japanese Harley lookalikes running around Australia’s roads, all with ‘the look’ of bikes from the golden era
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It’s the end of the year.If you missed my thoughts on the impossible task of credibly naming an adventure bike of the year, please have a look at issue #19. Still, I do get to sample some exceptional bikes, and I’ve always enjoyed a challenge, so I’ll stick out my jaw and name one new
It’s What We Do – adventure motorbike magazine Read More »
Dale Margetts followed the Dakar in 2015 and saw the start in 2018. This trip was bigger than both.
Dakar 2019: The Wish Read More »
What’s the most annoying thing anyone can do on a ride?There must be lots of things, but riding along with a blinker on has to be at the top of the list. I can be struggling to get through a tank-deep wallow of bulldust on the edge of a cliff and pursued by slathering death
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Karen Ramsay tells of a close call. It’s hard to believe I know, but there are times when I let husband Dave go riding on his own. Sometimes I feel compelled to stay home and catch up on domestic duties. It seems to be more often these days now the kids have more or less
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