NSW – Green Valley Farm, Tingha. WA – Round Tu-it, Northcliffe. The Gymkhana final: From left, Greg Yager, Vince Strang and Garan Hale. As big years go, 2019 was an absolute whopper for the Adventure Rider Magazine Congregations. The first, at Green Valley Farm, Tingha, in the New England region of NSW, was a holeshot-and-brake-slide-into-the-first-turn […]
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For Adventure Rider Magazine’s publisher, riding across the Wide Brown Land has been a long-held dream. In 2017 the dreaming is over. It’s time to take care of business which is a DRZ to ride from coast to coast. Ready for a coast-to-coast ride…once the Safari Tanks fuel cell is fitted. Riding east-west from one
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Yamaha’s newest Ténéré has finally landed in Australia. Adventure Rider Magazine was lucky enough to enjoy a quick ride to answer some of the questions the entire adventure-riding community has been asking. Yamaha’s latest configuration of its Ténéré range is built around a proven 689cc, liquid-cooled, parallel-twin CP2 motor. The powerplant’s claimed to offer ‘strong
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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
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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
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