Content focused on improving riding skills, techniques, knowledge and safety practices for adventure motorcyclists
Four-days from Wisemans Ferry The first Tour Of Duty recce ride is logged and ready to go. Darin Rowley is the man making it happen. Kurt Quambusch (the publisher of Adventure Rider Magazine) and I (Darin Rowley, owner of Adventure Motorcycle Equipment) were discussing important issues. We decided: KTM orange is a great colour; if […]
Adventure Rider Magazine’s KLR650 headed back to the Teknik Motorsport workshop for a little more suspension work. It’s been a while since we had a look at the office 2009 KLR. Last we saw of it was a fading plume of dust as it roosted effortlessly down the Finke Access Road near Alice Springs. The
The BMW Motorrad GS Experience test ride program is back again in 2016. The GS Experience offers riders an opportunity to experience the exceptional capabilities of BMW Motorrad’s class-leading GS range in its natural habitat. Conducted over a combination of bitumen and light off-road trails and offered in three states (New South Wales, Queensland and
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MICHELIN Anakee III – Rediscover the enjoyment of trail riding… for a long time The new MICHELIN Anakee 3 represents a technological breakthrough compared with the previous-generation tyre. The new tyre was designed for on-road use 90% of the time and off-road use the remaining 10%. As a result, it is slightly more of a
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The popular BMW Motorrad off-road training courses are back in 2016, with a variety of offerings scheduled around the country, including an all new women-only course. BMW Motorrad Australia general manager, Andreas Lundgren encourages riders who are looking to improve their off road riding confidence to get involved and have a great time. “BMW off-road
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There’s a couple of new trends in motorcycle luggage and we think we’re going to see more of them in the future. As we’ve put the Checkout pages together of the past few issues we’ve been scratching our heads at the repeated references to ‘MOLLE’ and ‘CONFIGR8’. We thought we’d better find out what the
In late October around 250 customers participated in the 2013 BMW GS Safari events in Victoria’s incredible High Country. The BMW GS Safari event saw over190 riders take on mountain roads, bush tracks and the odd creek in ever changing weather conditions. Over the week-long event riders experienced sunshine, light showers, heavy fog and snow.
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Pioneer Australian grazier Earnest J. Glenn drove his Border Leicester sheep along a NSW stock route known as The Long Paddock. The trail stretches from the southern border country of the Murray River more than 600km along the Cobb Highway to Wilcannia. Graeme Sedgwick took his new SWM Superdual for a first-hand look at Glenn’s
Kawasaki’s go-anywhere, do-anything adventure workhorse can even be a catwalk model…sort of. Back in issue #11 we ran Motorrad Garage’s KLR650 in Fit Out. We’re a bit keen on KLRs here at Adventure Rider Magazine so when we head-ed to the first-ever western Congregation and Motorrad Garage offered to loan us one of its own
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South America is truly an exotic and exciting destination for adventure riders. Ian Bowden found out just how amazing it can be.
