ADV Riding Skills & Safety

Content focused on improving riding skills, techniques, knowledge and safety practices for adventure motorcyclists

Riding off the beaten tourist path in the Balkans

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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GasGas Tech Talks

GasGas Press Release: DIAL IN YOUR GASGAS DIRT BIKE WITH OUR BRAND-NEW VIDEO SERIES Explore the latest GASGAS dirt bikes in stunning detail with our new video series – GASGAS Tech Talks. Each episode focuses on different components, what they are, how they work, and how to set them up correctly in order for you

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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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