ADV Routes & Destinations

Guides and articles featuring popular adventure motorcycle routes, destinations, and trip planning tips.

A DRZ to ride from coast to coast – australian adventure motorbike magazine

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 Ténéré 700: First Aussie Ride!

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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Retyrement with Andy Strapz

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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Bali Tour 2019 – Perth Adventure Riders

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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The Ducati Multistrada 1200 Enduro hits the desert dust

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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BMW GS Safari Enduro: Cape York – motorbike trip, australian motorcycle tour

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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Kyrgystan – Adventure Motorbike Tour

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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Ducati Scrambler Desert Sled – motorbike magazine, adventure motorcycle publication

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 What We Do – adventure motorbike magazine

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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