Dates have been announced for the 2013 BMW GS Safari – October 20 to 25. This year’s Safari will traverse the spectacular Victorian High Country. With epic mountains, snow fed rivers, remote towns and seemingly endless wilderness, this part of Australia is an adventure riders paradise. Further event information will be provided in the coming […]
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2013 Sydney Motorcycle & Scooter Show is shaping up to be another big one. The 2013 Sydney Motorcycle & Scooter Show is shaping up to be another big one. “The last show at Darling Harbour was exceptional” commented the Australian Motorcycle Expo’s Exhibition Manager Mal Jarrett. “We have released an all new floor plan for
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Suzuki Australia decided to head to the 2017 southern Congregation at Dargo in Victoria. It was the kind of riding dualsport riders dream about. Across the top of Dargo High Plains Road.
The eighth running of the Scrapheap Adventure Ride hit Inverell in NSW like several tonnes of clapped-out, hand-built, recycled machinery. We’ve never seen such a happy crew. Tim Allen’s DT175 with Husky WR125 Marzocchi Forks. Scrapper extraordinaire! A few years back Perry Gilsenan had an idea for a ride to raise funds for charity group
The hardest-working WR250Rs in the country are probably the ones used by RideADV to recce courses. Main man Greg Yager himself can spin a spanner and ride a bit, so when it comes to preparing Yamaha’s tiddler 250cc four-stroke for serious, fast-paced adventure work – with emphasis on the ‘work’ – Greg’s got the holeshot
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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
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
