Great Desert Tracks

Adventure Rider Issue #36

• It’s what we do
• Moto Guzzi V85TT
• The Flinders Ranges And The Corner Country
• Seven Days In Northern Thailand
• Steering Dampers
• Great Desert Tracks
• Ducati Desert Sled 2019
• Nerriga
• Husky 701 Trek
• All About The Adventure
• Tenterfield Takeaways
• Both Sides
• Compass Expeditions Reunion Ride
• The Doctors’ Convention
• BMW Rallye Suit
• Best Job In The World
• Cold Comfort with Miles Davis
• 10-foot Tall And Bulletproof with Andy Strapz
• Close To Home with Karen Ramsay
• Checkout
• Fit Out

Over the next few issues Phil Hodgens will look at some of the toughest desert tracks he’s ridden for Motorbikin’ Films, starting with one that’s so extreme it isn’t even a track.

There’s a certain breed of rider who lives for a challenge. It becomes an addiction, verging on a sickness.

Late nights are spent tracing dotted lines on outback maps as you research your adversary, studying its strengths and weaknesses. Fuel distances and water consumption are calculated and bikes are fabricated by hand to carry the massive loads.