It’s What We Do

Adventure Rider Issue #21

• Fit out
• Checkout
• Tech – Essential tools
• Preparing For Adventure with Andrea Box
• How To Ride with Miles Davis
• Ready For Anything with Karen Ramsay
• Thailand – Baht busters
• KTM Rallye NZ – Aussies cross The Ditch
• Major Mitchell Trail – History lesson
• Cherry Pickin’ – Choose just one 2017 bike
• Ubuntu – Life-changing Africa
• Bali By The Backroads: Another winner from Britton Adventures
• Suzuki Freewind – Ahead of its time and still a great option
• Tech – Tubeless repair
• 2017 BMW F800GSA – A great bike made even better
• The Stirling – Riding south-western WA
• The Sultanate Of Oman – Exotic riding at its best
• Crossing Record – John Hudson sets a new mark
• It’s What We Do
• Yamaha WR250R – Another Greg Yager special

Tuning a bike is tricky and something I enjoy.

When I say ‘tuning’, I mean taking a bike and trying to get the best out of it. It’s not just searching for horsepower. There’s a great deal to be gained from looking at all factors affecting a bike’s performance.

For racers there’s an easy way to measure success: lap times. For recreational riders it’s far more difficult, and I used to get really frustrated with some of the things I saw people doing. Usually I’d see a rider adding several kilos of dead weight to a bike and looking smug because they’d fitted some-thing they didn’t understand, and probably wasn’t going to help them ride faster, smoother or with greater safety. These days there’s a lot stuff called ‘bling’ that falls into that category, and I think if it makes those people feel good about their bikes and riding, it’s a great idea.