Taking adventure riding as a pursuit in its own right – as opposed to considering it a type of trail riding – isn’t a totally new idea. There have been adventure riders pretty much as long as there have been motorcycles, and the issue of “what is adventure riding” has been thrashed out on a few web forums and even in a magazine or two, although I’ve never seen a definition everyone agreed on.
There’s no doubt we can all look at a ride and say, “Yep. That’s an adventure ride. Absolutely.” And we can look at others and say, “Pfft! All that support? And staying in four-star accom? There’s no adventure in that.”