It’s what we do

Adventure Rider Issue #35

• Fit Out
• Checkout
• Good Thinking with Karen Ramsay
• Run What Yer Brung with Andy Strapz
• Late Braking with Miles Davis
• Rainbows And Unicorns
• BMW GS Safari
• KTM Adventure Rallye: Tasmania
• Destination Laos
• Deadhorse
• Multi Maniacs And Sled Heads
• Temujin Mongolian Crossing
• Best Job In The World
• Jordi Viladoms
• BMW F850GSA
• Ténéré Tragics
• Following Dakar
• It’s what we do
• Congregation 2019

There’s a subtlety to bike testing that never gets discussed.

I never stop hearing about how lucky I am to be flying all over the world at someone else’s expense, riding new bikes and, supposedly, being offered all kinds of enticements by bike manufacturers to say good things about their products.

Leaving to one side the reality of economy-class international travel and the other challenges of that scenario, there’s a scary and oppressive obligation to get it right.