It’s what we do

Adventure Rider Issue #55

• Checkout
• Fit Out
• Albania with Miles Davis
• The Secret To Longevity with Greg Yager
• Won’t Be Beaten with Karen Ramsay
• Like A Block Of Chocolate with Andy Strapz
• Shop Bike 02
• 10 Things
• Suzuki DR650 Interceptor
• Family Ties
• Simony Pavey
• Husky Trek 2022
• Aprilia Tuareg 660
• Bike Security
• Bathurst And Parkes Weekend
• Triumph Tiger 1200
• Pilbara Rovers
• It’s what we do
• Congregation 2022

I’ve never understood why manufacturers insisted on offering such tall bikes to adventure riders. It seems to me, the bigger and heavier the bike, the more advantageous it is for the rider to be able to get both feet on the ground.

And yet, for a while there, it seemed we were constantly having to battle taller and wider bikes.

Lately I feel there’s been a swing toward addressing that situation, and it’s fantas-tic to see the solution wasn’t to reduce ground clearance. There’s been some research and development lavished on seat-foam technology, and narrower, lower-profile seats are becoming more common. I can’t applaud that trend highly enough. Both the Triumph and the Aprilia in this issue are great examples. Both have really good ground clearance, and both have what I believe to be very sensible, usable seat heights. Better still, both companies are offering a range of seats, not only to suit shorter riders, but taller riders as well.