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Adventure Rider Issue #4

• Checkout
• Reader’s Bike: Robert Holness’ KLR650 and Ural Tourist
• Ol’ Mate
• 10 Minutes With: Allan Roberts
• 20 Things You Should Know About: BMW’s 650 Singles
• No Comment
• How To Ride with Miles Davis
• Navigation Techniques with John Hudson
• Packing For Adventure with Robin Box
• Afraid Not with Karen Ramsay
• Wish You Were Here
• Reader’s Ride: Borneo
• BMW Airheads
• Yamaha 2014 Super Ténéré
• Triumph XC800 Tiger Across Australia
• The Adventure Challenge
• Set Up to Stand Up with Craig Hartley
• Reader’s Pic
• Adventure Travel Film Festival
• The Cold War
• Horizons Unlimited
• Safari ADVT
• Industry Players: Robin Box
• Ténéré Tragics
• Contributors
• It’s What We Do

Based on a true story

December 21 is, depending which almanac you trust, the longest day of continuous sunlight in the southern hemisphere. On that day each year a few riders up and down the east coast chase the sun west to see how far they can go, as much off-road as possible, between dawn and dusk.

It’s a ride that’s been around for a while and the diehards making genuine attempts at the distance are a tough breed. Average speeds over the 16-hour day are insane, and the stresses on riders and bikes extreme. In case you’re wondering, the current mark stands at something like 1700km. The two guys left the east coast at dawn and found themselves to buggery out on the Strzelecki Track in South Australia as the sun went down.