No Fear, No Brains And A Twitchy Throttle Hand
- Advrider Older Magazines
- September 28, 2023
- Checkout
- Fit Out
- Not To Plan: Part Two with Karen Ramsay
- Wheelies: Part Two with Miles Davis
- To Russia With Love with Mike Ferris
- Coming Of Age with Andy Strapz
- Bush Ranging
- Ural Adventure Ride
- Gingers Creek For Lunch
- KTM 1290 Super Adventure R
- Ténéré ADV Weekend
- Great Mates. Great Riding. Cold Beers
- The Forgotten Kingdom Of Upper Mustang
- Midwest Or Bust
- No Fear, No Brains And A Twitchy Throttle Hand
- Triumph Tiger 900 Rally Pro
- BMW GS Safari 2020
- It’s what we do
Rod Taylor shares his journey and introduction to adventure riding…a story a lot of riders will relate to.
I’m not sure if it was the testoster-one-red colour or the racy lines, but it was my first and I was terrified.
I didn’t mind though, because at the age of 14 we loved being terrified, and I spent the next five minutes wobbling around my cousin’s backyard on a Postie bike. I think I even jabbed at the gear-change rocker and got the sucker up into second. I was bookin’!
“Get an adventure bike, ya pussy.”
Stepping up
My next moment of terror would have to wait a few months until my mate Craig bought a Suzuki TS185. A rabid, ball-tearing thing it was, too. Well, so it seemed to me. We headed up the back paddock to give it a go.
