Old-time Adventure with Andy Strapz

Adventure Rider Issue #41

• It’s what we do
• The Simpson
• Go Spend With Them
• Rosie Lalonde
• Beer With No Pub
• Honda CRF1100 Africa Twin
• Solo Mission: Corona Musings To A Mouse
• Chains
• I Didn’t Mean To Be Mean
• Research, Reunion And Rebirth
• BMW 1150GS/A
• The Real Thing
• Macna Impact Pro Jacket And Fulcrum Pants
• Adventure Survivors
• Some People with Mike Ferris
• Time Is On Your Side with Miles Davis
• Old-time Adventure with Andy Strapz
• Lesson Learned with Karen Ramsay
• Checkout
• Fit Out

Andy’s in the here and now.

Thinking back to our grandparents’days, each and every ride was what we’d haughtily call an adventure ride. Riding would be done on unsealed roads, often in serious need of love and attention. Bikes had a largish front wheel, tyres had tread and ’bars were wide for that extra bit of lever-age and control.

In the days when automobiles cracked on at 40MPH, Laurie of Arabia would scream past on his Brough-Superior at ‘the ton’, often getting a bit of ‘air’, scaring the bejeazaz out of ’em. No wonder his passion killed him.