Reader’s Bike: Rowan Carroll’s XTZ660 Ténéré
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- July 26, 2023
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In 2010 Rowan Carroll, 28, moved to outback South Australia for work, and was keen to do some travelling. He’d read Going Postal by Nathan Millward and was sure that if someone could ride from Sydney to London on a Postie bike with two days’ notice, he could do the same with a couple of years to prepare.
Rowan had very little experience, but bought a dirt bike and has spent the last three years riding in the sand and learning the basic maintenance required when you live three hours from the nearest mechanic. He researched the trip – from Australia to Europe through Asia and the Persian Gulf – and hopes to get some work visas along the way.
