Reader’s Ride – Good mates and good riding

Adventure Rider Issue #20

• Fit Out
• Checkout
• Preparing For Adventure with Andrea Box
• Inspirations with Karen Ramsay
• Kashmir: mystic adventure – Part two
• BMW F800GS – Last ride…almost
• Ténéré not so tragic – another Peter Payne creation
• Ride right – Bike set- up advice
• Tech – Lubing cables
• TransTerra Four Day – Mark your calendars for 2017
• Tread carefully – Adventure Tractionators
• Gone pear-shaped – On the SPOT
• Northern Congregation – Fantastic!
• It’s what we do
• Reader’s Ride – Good mates and good riding
• How To Ride with Miles Davis
• Doohickey demystifed – KLR owners pay attention

In issue #15 we met Ian Goldsworthy and his Honda Dominator when he and his mates tackled the 2015 Congregation. Ian’s swapped to a BMW, and he gathered his crew for a break from work and the bike’s first weekend away.

Starting near Newcastle, The Peel Inn at Nundle was our Saturday-night destination.

The route was planned with much banter and I baited the occasional dirt lovers with promises of deep, flowing river crossings where even submarines would fear to tread and dirt tracks only passable by WW2 tanks. The promise of daring adventures proved too much for some and numbers wilted. Our Tiger rider, Whippy, went and cracked some ribs – at least that was his excuse for driving the support vehicle – and to keep him company and his nostrils clear were Birdy and Aircon Dave.