Reader’s Ride

Adventure Rider Issue #9

• Reader’s bike
• Wish you were here
• Luxury Holiday
• Karen Ramsay
• Dual Sports
• Ol mate
• Touratech
• Reader’s Ride
• John Hudson
• Preparing for adventure Pre-trip servicing
• Cuba
• Tankbags
• It’s what we do
• Simpson

Four to the floor Marika Edstein looked adventure in the eye when she headed to Alice Springs for her first big ride.

The author’s bike on the Oodnadatta Track. The track was in good shape for this ride.

After months of planning we loaded up the bikes and left Gloucester, NSW, and headed along the tar to Bourke and the start of the real riding challenge. There were four of us: Chris Macrae, Kyle Rodger, Andrew Pearce and myself, all on 650s.

I was suffering from some serious nerves and had no idea what I was about to face. I wasn’t sure I’d make it to the end of day one, let alone to Alice.