Ready For Anything with Karen Ramsay

Adventure Rider Issue #21

• Fit out
• Checkout
• Tech – Essential tools
• Preparing For Adventure with Andrea Box
• How To Ride with Miles Davis
• Ready For Anything with Karen Ramsay
• Thailand – Baht busters
• KTM Rallye NZ – Aussies cross The Ditch
• Major Mitchell Trail – History lesson
• Cherry Pickin’ – Choose just one 2017 bike
• Ubuntu – Life-changing Africa
• Bali By The Backroads: Another winner from Britton Adventures
• Suzuki Freewind – Ahead of its time and still a great option
• Tech – Tubeless repair
• 2017 BMW F800GSA – A great bike made even better
• The Stirling – Riding south-western WA
• The Sultanate Of Oman – Exotic riding at its best
• Crossing Record – John Hudson sets a new mark
• It’s What We Do
• Yamaha WR250R – Another Greg Yager special

Leader of the pack Karen Ramsay is ready for anything.

Husband Dave and I have quite different views on riding preparation.

I’m more of a jump-on-the-bike-and-find-out-halfway-through-the-trip-the-tyres-are-bald type of person, where he’s a plan-and-prepare-for-just-in-case type. We do try to compromise.

We both have our own theories on why we should choose one or the other.

Dave likes to be prepared, organised and self-sufficient if a problem arises. My idea is that you can’t prepare for every eventuality and something or somebody will turn up to help. I see it as a way of meeting new people. Dave, on the other hand, likes to be the person who can help out someone else.