Suspension with Terry Hay

Adventure Rider Issue #2

• Checkout. Christmas!
• Reader’s Ride: Cobbold Gorge, Queensland
• 20 Things You Should Know About: The KLR650
• 10 Minutes With: Cyril Despres
• Packing For Adventure with Robin Box
• KTM700RR with Craig Hartley
• Wish you were here
• Group Therapy with John Hudson
• Simon Pavey
• How To Ride with Miles Davis
• Suspension with Terry Hay
• Getting Started with Karen Ramsay
• YMA’s XTZ660 Ténéré
• Kawasaki Versys 1000
• Ol’ Mate
• TK Remembered
• Head Of The Hunter
• Industry Player: Peter Payne
• Loud Bikes And Locked Gates
• From A2B: Singapore To London – Solo. Part Two
• BMW GS Safari Enduro
• It’s what we do

Adventure riding often needs bikes to carry big loads, and those loads have a major impact on the bike’s suspension and behaviour. Even weight distribution is the key.

Fully loaded man

Adventure riding is taking man and machine deeper and deeper into the Australian wilder ness. As we get further afield we generally get further from assistance, creating a need for us to carry more and more gear with us. It’s great to be prepared, but all that extra gear means a lot of extra weight on the bike. How you arrange that weight can be extremely critical to bike performance.