
The Dark Side
- Advrider Older Magazines
- July 29, 2023
- Checkout
- Reader’s Bike: Shaun Rudd’s 2014 KLR650 New Edition
- The Scrapheap Rally
- Kawasaki KLR650 Shop Bike
- Reader’s Ride: Three Corners And The Simpson
- Adventure Travel Film Festival
- Preparing For Adventure with Robin Box
- Setting Up with John Hudson
- How To Ride with Miles Davis
- It’s All Good with Karen Ramsay
- Wish You Were Here
- Reader’s Pic
- AdventureMoto F800GS
- Shangri La
- Ol’ Mate
- Scott Britnell
- Trek Tasrainia
- Industry Players:Steve ‘Wolfy’ Smith
- It’s All About You
- The Dark Side
- ADV de Wineries
- Contributors
- It’s What We Do
A group of mates decided a three-day shakedown ride would be a good idea. The thought was to sort out luggage and bike set-up under real riding conditions. Ken Dark rediscovered a few basics all too easy to overlook.
We five stooges were all experienced adventure riders, and the overall group’s average age was 54 – and that’s with one young pup being a youthful 38. We shouldn’t have had the dramas we generated for ourselves because we all knew better, but Mr Murphy can still wield a bloody big stick, and the ride turned out to be a true adventure.