TK Remembered

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

In August a swag of riders got together to celebrate an Aussie bike-journo pioneer, Tony “TK” Kirby.

For those who’ve been adventure riding since before there was such a thing, TK has legendary status – the kind of status where a big group of riders from all over Australia gathers to ride in his honour each year.

That’s largely because in 1995, when Australia was embracing the Thumper Nats, Yamaha was messing about with a four stroke motocrosser and some young Americans had just begun making the videos that were to give birth to freestyle
motocross, TK walked out of his job as editor of Australia’s biggest dirt-bike magazine and kicked off his own venture, SideTrack Magazine.