Toby Price – Face-to-face with the legend

Adventure Rider Issue #17

• Fit Out
• Checkout
• Scott Britnell
• How To Ride with Miles Davis
• Preparing For Adventure with Robin Box
• PLBs – Bet your life
• Africa Twin – A quick look
• Ténéré Tragics – River To Ranges
• Tips and pointers : Jackets
• Once. Twice.Three times – New Year’s Eve Cameron Corner-style
• BMW F 800 GS – Soon to be Enduro-ready
• Hamblyn’s Hole – SPOT check
• No Set Plan with Karen Ramsay
• Ducati Multistrada Enduro – An Italian adventure
• Toby Price – Face-to-face with the legend
• DRZ-2 – Project DRZ: Part 2 – Andy hits his strapz
• Bali – Superb adventure riding
• It’s what we do

Success at the 2016 Dakar has meant a whirlwind of media commitments for Toby Price. We’re glad to say the 28-year-old pro racer from Maitland, NSW, doesn’t seem to have changed much since we first spoke to him a decade or so ago. He’s still a down-to-earth, happy, genuine bloke with a love of bikes and who seems to be just as in awe of his achievements as we are. On a sunny Saturday morning we sat with the 2016 Dakar champion – and his trophy – for a catch-up yarn.

AdvR: Last time we spoke you’d just placed third in your first Dakar after starting on what was essentially a privateer’s bike. This year you rode as a full Red Bull KTM Rally Team rider. What was the bike like when you started the race this time?
TP: Joe Fahrner, my mechanic, had every-thing sorted. The KTM was pretty much perfect and I started with the best bike you could possibly get.