Australian Adventure Bike

Our goal in ULTIMATE ADVENTURE BIKE AUSTRALIA is to appreciate everyone that’s having a crack — big or small — and enjoying whatever it is that’s an adventure to you. Hopefully, along the way we can steer you in the right direction (pun kinda intended) and bring to the fore just how much fun and how liberating adventure riding is. The adventure bike scene is one of the most vibrant across the globe and nowhere is it more relevant than in this vast sunburnt country. We were built by adventurers and the need to explore is in our blood. There’s never been a better time to do it on a motorcycle with an amazing array of machines and gear available for all. And now they’re finding freedom once again on bikes that take them back in bush and well beyond, in a less aggressive environment. Now is the time to reach those riders. Readers will be treated to the highest quality photography and journalism with bike tests and bucketlist rides leading the features. Each issue will also have dedicated ride tutorials and handy on track how to’s and will be chockas full of gear and accessories that we know this audience loves.

AUSTRALIAN ADVENTURE MAGAZINE BIKE

A NATURAL HIGH

ROCK SOLID

DIGGING DEEP

THE BOY SCOUT MOTTO

FASHIONISTA!

YAMAHA TÉNÉRÉ 700 WORLD RAID

TRUE NORTH • After almost a decade under the ownership of the KTM Group, Husqvarna has pulled the wraps off its first twin-cylinder adventure bike, the Norden 901. Proving the longtime Swedish brand is intent on carving its own identity, the Norden is anything but a KTM 890 Adventure clone.

TICKET TO RIDE • Chinese brand CFMOTO has grabbed everyone’s attention with the red-hot pricing on its new 800MT twin-cylinder adventure bike. There’s no question you get plenty of bike for less than 15 grand, in a machine that’s going to bring plenty of new riders into the ADV scene.

SCRAMBLING MAN • What are mates for? When Adventure Moto needed their 2022 give-away prize bike transported from Melbourne to Sydney, the least we could do was offer to ride it north for them. Before we knew it, we were diving deep into our first taste of the Triumph Scrambler lifestyle.

SNOW FLAKES • For more than a decade we’ve been part of the team hosting an adventure ride to the annual Honda Snowy Ride charity motorcycle event at Thredbo. It’s been a long and winding road that’s delivered plenty of special memories, all of which culminated with this year’s 20th and final Snowy Ride event.

CUNYNGHAME’S HARDWARE • After collecting dust in a warehouse for more than 30 years, the Yamaha Ténéré that former Australian Safari winner Allan Cunynghame raced in 1987 is being brought back to life by a bloke called Beak.

OUT OF THIS WORLD • International travel restrictions have finally eased and one of the very best adventure riding destinations in the world is just a few hours’ flight time away. We’re talking about New Zealand and when you experience it once, you’ll forever want to head back for more.

BARKING HARD • Small business is the backbone of so many countries and Australia is no exception. For the best part of 40 years, Aussie brand Barkbusters has made every post a winner on its way to becoming a world leader in the protection of motorcycle hand controls. Under the guidance of new owner Bruce Collins, there are no signs of slowing down.

MISTER BIG • When you’ve never owned an electric-start and large-capacity single-cylinder thumper before, it only makes sense that you would finally want to park the biggest beast of all vintage ADV bikes in your shed: the mighty Suzuki DR-BIG!

GLOBAL ROAMER • When it comes to racking up massive miles on a motorcycle, Nick Sanders MBE is in a class of his own. We stopped him long enough for a chat while in Australia recently to complete his COVID-19-interrupted mission to be...