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.

Ultimate Adventure Bike

EAGLE ROCK

A WHITE CHRISTMAS

DIVE! DIVE! DIVE!

GROUND FLOOR

CAMPING LIFE

SUZUKI V-STROM 250 SX

BENELLI’S FULL HOUSE

2023 KTM 890 ADVENTURE

YAMAHA PRICES T7 WORLD RAID

KTM 690 ENDURO R

NEW COLOURS FOR TÉNÉRÉ 700

CFMOTO 700CL-X ADVENTURE

CAPE YORK ADVENTURES GETS ON THE GASGAS

BREAKING NEW GROUND • As the avalanche of new adventure bikes keep on raining down, it’s Ducati’s turn to take centre stage, with the arrival of the DesertX, the Italian brand’s first truly off-road biased ADV machine.

CODE RED • If you thought big-bore four-stroke dual-sport bikes were on the way to extinction, think again. There’s a place in Austria where they’ve continued thriving, thumping on in special orange, white and now red habitats, with the breeding of the new GasGas ES 700.

BOULDER DASH • What’s the one thing better than being offered a spanking new Aprilia Tuareg to ride from Brisbane to Sydney via whichever route you like? Being offered two Tuaregs, of course.

ON TOP OF THE WORLD • It’s not every day of the week you get an invite to ride on the roof of the world. So when the chance comes up to tick off a mighty bucket list ride with the team from Moto Himalaya, you absolutely have to grab it.

HIGH HAULING PLAINS • When La Nina finally decided to take a break late last year, one of the few parts of NSW not underwater was the Southern Highlands. So we hooked up with a tight knit posse and headed for the Monaro high plains.

PRIZE FIGHTER • By the time this issue of AAB hits the streets, one very lucky punter will have won this tricked out Triumph Scrambler 1200 XC courtesy of the team at Adventure Moto and their annual bike give-away promotion. What a deal!

ROYALLY ROOSTED • Our time with the AAB/MAD TV Honda CRF300 Rally project bike is now officially done and dusted. And what better way to go out than with a three-day full-throttle 1500km charge around the NSW Southern Highlands?

ARKAROOLA RULES • If you’re heading for the Flinders Ranges, we highly recommend a visit to the Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary to get a true insight into the amazing history of the Flinders Ranges.

CONTINENTAL CROSSER • When you’ve always wanted to ride across Australia, why not put a little extra pressure on yourself by doing it solo, and doing it aboard a brand new bike that had literally only just arrived in the country a matter of days earlier? Meet Peter Mansbridge and his Ducati DesertX.

ACROSS THE EDITOR’S DESK • AAB magazine is now bi-monthly, so the time is ripe to take one off the wood with the guy who has been filling the editor’s...