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 Bike

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THE FUN FACTOR • “ EVERY TIME I THINK THE WORLD HAS GONE BAD, I SEE PEOPLE HAVING FUN ON MOTORCYCLES.” — STEVE MCQUEEN, HOLLYWOOD LEGEND, DIRT BIKE RACER.

COMPETITION IMPROVES THE BREED

SUZUKI LAUNCHES ALL-NEW DR-Z4S

SANDERS FLIES IN SOUTH AFRICA

ROYAL ENFIELD HEADS TO THE TOP

BAJAJ TO THE RESCUE OF KTM

THAT’S A LOT OF HONDAS … 500 MILLION ACTUALLY!

ROYAL ENFIELD & GRID MOTORCYCLES ON THE GOLD COAST

KTM UNVEILS 450 RALLY REPLICA & SPECIAL SANDERS EDITION

TAKE THE HIGH ROAD TO WALCHA

HUSQVARNA TREK HEADS FOR THE HIGH COUNTRY

WHITES POWERSPORTS PURCHASES PRO ACCESSORIES BRANDS

APRILIA TUAREG ON TOP AT HELLAS RALLY RAID

DUCATI XPEDITIONS: HIGH COUNTRY 2025

HOT ROD HIMALAYAN 450 FOR THE HOLLAND TRACK

NICK SANDERS GETS THE ROYAL TREATMENT!

PEOPLE’S CHOICE • Five years down the trail, Yamaha’s new-generation Ténéré 700 has arrived and it’s packed with updates that Yamaha says riders asked for. And some they didn’t. But is it enough to keep the T7 at the front of the FCAI adventure-tourer sales race?

RALLY ACTION • Is Ducati’s top-shelf DesertX Rally a brawny off-road only weapon that’s purely for the likes of Antoine Méo? Or does it have a wider real world appeal? We climbed aboard one of the mighty Italian stallions for Vagabond Moto’s inaugural Big Bore Six Days adventure ride to find out.

SIX OF THE BEST • When a new adventure bike tour operator decided to launch their business, they did it in a massive way. Vagabond Moto hit the ground running with their inaugural Big Bore Six Days ride, which boasted a 2200km loop around southern NSW and dished out a whopping $50,000-plus in prizes.

OUT OF AFRICA • When it comes to legendary Honda adventure bikes, the mighty Africa Twin is without peer. From Honda’s earliest booming big Paris-Dakar Rally racers, to the latest CRF1100L Africa Twins with electronic suspension and Dual Clutch Transmissions, the evolution of the Africa Twin has involved multiple full throttle rides over almost 40 years.

MORE MOTOS WITH MILES • If you’re looking for adventure bike riding advice, Miles Davis is a man to have in your corner. Last issue Miles delivered a whole stack of riding tips and he’s back again this issue with more words of wisdom, to help make you a safer and more confident rider. So take it away, Miles!

RIDE TO RARA • Whenever the MAD-TV team heads for the Himalayas, Nosh Mistry always packs his cameras to record trips that instantly become their latest ride of a lifetime. Most recently the crew headed for Rara Lake perched high in western Nepal, and the images he brought...