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

CHARGED LIFE

40TH ANNIVERSARY R 1250 GS • BMW gives the 1250 a make-over to celebrate the amazing milestone of 40 years of GS

HONDA CB125X • It doesn’t exist yet, but do we really need it?

KTM RELEASES 890 ADVENTURE R AND ADVENTURE R RALLY • The 790 will make way for the higher-capacity, upgraded model

LID LIFE • All things helmet and lid-related to keep your nut safe from sudden and unexpected stops

CARDO FREECOM 4+

SCOTT PROSPECT ENDURO

SONY FDR-X3000 4K ACTION CAM

IT’S ALWAYS BETTER WHEN WE’RE TOGETHER • Sure, the lone world traveller attracts most of the wonder in the adventure world, and rightly so. But aren’t some things perhaps better with a good crew? Even if it’s just to laugh at a mate after a slight misfortune.

ROUTE SCOUTING • Four days of scouting tracks was the perfect remedy for 2020 woes, but it didn’t all go to plan

LIL’ ADV • Looking to nail the value for money category, KTM goes small in size but big on features

ENGINE

CHASSIS

THE SEEKER • We all saw it. But we couldn’t quite believe it.

WHO MADE IT HAPPEN?

THE RIGHT STUFF • Triumph’s Tiger 900 Rally Pro is leading the company’s charge to put the British manufacturer at the front of the adventure pack

13 POINTS WHERE THE TIGER RALLY PRO BITES

COMPARING THE TIGERS

RALLY PRO BY THE NUMBERS

ADV-ZILLA • How big is too big? Can 1300cc really be contained or is this the bike that will crush Tokyo like Godzilla? And do you really need any of this?

QUICK THOUGHTS

MATES’ RATES • Damo takes two mates out in an effort to get them hooked hard on adventure. Everything goes to plan. This is a celebration of riding… and mandarins

MAKE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE (BIKE) • Ian Neubauer takes his beloved Kawi W175 and gets prepped for more adventurous riding

DAKAR REVENGE AWAITS • After a “quiet” 2020 season holed up in Australia, two-time Dakar champ Toby Price is raring to get back into the desert and take it to Brabec and Honda

SANDERS HITS THE SAND • Another Aussie has joined the Dakar charge alongside Toby Price and his ability to win cannot be underestimated.

ADVENTURE QUIZ • The game where we test your knowledge of all things adventure. Some questions are serious, some are ridiculous, but it’s all in the name of fun. You may learn something, unlearn something or if we get our facts wrong, be steered totally in the wrong direction. But, hey, getting lost is half the fun of adventure, right?

DOLLAR SAVERS • We take a look at a selection of bikes that all come in under the $12,000 mark — because not all good things...