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 ULTIMATE!

NERD ALERT!

DAKAR RALLY • BENAVIDES BEATS BRABEC … BY JUST TWO SECONDS!

CFMOTO 1000 MT-X UNVEILED

TRIUMPH’S SPECIAL EDITION ALPINE & DESERT TIGERS

BMW F 450 GS ON THE WAY

AUSSIE LINCOLN’S TECH GP SUCCESS

NO EASY WAY: THE STEPHEN GALL STORY

MOTORIDES SAYS ‘SHARE THE RIDE’

MIDDLE GROUND • With more than a dozen machines in the hotly contested 700 to 900cc adventure bike category, Honda’s hopes are pinned on the XL750 Transalp. And once again the big H has pointed the latest 2025 model right down the middle lane of the adventure tourer ranks.

BLACK SATIN • As small-bore adventure bikes continue to be flavour-of-the-month with many riders, Royal Enfield has decided to up the ante with its already popular Himalayan 450 by unveiling a special Mana Black model.

AN ULTIMATE ADVENTURE • If you’re looking for the ultimate bucket-list ride, look no further than the South Island of New Zealand, where trail boss Steve Gillies and the Ultimate Adventure Moto NZ crew have the ride of a lifetime ready and waiting for you.

ORANGE SLICE • The small-bore adventure bike market is getting more competitive by the day. KTM is pinning its hopes on its Bajaj-built 390 Adventure R and we climbed aboard one for a bucket-list ride with Ultimate Adventure Moto NZ.

WESTERN EXPRESS • As the only pillion team to ever ride the KTM Adventure Rallye, Danica Madsen brings a unique perspective to the 2025 Bunbury, Western Australia, event from behind Glenn ‘Chidge’ Chidgey on their KTM 690 Enduro.

BACK O’ BURKE • Retracing Australia’s boldest expedition, more than 160 years after the original, but this time with a throttle twisted wide-open. Welcome to Maschine’s Burke & Wills Ride, from Melbourne all the way across Australia to the coast of the Northern Territory. What a ride!

DAKAR DREAMING • Ever dreamed of the early days of the Paris-Dakar Rally and had a penchant to recreate them? Then get ready to find out all about the Sandraiders events in Tunisia and Morocco, which are non-competitive rally-raids for amateur riders mounted aboard the mythical bikes that took part in the great African raids of the 1980s.

OLDEN & GOLDEN • There’s just something about riding vintage bikes on a boy’s own camping weekend away. We call it Vinventure and it’s an instant recipe for classic good times!

HIGH ROADS HEALING • The annual Walcha Motorcycle Rally in northern NSW has become a must-do event on many riders’ calendars, us included. And the 2025 event was another cracker, until an accident in the demolition derby showed just how quickly...