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STORY AND PHOTOS BY DAMIEN ASHENHURST The BMW Safari guys are prolific tourers and teachers. On any week of the year, it seems, they’re either showing folks how to ride or taking them on a ride. From GS to TS,
STORY AND PHOTOS BY DAMIEN ASHENHURST The Maschine Great Dividing Range Ride (GDR) stage 3, was the culmination of a series that began in Halls Gap, Victoria in 2021. But the original idea stretches way back to 2013 when Maschine
Motorcycles in movies and TV shows are blessed with artistic licence in which the wildest dreams can be made true. Radical design, however, does not always lead to practical purpose and so we took a selection of on-screen motorcycles and
Long rides can be physically and mentally demanding, and it’s important to stay alert and focused on the to ensure your safety and to have a damn fine time. Here are some tips for staying alert so you reach your
Photos courtesy: Clancy Family Collection In the early 1900s, the idea of travelling around the world on a motorcycle was unheard of. You’d have to have a few bolts loose upstairs to even think of it. But that didn’t stop
STORY AND PICS BY DAMIEN ASHENHURST As motorcycles become more advanced electronically, rest assured their evolving robot brains will one day connect to Skynet and take over the world in a violent subjugation of humanity… No, no…I promised myself I
Story by Damien AshenhurstPhotos by Danny Wilkinson/Rob Kerber KTM Australia’s marketing manager, Rosie Lalonde, had a plan (Rosie always has a plan). How would I feel, she asked, about picking up a 2023 890 Adventure R and riding it to
The big adventure bike ain’t dead yet. The hype might be all around middle-weight adventures these days, but as they have roamed the Earth for many decades, the big-bore adventure motorcycle is still alive and well. In fact, the sector
With the 2022 EICMA (Milan Motorcycle Show) done and dusted for another year, it’s time to take an overview of the 2023 offerings from Europe, Japan, China and even Spain. Not everything is a hardcore dirt-blaster not everything will even
Suzuki and Honda dropped 2023 models that share a similar mix of road and dirt in mind. The V-Strom 800DE and XL750 Transalp are completely new models and while we can’t wait to see them in the mech-flesh, for now,
Suzuki’s announcement of a new V-Strom 1050DE variant with a 21-inch front wheel comes just three years after the last update to the much-loved adventure tourer. An update, it must be noted, that didn’t exactly deliver what many were hoping
Let’s talk about the electric adventure bike. Is it the future or is it an idea that’s arrived too soon? I’m not going to touch on EV production versus ICE in this piece, nor how it stacks up long-term from
STORY AND PHOTOS BY DAMIEN ASHENHURST This job was a little different for me in that I was the official photographer for the BMW Safari Enduro 2022. A ride that was to start in Dubbo (NSW), makes its way up to
STORY AND PHOTOS BY DAMIEN ASHENHURST || Around 300 million years ago – I imagine it was a Thursday at about 11 am – Australia collided with what would become parts of South America and New Zealand. Comprised of around
