Riding with Boundsy!

Chris from Adventure-Spec took a break from the office to spend the weekend being shown around South Wales by Dakar competitor Craig Bounds.

Craig’s vast knowledge of the areas track and trails led to two days of spectacular and challenging riding. The group including Mark from G-iT and Dom from Kriega left exhausted but satisfied they’d experienced some of the finest trail riding the UK has to offer.

Adventure-Spec will be offering riding and training days with Craig in the near future. Small groups and personalised itineraries are the order of the day. If you’re interested drop us a line for more details

check out craig’s own site

New Yamaha Super Tenere unveiled! (its big)

After what seems like an eternity Yamaha have released its new 1200cc Super Tenere.

Squarely aimed at knocking the BMW R1200GS off its perch at the top of the sales charts its a monster of a bike and a technological tour de force.

With more gadgets and electronic devices than an F1 car it looks like it will make a great tourer and do-it-all bike, probably tempting a great number of R1 riders who would never be seen dead on a BMW onto a big trailie.

We cant wait to see one on the road, but doubt we’ll see many on the trail. At 261kg fuelled this is one seriously big bike that could become a real handful in off-tarmac going very quickly.

Check out more details over at MCN

The first bikes will be available to order only at £13499 with a full ‘adventure’ kit, see below…..

Adventure-Spec at MCN Excel London Bike Show 4-7 February 2010

Adventure-Spec will be at the MCN London Motorcycle Show from 4-7th February 2010.

We’ll be showing the full Klim range including the revolutionary new Klim Rally Adventure Suit.

Jointly developed by Adventure-Spec, Klim and Gore over two and a half years of continuous abuse in every conceivable condition across the planet it is unlike any other piece of motorcycle gear – it is in a class of one

You may have seen Jonah Street wearing a special blue version of this jacket on the recent Dakar.

Also on display will be the excellent VisionX LED lighting systems, Giantloop Luggage and Motion Pro T6 tool collection.

See you there!

klim adventure rally suit

Adventure-Spec Dakar bound for 2010

It’s heading rapidly towards the time of year known mainly around the world for one thing…Dakar 2010! We were delighted to see two finishers out of three sponsored riders last year.

Dakar 2009 was an excellent opportunity for  Adventure-Spec to test a new Rally/Adventure clothing range to be launched early in 2010. This year we are supporting only a single rider but will continue to use the event as a test bed for upcoming clothing designs, tool ideas, and hardware modifications. We figure if it lasts the Dakar then we KNOW its Adventure-Spec.

Keep looking here as the start date looms for more info on Craig Bounds, Dakar Competitor 2010.

Compilation of Craig Bounds Dakar Footage

Check out this footage of Craig Bounds, Wales’ first Dakar finisher, riding in the ‘09 edition.

Craig was one of 6 riders tasked with testing and developing the upcoming Klim Adventure-Rallye suit. With 3 riders in Dakar, 3 on the Salt and Gold expedition and thousands of miles of on and off-road riding in every conceivable weather, its really been put through its paces.

Watch this space!