Author Archives: Dave

A massive thanks to 'Ben P',  who was under no obligation at all to write this  excellent review.
'I bought Klim’s Badlands Pro suit in the middle of January 2012 and have tested it over a harsh
4,000 miles of winter riding. I must confess, I hadn’t heard of Klim before reading an article in
Ride magazine and [...]

Long time Adventure-Spec friend, Walter Colebatch, has clinched a new World record for Altitude on a Motorcycle along with Lukas Matzinger and Barton Churchill of the Husaberg Adventure Team.
 
Expert Adventurer (and make-it-happener) - Walter, Expert Bike Prep - Lukas, Expert Mountaineer - Barton and Expert Team Support (and long-term motorcycle traveller) Sherri-Jo, gathered at the [...]

We're obviously biased, but at Adventure-Spec we're confident there is no better motorcycle clothing available than the Klim range.
Having been involved with the company since the start of Adventure-Spec back in 2007 we have always been amazed by Klim's approach to their products. Working together on the Adventure Rally project, that really set the direction [...]

Its been a while coming, but check out this awesome series of films following Ross Noble's attempt at the Redbull Romaniacs 2011.
Ross and his team mate, Clive 'Zippy' Town, battled the toughest terrain the Carpathian mountains had to offer on their KTM 350 EXC-F's.
Competing in Romaniacs is not for the faint hearted so massive respect [...]

It had to happen. After 5 long painful years of abuse Chris' poor little Gas Gas 200EC is being retired gracefully. Its been a great little bike, but getting to the age where a full season of racing would require an excessive amount of shed time.
So whats planned and whats the bike?
"2011 [...]

Austin Vince, the god father of adventure motorcycling is a figurehead for his low-budget DIY travel ethos, but even Austin sees some items as worthy of investment.
Anyone who has seen Mondo Enduro will know Austin is no stranger to fixing the odd puncture. Before he headed out to film the Salt and Gold expedition Austin [...]

After 14 days of gruelling riding over 9000 kilometres of challenging terrain, Stan Watt(34th), Toby Younger(96th) and Ned Suesse(53rd) have stood on the podium in Lima, Peru
Well done all of you!
Stan wore Klim Chinook pants, Klim Dakar gloves and a modified Klim Powerxross Jacket
Toby wore a Klim F4 Helmet (after all his other Klim gear [...]

The beady eyed team at Adventure-Spec have spotted at least two of the top teams have been using a secret weapon - the Vision X Solstice Solo!
We've known for a longtime that these super low wattage but high output beauties are the most reliable and rugged lights available. Now the top teams obviously agree
The Yamaha [...]

British Dakar Rider Stan Watt is a man on a mission, to get a top 15 finish in this years Argentina-Chile-Peru Dakar Rally.
To achieve his goal he wanted to give himself the best possible chance, so he's riding the best bike for the job, a Crescent KTM 450 Rallye. He’s put together the best possible [...]

 
Ned Suesse, creator of the Dual Sport Riding DVD series, Double Take Mirror and ADVtank range, is taking on the 2012 Dakar Rally
As a privateer fuding his own effort Ned is offering some super cool sponsorship packages for willing supporters. Full details are on his website at www.neduro.com. US supporters receive discount coupons from some [...]