Author Archives: wonky

Graham Jarvis' incredible run of form continues with a dominant performance at the 7th edition of the International Tough One Extreme Enduro
Now in its seventh year, for ’11 the event was held for the first time at the demanding Back Cown Quarry north of Manchester and despite heavy rain early on race day all three [...]

Adventure-Spec's Dave Lomax is back on the road again, en route to some serious off-road action of a Sahara Desert style!
His band of merry riders comprises some familiar faces to fans of the 'Salt and Gold' and 'Aim For The Horizon' DVD's.
Brian Vacher, the tall handsome one (apparently) from 'Salt and Gold', will be joining [...]

Adventure-Spec rider Graham Jarvis had a score to settle with Hell's Peak, where 12 months before he'd snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. With 200 metres to go to the finish Dougie Lampkin had passed him to win with assistance from the enormous Hell's Gate crowd.
Hell's Gate is a one-day event of epic proportions [...]

Grimbo put in another strong performance in the Barcelona round of the Indoor Enduro World Championships. Graham placed 6th, 4th and 6th in the three finals leaving him 5th overall on the night and 5th in the championship with one round to go. Check out this great highlights video of the Husaberg mounted riders, featuring [...]

Klim's excellent new Traverse Jacket and Pants combo is now in stock and available to buy direct from adventure-spec and from Authorised Dealers
This new kit offers unbeatable value for a full Gore-Tex shell garment (the outer layer is waterproof, so no saturated outer jacket). As such it comes Guaranteed to Keep [...]

Several years ago Dave and Chris met Walter Colebatch on a dirt bike orienteering event in the Pyrenees, after an epic battle of wits in the mountains they became firm friends and have kept in close contact.
Walter spent a couple of days at Adventure-Spec HQ earlier in the year, hunting for suitable gear for the [...]

Adventure-Spec will be attending the Horizons Unlimited Travellers Meeting at Lumb Farm, Ripley, Derbyshire from this Thursday 23rd June - Sun 26th.
Visit the tent to check out a full range of Adventure-Spec products from  Klim, Giantloop, Guard-it Technology, Vision X, ADV tank, Aqualine Safari, GPR, Motion Pro, Barkbusters, RAM Mounts and Double Take Mirror.
Adventure-Spec will [...]

Life at Adventure-Spec is pretty hectic. Keeping up with the needs of the growing customer base has meant less riding than is ideal. So when he spotted a couple of interesting looking events, Chris took the opportunity to put some miles on his Klim Adventure Rally Suit aboard the Trusty Pig (his Honda XR650R)...
"Horizons Unlimited [...]

Lyndon Poskitt (aka Pyndon) comes on board as an official Adventure-Spec rider. After his excellent feedback and ideas during the testing of the groundbreaking Klim Adventure Rally suit we thought Lyndon would make a valuable team member due to his talent on a bike and vast experience of adventure biking on the limit.
Check out his [...]

Aprilia have made a replica version of their mouthwateringly stunning and potent RXV450 Factory Rally Bike available to the public. (Click here for large view)
The 450cc twin machine looks like the machine to have for Dakar since the ASO made the decision to limit capacity of bikes in the event to 450cc.
Already proving itself against [...]