Tag Archives: salt and gold

The August edition cover of TBM shows editor James Barnicoat riding a full Klim 'suit' whilst testing Husky's new range of bikes.
Not content with a pair of Dakar pants and a yellow Revolt jersey James' long term Klim F4 Helmet was also present and reviewed inside the magazine after a year of extensive testing. As [...]

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 [...]

We are delighted to announce our new range of products for the Yamaha XT660Z Tenere (here). We have used the usual Adventure-Spec methods of coupling high quality materials and workmanship with  experience based design for our own parts, and matched these with other superb quality parts from around the world to complete our range. The [...]

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 [...]

KTM's Adventure and Super Enduro are the kings of the Big Trail Bike and Monster Enduro classes, but all that power and fun come at a cost!
They may keep a smile on your face at all times, but they do tend to be at thirsty if ridden 'enthusiastically', meaning a limited range even with the [...]

The long awaited DVD of the Adventure-Spec/Beast-of-Burden 'Salt and Gold' Expedition is nearly ready for release.
In December of 2008 Dave Lomax of Adventure-Spec and 5 other hardened desert junkies headed into the Empty Quarter of Mauretania to push the limits of motorcycle desert travel.
The DVD accurately documents the reality of a long off-road expedition across [...]

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 [...]

Forums, chatrooms and online magazines are an essential source of information (and misinformation) for most of us these days. We like to keep track of whats going on and we'll be pointing you at some unbiased opinions on ourselves and our gear, plus a few goodies from adventure-spec associates.......
ADVriders put the myth about bolting crash [...]

After the success of last years Salt and Gold Expedition to deepest darkest Mauretania and Mali (led by Dave Lomax of Adventure-Spec), Beast-Of-Burden Expeditions are running another one-off experience.
A new concept in expeditions, where small 'pods' of riders travel independent of support vehicles, the FreeRiders model offers a unique experience for the hardcore desert junkie [...]

Every adventure bikers dream is surely to ride somewhere that's never been ridden before, but in this overcrowded world a dream like this is hard to realise and is unquestionably going to mean some extreme adventure.
'Azalai' is indeed extreme...
Riding from Atar in Mauritania the warm up route would bring most riders to a cold sweat [...]