Rider Training Tips

Adventure and dirt bike riders can put their feet through hell. We cram our bones covered in soft flesh into plastic and leather boots and stand on them for hours at a time, smash them into rocks, get them stuck under heavy metal objects, soak them in stinky mud holes and let them bake next to a big hunk of metal that warms up to over 100 degrees celsius. Sounds...Read More

In June 2015 Maschine took our first tour group overseas to Europe for a 16 day tour. It wasn’t our first trip riding a motorcycle or scooter in a foreign country but on that trip we certainly learnt a few tips to help ease the stress of understanding life on the road in Europe. In June 2018 we are heading back to Europe with another motorcycle tour group travelling through...Read More

How To Set Up Your Bike For Cross-Country Rally Style Navigation Maschine is hosting the Alpine Assault Rally on 1-3 December 2017. We’ve been wanting to stage a hard core adventure in the Victorian High Country for some time now and this ride will certainly provide a challenge. The course will be doable for a good rider on a big adventure bike or bring along your enduro bike with big...Read More

I’ve you’ve ever tried using your iPhone or other smart phone wearing gloves you know it basically just doesn’t work! There is a product on the market now called nanotips that can help make your gloves smart phone friendly. It is a liquid that is painted on to the finger tips of any type of glove and will allow the screen to detect your touch. After applying the liquid and...Read More

Nick completed the First Aid for Motorcyclists course at Williamstown over the weekend and what a fantastic initiative it is. The crew at Maschine are passionate about riders learning first aid to help look after each other out on the trails. So often with adventure riding we disappear off into the bush or out into the desert where we can be hours from medical help, and often out of mobile...Read More