Adventure Riding Tips & Tricks

12 December 2025

How to Ride Sand with Confidence: Nick’s Essential Sand Riding Tips for Adventure Riders

Riding sand tends to divide riders into two camps:Those who love it… and those who think it’s the work of the devil. At our final Adventure Academy for the 2025 year, the quote that had everyone laughing came from Richie:“Beaches are for swimming.” Fair call — but they’re also one of the best places to...

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7 June 2024

GPS Navigation for Adventure Riders in 2024

Ok, time for an update on the topic of “Best GPS for Off-Road Adventure Riding”. I wrote this article in 2022 but time moves on and so does technology. I often read or get asked the question – “Should I buy a motorcycle GPS or just use my phone for navigation on my motorbike?” My...

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8 May 2024

GPS Navigation in 2024 and Beyond – Alternatives to Garmin?

For the longest time Garmin and their Basecamp program has been the industry standard in GPS navigation and desktop route planning. No longer. In recent years Garmin really have not progressed in the face of alternatives in this space. I would say both in terms of hardware and software. I’ve been a Garmin fanboy for...

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14 December 2023

Bike Fitness Beyond 50

I did a thing this year. I got back into motorcycle racing. In my 50’s. Yep I turned 50 last year, and sure call it a mid-life crisis but I was keen to get a 450 motocross bike and get back into some racing. Now I raced a fair bit of motocross, enduro and Supermoto...

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27 February 2023

Top 10 Tools Adventure Riders Should Carry

If you are just starting out in adventure riding there is a lot to think about and frankly it can mess with your mind! One of the big questions is “What tools should I carry”? Well, Nick Selleck from maschine has complied a list below of the Top 10 Tools an adventure rider should carry...

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21 September 2022

Tech Tips for Mud Rides

With all the wet weather about on the Australian East Coast during 2022 its hard to avoid the mud. Looking at my filthy Multistrada V4 from the last day of Great Divide Ride Stage 2 prompted me to offer some helpful tech hints to help your ride survive the ride: Mud build up can cause...

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