The second in a series of 4 day rides for 2024 with Maschine. Our TransTerra series is your opportunity to enjoy some of the best adventure riding trails close to home.
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The second in a series of 4 day rides for 2024 with Maschine. Our TransTerra series is your opportunity to enjoy some of the best adventure riding trails close to home.
Check out the Ride Promotions available for this event
We know the Victorian and NSW High Country well because we’ve run many tours through this region over the years. Good reason for that too, it’s bloody awesome riding!
Ask any Australian adventure rider their favourite destination for off-road adventures and more often than not the response will be “High Country”. Hills that stretch on forever, great twisty roads whether they are sealed or unsealed, open flowing farm country, challenging 4WD tracks that will have you huffing and puffing. The High Country has it all!
Ride the High Country with the support of Maschine and our trusty support crew.
Beechworth, VIC (TBC)
Beechworth, VIC (TBC)
Thursday 2 May 2024
Sunday 5 May 2024
Arrive in Lake Hume at your leisure on Wednesday. Accommodation included on Wednesday night. Riders briefing 7.30am on Thursday morning.
We will kick official proceedings off with our rider sign on & welcome breakfast at Lake Hume Resort from 7.30am. Once briefing is done we will hit the trails around 8.30am.
Getting out of Lake Hume we will head east for the hills and forests that hold so many cool trails and great views.
We head east then south and take in as many great trails as we can in the day. Whether you want to stick to the main Adventure route or tackle some of the harder Enduro sections you will be well supported by the maschine crew along the way.
We wanted to get deep into the hills so staying in Beechworth allows us to access some of the awesome trails that await in the forest. We’ve ridden these hills many times but keep hearing about new trails that are begging to be ridden. We will do our best to link them all up for you.
We head back to Beechworth today and there are so many options about which way we could head. There are a flowing scenic roads or a couple of massive hillclimbs you can take on if you’re game? Tough choices!
When we arrive back in Beechworth you have the choice of heading home late afternoon or booking an extra night to stay on in town and celebrate an awesome weekends ride with mates new and old.
This ride is classed as – Grade 2 – 3: Intermediate – Medium
Key elements that give this grading are:
See our Track Grading System for more detailed information to help you decide if this ride is right for you.
We like to make our tours suitable for “an average rider on a big-bore adventure bike”.
So we expect riders to have at least some off-road riding experience – ideally two years.
The main Adventure routes are usually suitable for big adventure bikes, like a Ducati Multistrada or BMW R1250GS with off-road knobby tyres fitted.
For sure less experienced riders can, and have, joined our tours and they find them to be an incredible learning experience. You can learn so much just being around other riders. We suggest this is not the ride for you if you are just starting out.
If you have any questions or concerns just give us a call and we are happy to have a chat about your personal situation.
This ride is capped at 80 riders.
If this sounds like a lot to you then bear in mind that we have experience in managing motorcycle tour events with over 250 riders! We have the systems and knowledgable staff in place to effectively manage these larger group sizes.
A group size of 50 is great because it means we can get beds for most everyone most nights of the ride. The group makes you feel part of a big event but then you get a chance to meet and talk to everyone during the ride and make some new friends.
Yes absolutely, we always recommend riders have knobby tyres on their bikes to maximise your safety and enjoyment.
Our recommended tyres in most situations are Motoz Tractionator Adventure or Motoz Tractionator Rallz (Nick’s favourite!) for their predictable off-road grip and outstanding durability.
For sure other tyres like Continental TKC80 or Pirelli Scorpion Rally are OK too.
We don’t advise riders to use 50/50 tyres like Hidenau K60 Scout or Continental TKC70. These styles of tyre with a solid centre rib just simply don’t offer enough traction in many off-road situations, particularly when conditions get wet.
No, typically rental bikes are not available for our Australian tours. That said we may have some options we can look into for you on this tour. Please email us with your enquiry.
Yes. This ride is primarily for riders on their own adventure bikes.
For those of you that have the luxury of more than one bike to choose from we would give this information:
Yes, this ride is suitable for Enduro bikes providing you have a minimum fuel range of around 200km. We will confirm the estimated fuel range required for each individual event as we get closer to the event.
We provide the pre-planned routes as a .GPX file you can load into your GPS or Smartphone navigation app. This will allow you to follow our planned route at your own pace and arrive safely at the overnight stop.
For each event we also provide printed daily route sheets which include an overview map and address details of fuel, food, overnight accommodation stops etc.
At some events we will also have route marking arrow stickers that are put up by our lead riders on trees, posts etc. as a physical marker.
No, for our off-road adventure tours we provide a luggage support van. You will drop your bag at the van each morning and the van will carry your bag to the overnight stop where it will be waiting for you to collect at the end of the day.
For our international road tours we typically don’t provide a luggage support vehicle so you will have to carry your own luggage. Usually our rental bikes come equipped with panniers and/or top box. Please confirm your required luggage options at time of booking.
Read our Adventure Riders Prep Guide for tips on what and how to pack.
No. Large gear bags, wheelie suitcases are not permitted in our luggage van. We have strict capacity limits.
Hard pannier cases are not recommended as your luggage because we can’t guarantee they won’t get scratched or damaged in transit therefore we recommend soft bags only.
Read our Adventure Riders Prep Guide for tips on what and how to pack.
No, for safety reasons we do not allow riders to ride with hard (aluminium or plastic) panniers or top box on their bikes for our off-road adventure tours. We have seen too many injuries caused by hard boxes hitting or trapping riders.
Read our Adventure Riders Prep Guide for tips on what and how to pack.
Read our Adventure Riders Prep Guide for tips on what and how to pack. As a minimum you should carry spare tubes for your wheels and the tools to remove and replace your wheels. Zip ties and tape work miracles too!
Even if you don’t know a spanner from a screwdriver someone in our crew will be coming to lend a hand.
You can read our full booking Terms & Conditions here.