What is adventure riding

[kevfromcoro]

sleeping in a tent and eating out of a billy somewhere in Mongolia for example, which is where I will be in a couple of years![/QUOTE]
Shit that would be fun...i hope to be a few thousand ks south of u.

Burma.Laos. Cambodia..Thailand.Viet-nam,,
down into Malasia.and indonesia.
think i can get a 3 month visa for every country...just keep going around in circles till i get sick of it....soon as i can get out of here.

[Gizzit]

Well for me adventure riding is about getting on a suitable bike, and exploring any roads or easily rideable tracks available to the public, to see our amazing country.

I think adventure ... is what you make it. My 'adventure' is exploring places I haven't been before .... and revisiting those places again, that I really enjoy.

The good thing about riding bikes, is that it is such a personal thing to enjoy, and to share .... but you don't have to go by anyone's rules about what you call fun.

In spite of differences of opinion on particular aspects of riding, and preferences in bikes and equipment ... what we do all have in common .... is the shared enjoyment of riding and owning bikes.

[marks]

perhaps its all about rider attitude rather than where you ride. I ride mainly off road (which I don't class as adventure riding) but I have more in common with the people who post here than I do with most off road riders I meet.

Something to do with appreciating out of the way places etc regardless of how we get there?

[kevfromcoro]

Just trying to stick a few pics in here....not to good at this ...but this is adventure riding in Laos.
dont know how to put a caption to the pics....have a look anyway

[far queue]

Riding exclusively on sealed roads is "motorcycling".

Riding on seal, gravel and dirt, "formed or semi-formed roads" is "venture riding", irrespective of the bike you use.

Time and distance are irrelevent, just more or less of the same thing!

You can have a short venture or a long distance one, it's still a venture ride.

Very long distances could be better described as "venture touring"

Very well put, I agree with this.

Beyond semi-formed roads is "trail or off road riding".

I would also include “trail and off road riding” as a part of the adventure ride IF seal, gravel etc were a part of that same ride.

I would tend to agree with you, with the exception that I believe the adventure is going somewhere you haven't been before, and not knowing what road or track surface you may be facing. At the end of the ride you may well find that the whole trip was on seal, but because you didn't know that it could still be an adventure…

I feel the type of surface actually encountered dictates whether you did an adventure ride or not. If you have left home not knowing where you are going to go or what type of surface you are going to encounter along the way, then yes, you are setting out on a ride which undoubtedly has an air of adventure about it BUT at the end of the day if you have ended up staying on the seal all day you have not been on AN adventure ride. You may feel you have had an adventurous time but that’s not the same thing.

…not the sort of thing one would do on a sportbike or cruiser

I believe the type of bike is irrelevant, it all about where you take the bike.

… I think adventure ... is what you make it. My 'adventure' is exploring places I haven't been before .... and revisiting those places again, that I really enjoy.

I agree, and this type of ride is no doubt adventurous for you regardless of the type of terrain covered.

The good thing about riding bikes, is that it is such a personal thing to enjoy, and to share .... but you don't have to go by anyone's rules about what you call fun.

Here here, get out there and have fun, do what you want, the way you want, on what you want, and who really cares what it’s called.

I have a road bike and a “dual purpose” bike (the manufacturer’s description, not necessarily mine) and I’ve had many adventures on both of them. But I only go adventure riding on my “dual purpose” bike.

[JATZ]

How about classifying an adventure ride, as a ride on a claped out old shit kicker, where just getting to the shop is an adventure,

[Ixion]

How about classifying an adventure ride, as a ride on a claped out old shit kicker, where just getting to the shop is an adventure,

And getting back home again a marvel!

[twotyred]

THIS is "adventure" riding... a Jedi knight on a ratty old KLR,smoking a cigar,listening to sounds,no lid and a Macaw on ya shoulder!

and no, it's not a posed shot...

[oldrider]

Just trying to stick a few pics in here....not to good at this ...but this is adventure riding in Laos.
dont know how to put a caption to the pics....have a look anyway

Formed roads turned into semi-formed by nature, yep, that's venture riding/touring in my book.

The choice of bike is optional, it all adds to the mix of "venture" that one gets their jollies from!

I have just discovered (painfully) that I don't do off road very well any more!

Actually, I only tried off road because I wasn't doing gravel very well at the time either!

You know how it goes sometimes, you gambles and you lose it! Cheers John.

[pete376403]

one definition...

[OV Lander]

For me Adventure riding is loading the camp/survival gear on the bike and heading off on a multi-week/month trip to a country such as China. Using the bike for transport no matter what condition the roads.

The stuff we do here in NZ, be it seal metal or dirt, is just training for the real trip.

[Quasievil]

The stuff we do here in NZ, be it seal metal or dirt, is just training for the real trip.

YES TO THAT !!

[marks]

The stuff we do here in NZ, be it seal metal or dirt, is just training for the real trip.

if you treat NZ as a training exersize then you will miss out on much.

EVERY adventure ride is the "real trip"

[clint640]

if you treat NZ as a training exersize then you will miss out on much.

EVERY adventure ride is the "real trip"

Amen brother!

It's worth remembering that many people travel 1/2 way round the world to spend weeks or months riding in NZ. I can just imagine Hans in Munich saying "Ahh sheiss, I haf to go riding in ze Bavarian Alps again, iz such a chore, but I need ze practice for my trip to Neuseeland..."

In the words of the great Taihape philosopher; We don't know how lucky we are.

I reckon an adventure ride is a ride that involves some proper roads, as well as some dirt &/or gravel. It's what I do on my motorcycle. YMMV.

Clint

[oldrider]

I have just discovered (painfully) that I don't do off road very well any more!

Thanks for all the kind thoughts, I didn't realise just how many friends I have made on KB!

Just a simple little off, only broke the left hand front indicator on the bike but managed to break my own left shoulder-blade and spring a couple of ribs etc!

Rode the Tiger home OK but slowly continued to get sore so went to the local Quack to register with ACC, consequent X-rays showed the breaks.

Still hard to believe I fell off where it was and so slow too but, hey!!!!

Can't wait to get back on it, so many miles, so little time! Just love riding that Tiger! Cheers John.