So you think you're an ADVENTURE rider?

[junkmanjoe]

oh eddie
i just got a new home page pic now...
mmmm orange....love monster...

hows ya bike looking Jatz

can you fix it.....

[JATZ]

oh eddie
i just got a new home page pic now...
mmmm orange....love monster...

hows ya bike looking Jatz

can you fix it.....

[bart]

I used to ride gravel on a 145hp ZX9R. It was alright down the straight bits. The 180 back tyre used to get a bit loose at times. Can't understand why.

But seriously, adventure is where you find it. It's not about the distance to the destination, it's about the fun getting there (and the bullshit stories you can tell afterwards).

I'm not an adventure rider. I just get a kick out of riding bikes and seeing a bit of scenery.

[junkmanjoe]

or going where bikes are not ment to go.....

[bart]

or going where bikes are not ment to go.....

That's all part of the fun. If there's no challenge, Where's the adventure??????????????????

[RedKLR650]

Yep, adventure riding is a name to be used with a grain of salt really. Dual purpose is probably a better name, not that it matters really it is still a blast.

According to the Colins Concise English Dictionary, ADVENTURE is:-

1) A risky undertaking of unknown outcome

2) An exciting or unexpected event or course of events

3) A hazardous financial operation

And the word Adventurous is defined as :-

1) Daring or Enterprising

2) Dangerous; Involving Risk

Our trips can certainly be Exciting and Risky - who hasn't experienced that sphincter tightening feeling upon cresting a rise on a gravel road slightly too fast to be able to stop before the hidden tight hairpin corner suddenly in front of you ?

.....although usually the outcome is predictable...... ( True Adventure riding would therefore involve routes where we DIDN'T know where they ended up )

and after dropping our bikes, repairs can certainly become a hazardous financial operation

So to a certain point, Adventure riding does describe what we do

Dual Purpose our bikes may be, but I think we can still safely call ourselves adventure riders ( of all differing abilities and experience )

Just my thoughts, Stu

[junkmanjoe]

A+

for your home work.

i guess evey one has a different view.

i would class our recent trip down south, as an adventure ride.
reason.
i have never riden some of the roads, so didn't know where we would end up....or what was around the next corner.


JMJ

[awayatc]

Got a harley...
Every ride is an adventure....

[Paladin]

According to the Colins Concise English Dictionary, ADVENTURE is:-

1) A risky undertaking of unknown outcome

2) An exciting or unexpected event or course of events

3) A hazardous financial operation

And the word Adventurous is defined as :-

1) Daring or Enterprising

2) Dangerous; Involving Risk

Our trips can certainly be Exciting and Risky - who hasn't experienced that sphincter tightening feeling upon cresting a rise on a gravel road slightly too fast to be able to stop before the hidden tight hairpin corner suddenly in front of you ?

.....although usually the outcome is predictable...... ( True Adventure riding would therefore involve routes where we DIDN'T know where they ended up )

and after dropping our bikes, repairs can certainly become a hazardous financial operation

So to a certain point, Adventure riding does describe what we do

Dual Purpose our bikes may be, but I think we can still safely call ourselves adventure riders ( of all differing abilities and experience )

Just my thoughts, Stu

Brilliant Stu!!!!!

Pretty good summation mate!

[Paladin]

Yeah THAT should do it for Joe!

[RedKLR650]

Got a harley...
Every ride is an adventure....

You're right Peter, when going for a ride on a Harley, the outcome is always uncertain, sometimes a trailer, sometimes a tow truck

[awayatc]

nah...way more adventurous then that my friend...
way more........
had it on 4wd tracks before......on a steep slope,after heavy rain
BAD idea.........

[RedKLR650]

nah...way more adventurous then that my friend...
way more........
had it on 4wd tracks before......on a steep slope,after heavy rain
BAD idea.........

Now that is being creative

Perhaps you were missing the side to side wave motion from being at sea ?

Stu

[awayatc]

F**n thing wallows allright.....makes any reasonable behaved tub seem rocksteady in comparison....

[_Shrek_]

Dual Purpose our bikes may be, but I think we can still safely call ourselves adventure riders ( of all differing abilities and experience )

bling stu, especially when you go off on your own & don't tell anyone adds to the adventure

nah...way more adventurous then that my friend...
way more........
had it on 4wd tracks before......on a steep slope,after heavy rain
BAD idea.........

thort of trying nobblys!! it might help or not