Run What Yer Brung Adventure

Does the bike define the discipline? Andy’s not so sure.

I think I’ve spent too much time inside my own helmet lately and allowed my few remaining neurons to wander into odd philosophical concepts.

Is there a difference between a motor cycle taken on an adventure and an ‘adventure bike’? Can adventure bikes lose the title if used to commute? And vice versa; does a commuter bike taken to Birdsville necessarily then become an adventure bike?

I’ve seen Postie bikes way out past the black stump. That has to be an adventure. Banging along on a heel-and-toe-change rattler that, wrung flat out, might reach 80kph is certainly adventurous (or mad).

Ponder this: is the eccentricity of the rider and bike directly proportional to the unsuitability of the mount? I’m sure most of you have met Claude and his ancient Matchless. He pops up everywhere.

A few years ago we set up a young P plater on a small sports tourer who did the Birdsville Track and the Flinders Ranges as part of a grand tour. No problem!