Mal’s Bike Diaries
Tingha ‘Dirty Weekend’ Adventure Rally | September 2024
Wow Wow Wow how’s the bloom’n weather like 10 to 26 each day just bloody beautiful. Last years event lots sat around fires all night because they were so cold and couldn’t settle in their tents, or so they tell us as we were cosied up in our luxury “Stumpy’s Shack”...
Tingha ‘Dirty Weekend’ Adventure Rally | September 2023
Karen and I can honestly say we are the only Motorcycle Adventure related business that has been to every Adventure Rally held at Tingha NSW. We've experienced light rain, heavy rain, dry, dry and stupidly windy and not to mention, COLD! This year was up there for...
Australian Adventure Rider Magazine Adv Congregation
GREEN VALLEY FARM SEPTEMBER 2022 We’re back, all but a little bit older but back all the same. Adventure Bike Australia has not missed a single Northern Adventure Congregation however it’s been a good couple years since there’s even been an event and we can thank...
Adventure Rider Magazine
One of our wide ratio gearboxes and big bore kits were recently featured in this article from Adventure Rider Magazine issue #40 (and a few quotes from Mal himself!)This is a fantastic magazine for any Adventure Bike enthusiast and you can't beat their yearly...
COVID-19
In light of the current unprecedented circumstances involving the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic impact particularly devaluing of the Australian Dollar unfortunately we have had to increase some prices of our products. The Australian dollar has dropped in value...
It’s Cold Outside
Hey you gotta remember were Northerners so at around minus three and just like that popular old song baby it was cold outside! I was nervous thinking even those fantastic Heat Demon heated grips on the Adventure Bike Australia DRZ400 and D’Oh forgetting my thick...
Rid’n with the Ramsay’s
I travel light, well I think I do....... The Adventure Bike Australia DRZ400 is not a big machine (neither am I) so I try to keep it simple. In the days of Gold Coast Suzuki we ran free overnight adventure rides every month. We stayed in pubs (my preferred method) you...
Adventure Rider Magazine Northern Congregation September 2017
Very cool and very very dry conditions were the order of the day for last weekend's Northern Adventure Congregation hosted by our friends of the above magazine and the extremely good folk of Green Valley Farm. An excellent turnout of around 250 riders was well up on...
Grapevine Magazine – A Most Epic Adventure
We were so grateful to have received a shoutout from Mike Cooney in the latest edition of Grapevine Magazine. Mike has recently written an article about his "epic adventure" exploring the top of New Zealand's South Island. A bit over a year ago, me and my mate Roger...
Grateful Eight Yarras Adventure Ride.
I guess if I'm going to give the Adventure Bike Australia Suzuki DRZ400's new Steg Pegz a good test this is the place to do it ! Yep we were heading to one of Australia's best enduro and adventure bike playgrounds. And I'm blessed to have one of my good friends just...
Mal McConnell and his Suzuki Freewind in March 2017 Adventure Rider Magazine
In 1996 Suzuki released the DR650SE to enthusiastic Australian punters. The bike is still around today and it’s more popular than ever. That same year, Suzuki released a milder, more road-oriented dualsporter called the XF650 Freewind. The XF650 went the way of the...
Wattle Flat Weekender
It was a no brainer we needed to jump on board and we needed to do it now! We've been with the Northern Rivers Adventure crew before and this one being organised by Dave and Karen Ramsay had "book me now" written all over it. Dave's run this particular ride before,...
Northern Adventure Congregation with Adventure Bike Australia
While this year's Adventure Congregation was similar in so many ways to last year's first ever Congregation is was also different in so many others. Last year people came from everywhere, and I mean everywhere. Adventure Rider Magazine decided due to the success of...
Kawasaki KDX200 For Sale
Kawasaki KDX200D 1986 model for sale ! Bargain $2400 Gem of a find and was only originally used as a road trail bike. Hard to believe in it's 30th year these are still the original pliable and flexible plastics, original seat etc Has had a little light spray of silver...
Sundown National Park Adventure Bike Ride
I'm not sure why it's taken me so long, but I finally got to do the Sundown National Park Adventure Bike Ride with three of my good friends over the Queensland Labour Day long weekend and what a good ride it is! We didn't want to be in there too late so we turned the...