Ultimate Adventure Bike

FROM BEHIND THE LENS

THE SCOPE

The 2018 KTM Outback Adventure Rallye was a massively ambitious but incredibly well-organised event, covering 2700km from Maryfield Station (around 530km southeast of Darwin) to Alice Springs. Getting a record 244 riders and their belongings to the finish safely was a huge undertaking for the KTM crew. Largely navigating by GPS, the riders would traverse varying conditions over seven days, in some of the most remote country Australia has to offer.

THE RIDERS

No one expected the event to be so popular, having sold out in less than an hour. A massive 244

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