Australasian Dirt Bike Magazine

Horses for courses

Hereon ADB we regularly get asked by readers, “What kind of bike should I buy?” Spending half your apprentice wage on a motorcycle is a significant amount of money and making sure you are on the best equipment for you is key. Fortunately for you, here on ADB, between me and our fleet of test gurus in Ben Grabham, Geoff Braico, Lee Hogan and Mat Boyd, there isn’t a bike we haven’t tested in the last two decades. Incredible!

In order to narrow the search down and identify the bike that best suits you, we need to know a few things: what is your size (weight and height), what kind of riding will you mostly be doing and what is your skill level. There are a million different questions we could ask but these are the most important ones. Last month we were asked by a reader if we thought he would be better off riding a smaller two-stroke in hard enduro even if he tipped the scales at 100kg

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