For a bloke who has only ever owned and ridden small-bore, kickstart, two-stroke dirtbikes — and vintage ones at that — VMX Magazine editor Ken Smith has jumped way out of his comfort zone with his latest acquisition. Like many of us, Ken’s been bitten by the vintage adventure bike bug, and when it got its teeth into him it bit hard.
“Mates of mine have all bought vintage adventure bikes and I reckoned it looked like a recipe for a good time, so I wanted to get one as well,” Ken explains.
“Many of those guys went out and got old Ténérés, but I didn’t just want to be like that. I wanted to be different and when I