Ultimate Adventure Bike

A DIRTY WEEKEND

How smooth do you have to be to get something like this past the missus? “Hey darl, we’re way overdue for a dirty weekend. How about we head bush next weekend? Oh, and if it’s okay, do you mind if I bring a couple of hundred of my closest mates? Luv ya!”

We’ve long regarded our old mate Steve ‘Wolfy’ Smith from Adventure Moto as being a true entrepreneur and accomplished negotiator, but how he got this one past his wife — and business partner — Jen, well, we stand in awe.

But he did, and the inaugural The Dirty Weekend ADV gathering roared into life late last year and saw a couple of hundred adventure bike riding enthusiasts descend on Green Valley Farm near the sleepy hamlet of Tingha in northern NSW.

Big blue skies, great group rides to get there, and two big days and nights of ADV action and celebrity guests made for a dirty weekend that was thoroughly packed with good,

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