Like most ADVers, I’m always looking for an excuse to go riding, and if I can, I like to do it with good people. Greg ‘Trail Boss’ Yager and Wayne ‘Crash’ Nelson from RideADV have a special knack for putting together awesome rides and creating an environment in which everyone is bound to have fun.
When I heard about the latest T7 Rally ride that would be taking place at Orange in the central west of NSW, I wanted in. Being a T7 owner, I saw it as my obligation to participate as well as represent Adventure Moto — where I work — with my colleague and friend, Jackson.
Believe it or not, my relationship with Yamaha’s popular CP2-engined T7 comes after a riding hiatus due to a disagreement with a tree. After all that, I finally got my unrestricted licence and thought it was a good time to hop back in the saddle. At the same time my dad, Steve ‘Wolfy’ Smith, decided to get himself a Ténéré 700 World Raid — boy, was I drooling when that rolled into the shop! But I knew riding that
