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Photo by Andy Miller, UK, Taking a rest, Jokulsarlon, Iceland

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Nice to see it's on the road You're going to have to give us a guided tour some time 1:
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Yes, and we should nerver forget that the roads, dirt tracks etc., where we find our adventure, are the infastructure of the locals who live there.
Our "end of the world" is their "center of the world".

Heros or antiheros, don't know who you mean at the time back then.
I got inspired by books and one or two slide-shows, long before Youtube.
Never saw them as heros, just "I wanna do that too".
On Youtube I see and enjoy a lot of reports of trips, some are great, while at others I have to turn off the audio and just enjoy the film.
Everybody who has done his first ride will figure out that it's not that big a deal and will be able to differentiate for themself what others report .

What's an adventure bike?
Quite simple, if "adventure" is written on it, it's one.

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Quote 'Quite simple, if "adventure" is written on it, it's one.'
Wrong, wrong, wrong and wrong.
Edit, 'if you have what you consider an adventure while you are riding it, it's one'.

For gods' sake, the rest of the world hates motorcyclists as it is, let's at least try to be a bit more empathetic amongst ourselves and accept that not everyone has to comply with our personal norms and standards without being denigrated.
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Quote 'Quite simple, if "adventure" is written on it, it's one.'
Wrong, wrong, wrong and wrong.
Edit, 'if you have what you consider an adventure while you are riding it, it's one'.
No, no..

Only if the marketing department declares it as an "adventure bike" and sells it as one, it's one.
What would the biking community be if EVERYBODY could decide this for themself.

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Its like birthday cake.

You can eat it on any day.

If it says Happy Birthday on the icing someone possibly designed it for someone's birthday but may never have seen that person or have a clue about how old they are, what they like..... etc.

If you have a party because you survived another circuit round the sun and eat any cake, that was Birthday cake, icing doesn't matter, have cheese instead if you like that.

The fact the cake says Happy Birthday in the icing does not make you a year older regardless of what the cake shop suggests. If you like iced cake, candles and singing every Wednesday, knock yourself out but don't ask me to watch the video.

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Quote 'Quite simple, if "adventure" is written on it, it's one.'
Wrong, wrong, wrong and wrong.
Edit, 'if you have what you consider an adventure while you are riding it, it's one'.
I think we need to make a bit of a distinction here by what we mean by "adventure" because we're talking about different contexts.

You can have an adventure on an "adventure" bike, or a Gold Wing, or a Super Cub. What we generally think of as an adventure is the road less travelled, relying on our selves and our bike and the kindness of strangers. There's no law that says you can't do this all on tarmac, all off road, or any combination of the two.

However, different bikes are suitable for different things, an effortless cruiser will be unwieldy on unpaved roads, a nippy city bike will be out of its depth on long highways and an enduro blaster will be a PITA everywhere but the forests and deserts. There's a market sector that has been called "adventure bikes" because they possess abilities to be usable on and off road, maybe not as well as a specialist machine in either area, but enabling more flexibility on a long trip where you expect to do both.

So go, have an adventure. That's what it's all about after all. Ride what you like, and if it's an "adventure" bike all it says about you is you're anticipating a particular type of journey
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During my working life, I was an aircraft pilot. in the 1980s & 1990s, I flew for the International Committee of the Red Cross, in war relief, in the civil wars in Angola, Mozambique, Liberia, Western Sahara (back when it was WS), South Sudan, Somalia, etc. I've been shot down with a missile, taxied over land mines, but never thought that was "adventure" work - it was just pleasant & interesting work.
being shot down by missile is definitely and adventure, you just earned a badge wish somebody shot my bike down by a missile it would make my day

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nothing wrong with using word "adventure", it's a word like any other but it was overused by BMW sell department for sure.
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