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KM · START THE SHOWROOM, LONSDALE

NEXT · 1.40 KMRoundabout, third exit. What’s on the floor this week.

CAP 184° · LEAVE THE LOT, RIGHT

Set up for the road you ride.

See what’s on the floor Book a test ride
An adventure motorcycle standing on a gravel range road in the dry hills, the road curving away over a rise.

New and used road, adventure and café bikes in Lonsdale. The riders who work here set each one up for the person buying it, then take the test ride out toward the Fleurieu with you.

  • Out the roller door, right. The range roads start twenty minutes south.

1.40

KM · CAP 172°

ROUNDABOUT, 3RD EXIT

On the floor.

Three on the floor this week. Ask for one we haven’t got out. We’ll find it.

  1. 1.40a The one for the range roadsADVENTURE · NEW · 270° TWINTall, patient, happy on corrugations. Twenty-one-inch front.
  2. 1.40b The one for Sunday in townCAFÉ · USED · SINGLELight, low, easy to park outside the bakery.
  3. 1.40c The one for the long way homeROAD · NEW · TRIPLEHalf fairing, soft luggage, room for two days away.

No prices on the floor. They depend on what we set up for you, so we talk them through on the day.

1.40a

The one for the range roads

ADVENTURE · NEW · 270° TWIN

The adventure bike on the gravel range road, panniers on, the road bending away behind it.

What it’s for

Days that start on tar and end on a fire track. Tall enough to see over the scrub, soft enough to sit on all day, and it carries a weekend without complaint.

What we’d change for you

  • Seat height, if your feet want more of the ground.
  • Handlebar height and lever reach, for standing on the pegs.
  • Tyres for how much of your riding is dirt.
  • Preload for you and the panniers.
  • Crash protection before the first gravel.

Where we’d take it

  1. Out the lot
  2. Left at the hills
  3. Kuitpo gravel
  4. Forest roads
  5. Home on tar

Back to the floor

1.40b

The one for Sunday in town

CAFÉ · USED · SINGLE

A café-style motorcycle on a paddock stand inside the workshop, the roller door half open to grey daylight.

What it’s for

Short rides with stops in them. Light enough to push into the gap outside the bakery, and it starts on a cold morning. Ridden, looked over and serviced before it came onto the floor.

What we’d change for you

  • Handlebar height, if the low ones fold you over.
  • Lever reach for smaller hands.
  • Gearing a tooth shorter for town.
  • Tyres that warm up quickly.
  • A small tail bag.

Where we’d take it

  1. Out the lot
  2. Down the hill
  3. The beach road
  4. The esplanade
  5. Back up the hill

Back to the floor

1.40c

The one for the long way home

ROAD · NEW · TRIPLE

A touring motorcycle with soft panniers parked at a gravel pull-out beside a damp country road in green hills.

What it’s for

Two days away with a change of clothes. The half fairing keeps the wind off your chest, and the seat is still kind after the second hour.

What we’d change for you

  • Screen height for how tall you sit.
  • Seat foam, if you ride long.
  • Preload for a passenger and luggage.
  • Rebound for the hill tar.
  • Heated grips if you leave early.

Where we’d take it

  1. Out the lot
  2. Over the ranges
  3. Toward Myponga
  4. The hill tar
  5. Coast road home

Back to the floor

6.80

KM · CAP 190°

FORK, FOUR WAYS

Four engines. Hear them first.

The layout under the tank changes how a bike feels more than the number on the side. Hear the four we see most, then ride the one that sounds like you.

Single
One big pulse every two turns. Thumps, pulls from nothing, easy on a washed-out track.
Twin, 270°
Uneven on purpose. A lope at idle, grip you can feel through the rear tyre.
Triple
Even, every 240°. Pulls low down and still wants to rev.
Four
Smooth and busy, every 180°. Quiet through town, a long wind-up on the open road.
RPM
1 200
Peak
–∞ dBFS
Fires every
270° · 450°

Uneven on purpose. A lope at idle, grip you can feel through the rear tyre.

Sound starts only when you press Hear the engine. Stop is always on the screen. Each engine is built here from its firing order, pulse by pulse, and held well below full volume.

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KM · CAP 201°

ROUGH ROAD !!

  • Sag measured front and rear, sitting on it, feet on the pegs.
  • Preload for your weight and luggage.
  • Rebound for your roads: gravel wants it faster than tar.
  • Handlebar height, lever reach, pedal position.
  • A second look after your first few hundred kilometres.
Gloved hands turning the preload adjuster on a fork leg with a spanner, a tape measure hooked on the axle.

Set up for you.

A bike comes from the factory set for an average rider in no gear. You aren’t one. We set the sag with you on the bike, in your gear, with what you carry.

Try it on the bike below. Set your weight, then the preload and rebound, and pick a road. Drag the drawing to roll it back and forth.

Sag, front
65 mm 29%
Sag, rear
67 mm 30%
Travel used, 3 s
F 30% · R 31%
Bottomed
0 !! ON THE STOPS

An 80 kg rider in gear, preload 5 mm, rebound 10 clicks: rear sag 67 mm, 30% of travel. Right in the window for gravel.

Illustrative model, drawn for this page. On the stand we measure yours.

19.00

KM · CAP 162°

CREEK CROSSING

Gear, by what it does in the rain.

A rider’s gloved hands holding a rain-beaded helmet beside a wet motorcycle at a gravel pull-out.

We sort the rack by what the day does, not by the label.

01

Rain on the hills

A jacket that sheds water at the collar and cuffs, not just the chest. Gloves you can still feel the lever through when they’re wet. Over-gloves in the tank bag.

02

Heat on the plains

Mesh where the air gets in, armour that stays put. Lighter colours; you’ll thank us at the lights. Water on the bike.

03

Dust on the range roads

A visor that seals. Boots high enough for a rut. A neck tube you can pull up when the car ahead turns off onto the gravel.

04

Cold before seven

A layer under, not a bigger jacket. Heated grips if you ride early. Gloves a size roomier than summer, so the blood still gets to your fingers.

Try it on sitting on a bike, not standing at a mirror. Reach the handlebars, turn your head. If the collar fights you, it’s the wrong jacket.

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KM · CAP 118°

LEFT INTO THE LANE

The workshop.

Servicing for what you ride, whoever sold it to you.

What we doHow long you’re off the road
Service to the bookDrop it in the morning, most go home that afternoon.
Tyres chosen for your roadsWhile you wait, most days.
Chain and sprocketsSame day.
Brakes and fluidSame day.
Fork seals and oilA day or two.
Suspension service and revalvingA few days; we ride it before you do.
A look-over before a long tripBook it the week before.

We ride it round the block before you get it back.

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KM · CAP 205°

HAIRPIN, CREST

Test rides, three ways south.

Every test ride goes somewhere that shows you the bike. One of us rides with you, at your pace.

The range roads

ABOUT HALF A MORNING

  1. 0.0Out the lot
  2. 14.2Left at the hills
  3. 22.8Gravel starts !!
  4. 31.5Ford, in gear
  5. 44.0Forest roads home

The Kuitpo forest roads, some of it gravel. You’ll feel the corrugations, and how the front sits on loose stuff.

The hill tar

ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF

  1. 0.0Out the lot
  2. 9.6Sweepers begin
  3. 21.3Over the top
  4. 30.7Down to Myponga
  5. 61.4Same way back

Sealed sweepers over the ranges toward Myponga and back. Steering, brakes, and how the seat feels after an hour.

The coast

ABOUT AN HOUR

  1. 0.0Out the lot
  2. 12.1Down Sellicks Hill
  3. 17.9The beach road
  4. 24.5A stop, some water
  5. 41.0Back up the hill

Down Sellicks Hill to the beach road. Town manners, engine heat, and the bike at the lights.

Bring your own helmet and gear if you have them; we’ll kit you out if you don’t. No speeds, no showing off. Just the roads.

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KM · CAP 214°

FUEL STOP

How buying one goes.

Four stops, no rush between them. You can leave after any one of them and come back when it suits.

Used bikes. Ridden, looked over and serviced before they go on the floor. We’ll tell you what we saw.

Trade-ins. Bring yours. We’ll ride it and tell you what we see, on the day.

  1. 1

    Talk it through.

    What you ride, where, and who comes with you. Height, inseam, and how far you like to go before a stop.

  2. 2

    Ride it.

    On a loop that shows you what matters, with one of us riding along. Two bikes back to back if you can’t choose.

  3. 3

    We set it up.

    Sag, handlebars, levers and tyres, with you on it, in your gear. The numbers go in the book with the bike.

  4. 4

    Pick it up.

    Then come back after the first few hundred kilometres and we’ll look again, once the bike and you have settled in.

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KM · CAP 230°

FINISH

The coast. Tell us your ride.

Tell us what you ride now and what you’d like to ride. We’ll have one ready and set roughly before you get here.

YOUR RIDE · WHAT YOU MARKED

    Nothing marked yet. Press Mark it on a bike, a test ride or the workshop, and it lands here.

    The same adventure motorcycle parked at a cliff-top gravel lookout above a long beach and a grey sea.

    WHAT HAPPENS NEXT

    1. We read it and write back with a morning or an afternoon that suits.
    2. If you told us your height and inseam, the bike is set roughly before you arrive.
    3. Bring your own helmet and jacket if you have them. We have some to lend if you don’t.

    Whichever you’d rather we used.

    The roads you ride most
    Which test ride

    Your ride

    Your ride

      Mark a bike, a test ride or a workshop job on the way down, and it comes with this.