New Zealand throws a lot at a motorcycle in a single day — alpine passes, gravel detours, coastal crosswinds, soft summer evenings, hard winter mornings. Our fleet is chosen to handle all of it without complaint, and to feel like the right tool in your hands whether you've ridden adventure bikes for decades or you're stepping up for the first time.
Every bike is fully serviced and fully optioned. Standard kit includes premium aluminium adventure panniers and topbox, waterproof liners, bar-backs (for a more comfortable ride no matter your height), a vibration-isolated Quad Lock phone mount, GoPro-style camera mounts (with an articulated arm), and an integrated Chigee screen with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto support.
For peace of mind, every bike also carries a satellite emergency beacon, roadside assistance cover, and a first aid kit. Low seats are available for most models, and our journey prices are all-in — no surprises and pillions ride free.
The newest big GS, fitted with BMW's Automated Shift Assistant — clutchless, gearbox-driven shifting that makes long days feel shorter.
The ASA is the bike to pick if you want to spend less mental budget on shifting and more on the view. It still rides every bit like a GS — confident, composed, surprisingly agile for its size — but the constant micro-adjustments of clutch and shift quietly disappear. By the end of a day over the Crown Range or the Lewis Pass, you'll notice how much less tired your left hand is.
The benchmark adventure motorcycle of the last decade. Smooth, planted, and famously hard to fault.
If the R1300 ASA is the new kid, the R1250GSA is the steady hand. Hundreds of thousands of these have circled the planet, and there's a reason. It's quiet at motorway speeds, endlessly comfortable two-up, and forgiving when the road surface stops being polite. For a multi-week journey across both islands, it's still very hard to beat.
A middleweight adventure bike with a parallel-twin that punches above its weight — and a lower seat for riders who want their feet flat at the lights.
The F900GSA is the bike to choose when the road map looks like a scribble. It's noticeably lighter than the boxer twins, flicks through tight switchbacks with less effort, and is perfectly happy on the kind of well-formed gravel you find on plenty of New Zealand back-country shortcuts. And at a standstill, it's noticeably easier to manage than its bigger cousins.
Simple, characterful, and built around the idea that an adventure bike doesn't need to weigh 260 kilos to be brilliant.
The Himalayan is the antidote to horsepower for its own sake — and the bike behind one of motorcycling's most genuine cult followings. It's the bike that can carry you across the Indian subcontinent, and it'll take you up New Zealand's unsealed alpine passes with the same easy confidence. Its lighter weight and lower seat height also make it especially welcoming for newer riders, and for those who want their feet flat at the lights. There's a particular kind of rider who'll get exactly why we put it in the fleet, and if that's you, you already know.
Bike availability varies by season and journey length. If you've got a specific bike in mind, tell us early and we'll do our best to make it happen.
