Leigh was the last of the group to join the motorcycling fraternity. Rarely the first to leap but not one to be left behind, Leigh has taken the plunge and got himself fully licenced up. He is not what you might think of as a typical biker but you can imagine him pottering through the lanes on a sunny summers day on a 1970s triumph with a tin pot helmet, goggles and a white scarf flying behind him.

After years of riding around as a learner Dave finally got his license a couple of years back now. He currently has an old K1 bandit S which he is the first to admit has done him proud. But the time is getting closer by each day, when he will be needing to say fair well to his trusty steed and upgrade to a more manly bike. If not just for the fact of adventures to come but change is good and is due. The question is what next. well it's going to be a big trail bike after witnessing first hand the ease at which his fellow ride around colleagues dealt with the recent 2000 mile trip. I know he wants the same and to be able to join then on the next big adventure across the back and beyond.

Aidy has been riding motorbikes since just after he left university in 2003. His first bike was a 1988 Suzuki GSX-R750 bought for £1000. His second bike was a Suzuki GSF600 Bandit, bought for his adventure to Norway in 2005. Two years later he sold the Bandit to Shane (for him to learn on) and upgrade to a BMW R1200GS... which was promptly trashed one month later by a SMIDSY. Having had the R1200GS repaired, Aidy has spent the next three year giving it a damn good thrashing off-road. 2011 will see the R1200GS take to the remote tracks and desert pistes of Morocco... will it struggle to keep up with the 650 enduro bikes that make up the rest of the group, or will it eat them for breakfast?

Shane has a hunger for adventure that neither his wallet, free time nor other-half will support. Ever the optimist, after riding a Suzuki Bandit 600 for a few years and completing a Level 1 Advanced course at the "World of BMW" school in Wales he has put his money where is mouth is and invested in a brand new, fully spec'd BMW R1200GS Adventure ("30 Years GS" version). It is planned that this awesome machine will take him round Iceland, help him win the HUMM event and get safely to the beer festival in Germany! So; is Shane ready for the Adventure? I think we need to ask if the Adventure is ready for him?

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