40 MOTORCYCLE TRADER
PAUL DAVIS
Paul is from Beaufort in
Victoria and the CEO of the
Wadawurrung Aboriginal
Corporation. In case you
think ‘CEO’ translates
into lots of money, Paul spent years working
for Aboriginal advancement in the Northern
Territory and his choice of bike, a 2016 R Nine
T Scrambler, was partly determined by the fact
that the R 1200 R he considered as an option at
the time was too expensive.
It didn’t stop him, though, from modifying
his Scrambler to suit his needs. He found the
stock suspension too harsh and replaced it with
Wilbers equipment.
He also modified the ’bars and lights to make
him more comfortable on dirt and dealing with
kangaroos.
“This is my second TS Safari. I did the
first one in 2013. I love the rideability of my
Scrambler and I signed up this year because the
TS philosophy suits my riding and I enjoy the
company.”
LANA BOZIC
Lana was one of the few
female solo riders on her
factory-lowered BMW F 700
GS. She’s 5’2” tall (or ‘short’
depending on how you look
at it) and always wanted to ride. A combination
of motherly disapproval and children kept her
from two wheels until what she describes as a
‘mid-life crisis’ 12 years ago.
Along with the BMW, in her garage are a
Triumph Street Triple R (also factory-lowered)
and a Triumph Bobber.
“I know a lot of girls who ride on all sorts of
bikes – H-Ds, Suzuki GSX-Rs, Suzuki TU250Xs
and Ducati Monsters. We used to ride together
every weekend in the early days of Women
Adventure Riders Australia. We rode down to
Phillip Island the year Casey Stoner retired and
it took us three full days! A couple of the guys
came with us and couldn’t believe how long it
could take to get there. I came back with the
boys and we did it in just over a day – I’m still
exhausted from the experience!”MARTIN LENICKA
Martin came from
Townsville for the TS Safari,
but his story was a little
different from most. Part of
the BMW Safari experience
is to have your bike inspected by your local BMW
dealer (Safari Ready Program). If it passes, you
get all the BMW support.
Martin took his 2016 R 1200 GS ‘Triple Black’
edition in for inspection but Shane Bright
(pictured with Martin), the general manager of
Townsville BMW, happened to have a K 1600 B
Grand America in the showroom and Martin’s
partner sat on it. She calls the back of any of
Martin’s bikes ‘her area’ and decided the Grand
America was far more comfortable than the GS.
“I had to have the K 1600 but I was surprised
by the interest in the Triple Black. Someone in
California saw it advertised online and that’s
where it now lives.”
Shane was on the TS Safari as well,
demonstrating you need to walk the walk as
well as talk the talk.It’s common
for Safari
participants to
keep in touch
with each other
long after the
ride has ended