think it did great in the end.
“I think a lot of Scramblers are great to ride on the
highway but when it comes to the actual off-road sections
they’re pretty bulky and heavy,” he continues to explain
that while many manufacturers have models based on
traditional scramblers they aren’t often up too the job;
looks being favoured over capabilities.
When discussing Scram Africa Liam becomes even
more excited, the support he received was overwhelming
yet perhaps not entirely unsurprising.
“Everyone was super excited about the trip and really
supportive,” he grins. “It seemed like everyone was extra
excited I was doing it on a bit of a different bike.”
That seems to be the nature of the Mutt as well as the
fun involved with Scram Africa, it’s adventure of a very
different kind.
“The whole ride was amazing and so well planned out,”
Liam clearly loves this sort of event. “We never rode the
same terrain twice. One day we would be ripping through
mountains, then desert, and then through a ‘million-year-
old’ fortress carved into the rock.
“Every day was packed with the craziest riding I’ve ever
done. It was amazing!”
Liam laughs that initially the riders thought the event
would be ‘scrambler based’ and nothing more than casual
riding along formed tracks with plenty of sightseeing, it
became something very different, ‘a lot more challenging’
than anyone was expecting. Everyday Scram Africa and
the guys at Fuel threw in challenges.
The challenges started earlier though; Liam was faced
with the highways of Europe with a bike that could only
just get to 100 kilometres per hour. He laughs again that
the greatest challenge was finding his way though Europe
without taking a main road … perhaps more akin to the
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