Graphic Designer Logan Olausen from Golden Bay tells us how a TV show planted the seed , but it was a trip to Vietnam that started his love affair with adventure riding .

WHY I RIDE ...

When did you get into riding ? “ I grew up in Auckland and rode 125cc dirt bikes with my mates so I had a grasp on the basics , but I didn ’ t ride again until about seven years ago when I was in Vietnam on a backpacking trip . I had absolutely no intention of travelling the length of the country on a motorbike , but a group of us decided to buy some absolute heaps of crap - 110cc Honda Wins . From the 80s , not an original part between them , and falling to bits the whole way down . It was a good laugh , quite stressful at times , but a really cool trip and a great way to see the country . I think the adventure riding seed was planted when I was about 13 or 14 and I watched the Long Way Round with Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman . I loved the look of those old GS bikes , thinking the whole thing looked bloody cool . Being able to see remote areas of countries and places , and the sense of freedom being on two wheels .”