Bike
BMW R 1200 R
Win some, lose some How does the latest R/R compare? The best news with BMW’s naked Roadmeister is that what we lose is the unpopular power-assisted front brake. But how good is a new bike […]
Month: May 2008
Special Features
The things that make you STOP!
The things that make you STOP! You may never see your brake pads but that doesn’t mean they don’t matter No matter what you ride, or how slow or fast you go, effective brake pads […]
Special Features
Readers Letters
We’ve been a bit busy over here G’day Bear, Greetings from Uruzgan, Afghanistan. Firstly, thanks for the magazines you sent over. I’ve been reading them all with great interest and I’m in the process of […]
Travel
Great cruiser rides
Blowin’ in the wind Lunch in Kiama, anybody? Great Cruiser Rides is a new feature in Cruiser+Trike that will introduce you to some, well, great day and weekend rides. Whenever we can we’ll find you […]
Travel
The Gordon River Road
Six degrees of acceleration Getting acquainted on a first date can be awkward, but this one went quite smoothly Words & photos: Elspeth ‘Gillian’ Callender I was beginning to feel out of place. I work […]
Cruiser Trikes
Spyders galore
Busy, busy at the launch of Can-Am’s latest Well, this is the end of my complaining about press junkets overseas. For years I’ve been sniping at The Bear and other writers for goofing off on […]
Special Features
The wild half
Lester Morris looks back at early Villiers-engined contraptions for the disabled. There was once a charitable organisation grimly referred to as the “Civilian Maimed and Limbless Association”. That title has long since been abandoned but […]
Blog
Road Rider Blog
The Bear – Wednesday, July 29, 2009 Yep, the latest news is that bikies are even worse for the country and for each of us individually than the various governments had thought. Recent figures estimate […]
Blog
Road Rider Blog
Terri . – Friday, September 03, 2010 Slow news day or not, only Channel 7 carried a report on our Rally outside State Parliament in Sydney on Tuesday – but it was a good segment, […]
Special Features
Reasons to be cheerful
2010: What was that all about? Reasons to be cheerful There’s light at the end of the tunnel. Or is that a train? Well, it’s been a weird year, hasn’t it. You might note that […]