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Road Rider Blog
The Bear – Wednesday, February 22, 2012 I have not seen so much meat… Since a grateful reader organised a tour of the Riverstone abattoirs for me. At Fogo de Chao in Minneapolis, feral waiters […]
Month: August 2008
Blog
Road Rider Blog
The Bear – Thursday, December 03, 2009 As if being a motorcyclist isn’t enough I’ll bet you sometimes feel that motorcyclists are considered, shall we say, less than completely worthwhile members of society. Someone says […]
Cruiser Bikes
YAMAHA V-STAR XVS1300A
Life after mumbo The most powerful V-Star, if that’s your thing I’d like to get one thing off my chest right away. There has been a lot of argument recently about cruiser power requirements. For […]
Bike
Yamaha TMAX XP500
Take it to the max Sporty scooting? Why not? The TMAX has usually been considered as the sporty one among the maxi (over about 250cc) scooters, and the 2008 model takes that concept to the […]
Cruiser Bikes
Customising 201
Saddle up Here is the second of our regular series on customising. You could say we’re, err, starting from the bottom… The seat’s probably the last thing you look at when you’re buying a bike, […]
Gear
Screen News
If you’re after a new screen for your bike, it’s worth checking out the MRA range. There’s a huge variety, all the way from the basic Original (which, as its name suggests, is the same […]
Travel Stories
Natchez Trace Parkway
You’ve heard of ribbon development. But what about ribbon non-development? The buffalo started it all, they and some of the other wild animals of the American South. They migrated up the Mississippi, at first, and […]
Gear
By The Gods
We really like Zeus helmets. Now they’ve launched a Dual Sport called the 2100 Dual Sport (reasonably enough) into the Australian market. It is based on the ZS-2100 full face and has a sun peak […]
Special Features
Don’t just sit there!
As this issue went to press we learned NSW CTP greenslips for motorcycles had risen by up to 85 per cent. Are you going to let them roll over us again or, like Peter Hawker […]
Cruiser Bikes
Belt Drives
Getting belted Not comfortable with the idea of belt drives? Here’s all you need to know Words: Terri Dodd Mitch Hedberg once said, “My belt holds my pants up, but the belt loops hold my […]