Cruiser Bikes
Project Bob Part I
Here’s to a year Probably the most common request we get is for long-term tests. What’s the bike like when you live with it, instead of just riding it for a couple of weeks? John […]
Month: October 2008
Bike
Obscure classic
MOTOM 98T You can beam this one up, Scotty Born in the same year as I, Motom didn’t prove to be quite as resilient. It died in the early 1960s, but then again there was […]
Travel
Weekend ride
The resting place Uruguayan muleteers liked it so much they gave it a name. Now it’s waiting for you just a short ride from Adelaide “Mintaro is a thoroughly charming and largely untouched historic town […]
Special Features
Australian Motorcycle Tourism Awards
The Road Rider Australian Motorcycle Tourism Awards celebrate hotels, pubs and public places that realize motorcyclists are a good thing. We’re good for business, we’re great customers and we want to give our custom to […]
Travel Stories
Big ride out
10,000km in a month, on a 30-year-old bike with a 60-year-old rider Words and photos: Don Thomas from Cairns Hi, Bear Greetings and felicitations etc from a subscriber. Many years ago I did the GOR […]
Bike
Honda Hornet
What can you do with your Hornet? Heaps… Ah, bless the quiet years in model development! Honda hasn’t had a great swag of new models recently, so the thoughts of the MPE gang in Campbellfield […]
Special Features
Duuing the job
Australia, the wait may soon be over … But then we’ve said that before. “Ah, Bear,” said CR&S founder Roberto Crepaldi. “It’s good to see you. You know, since you put our bike on the […]
Cruiser Bikes
Arlen Ness
Pinstripe wizard We talk to the King of the Kustomisers Arlen Ness started out much the same way as most of the successful designers, customisers and craftsmen of the motorcycle business: he made things for […]
Special Features
What makes a helmet legal?
Hard hats It is really hard to work out The poor old coppers (bless ’em) appear to have no idea, at least in Tasmania, and neither does Standards Australia. In Tassie, an unfortunate rider who […]
Special Features
Recording your trip
Here’s me in Mongolia! How to bring your adventures home Words & photos: John Brown How many times have you done a great ride and come back to your mates or loved ones and tried […]