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Year: 2008
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Road Rider Blog
The Bear – Tuesday, December 15, 2009 Vote and win! What’s the best bike road you’ve ever ridden? Come on, it’s a simple enough question. We all have favourites, and sometimes those favourites are not […]
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Road Rider Blog
The Bear – Friday, March 18, 2011 Here’s an interesting piece from the internet news service Slate. “Red-light cameras aren’t just municipal moneymakers, according to a new study. They also save lives, reports the Washington […]
Travel
Off-line NSW
Princes Highway deviation – Off-line As is often the case, the road less travelled calls us Nobody likes roadworks while they’re happening, except sadists who are riding behind beginners with no gravel experience. But we […]
Cruiser Bikes
Harley-Davidson XR1200
XRated Harley’s new XR1200 is a Sportster that lives up to its name You can’t keep a good bike down. Harley-Davidson’s XR750R has been winning flat-track races in the US every weekend for decades, and […]
Gear
Little Women 1
Gaerne has released its first “ladies only” Black Rose boot made from a new pattern to suit the female lower leg. The boot is made from full grain leather, has an ankle shield and zip […]
Gear
Airbag for your back
This novel air backpack from Topeak has a 10.7 litre capacity. There is a separate compartment for the hydration bladder and you can pump up the full length air pocket with the integrated micro pump […]
Blog
Road Rider Blog
The Bear – Thursday, June 25, 2009 Well, it’s been a couple of interesting days. I managed to put in some time with Arlen Ness (read all about it in Cruiser) and Mike Corbin (read […]
Travel Stories
Great motorcycle adventures: Trans-Africa 200
Into the Dark Continent Sick of reading about tours you’ll never be able to do? Just ring the number at the end of this story… Words and Photos: Lee Mears My motorcycle is bouncing from […]
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Road Rider Blog
The Bear – Wednesday, November 18, 2009 The locals fly the flag – a bit, anyway The Milan Motorcycle show, better known as EICMA, is amazing. I don’t just say that because they fly me […]