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 […]
Year: 2008
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 […]
Bike
Kawasaki’s Cruisers
Riding the range Words: The ARR crew Photos: Nick Wood Rudi from Kawasaki usually has something interesting to say when he rings up. This time it was even more interesting than usual. “Hey, Bear,” he […]
News
BMW Motorrad launch new Facebook page!
BMW Motorrad now on Facebook. Closely following on from the unveiling of its newly updated website, BMW Motorrad is excited to announce that it can now be followed on Facebook. The introduction of Facebook will […]
Bike
Triumph Thunderbird
What’s in a badge? Hinckley’s latest wins hearts and minds The near-sainted Edward Turner and I have at least one thing in common. We don’t always get it right. When Turner sketched the Ariel Square […]
Travel
Mole Creek Road, Tasmania
So I go, I go, I go … Oops, different Mole. Not Kylie territory at all, really Once I organised a motorcycle launch for Triumph Australia up here below the Western Tiers. I rode the […]
Travel Stories
Riding Patagonia
Fin del Mundo… …the end of the world with Compass Expeditions Some rides you never forget. Our recent tour to Chile and Argentina, visiting almost mythical Patagonia, gave us several rides to remember. The seven […]