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Blog

Road Rider Blog

The Bear – Tuesday, September 06, 2011 A report from the Victorian Auditor-General has backed the technology, which brought in about $211 million revenue for the government in 2009-2010 Road safety cameras – speed and […]

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Cruiser Bikes

Suzuki M90

Goldilocks is here Not too this, not too that … in fact, just right Some cruisers can be, let’s face it, a little intimidating. Lots of power, lots of weight, lots of everything. Not that […]

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Special Features

The Great War Graves

Thruxton to Flanders Fields Brendan Nelson tours the Belgian War Graves Belgium is great country. It’s about half the size of Tassie and is the land of beer (800 brews at last count), chocolate, Tintin, […]

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Gear

Getting Lighter

Rohan James decided it was time to add some sort of auxiliary lighting to his bike and found the calliper-mounted Motolights from the US. He started RedMotorBike to import them. “These are not a light […]

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Cruiser Trikes

Heidi’s trike

Happy ending There is at least one very good reason for ordering a trike… Mick: “Hi, my name is Mick Fiora and I have been designing and building trikes for many years. About two years […]

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Cruiser Bikes

Midget Motorcyclist

Kevin Kronk once rode a miniature Brough Superior to become the world’s youngest motorcycle rider Words: Neil Kronk Photos: Kronk family Well, it seemed good to The Bear, so I made the phone call. When […]

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Special Features

Paperwork Rider

What do you actually need to take for a local or overseas trip? A tools ‘n’ paper checklist for that long ride “Bear,” wrote Drew Cavanagh from Paradise, SA, “Just bear (sorry) with me here […]

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Road Rider Blog

The Bear – Monday, June 22, 2009 A long way away, with only one pair of spare underpants Well, here I am in a bar writing my blog. In a way I had always imagined […]

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Bike

Honda FireBlade

A whole New Cut John Arens tackles the Island aboard Honda’s newest, sharpest ’Blade The first CBR was introduced back in early ’90s when we thought technology was sooo advanced. Well, it’s come along way […]