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Special Features

State of Helmets

Headache time Where’d you get that hat? … and is it legal? By Guy Stanford, immediate past chairman of the Motorcycle Council of NSW and a member of the Australian Motorcycle Council’s Helmet Committee An […]

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Travel Stories

Malaysia magic

Wanted Yes, that’s you – you’re wanted to ride one of South-East Asia’s most accessible destinations Malaysia is diversity itself. You will have read about our encounter with its countryside, culture and especially food in […]

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Travel Stories

Queen Charlotte Drive

Lest darkness fall There are so many good roads in New Zealand it’s difficult to do them all in daylight Look at the top end of the South Island. That’s where all the fiordy-looking fingers […]

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Road Rider Blog

The Bear – Thursday, March 25, 2010 Ah, poetry to soothe the savage beast Bill Dettmer from Melbourne sent me this wonderful pastiche on one of our best-loved poems. I couldn’t resist sharing it with […]

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Travel

CAN AM SPYDER SE5

Spyder Man How a Spyder converted this true-blue biker When I first saw this contraption on the web early in 2007 I had just completed a 19,000km trip around India on a Fireblade. I was […]

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Road Rider Blog

The Bear – Tuesday, February 22, 2011 You often read about the reasons why various people ride their bikes. There are many good ones, and I reckon they are all correct – for those particular […]

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Cruiser Bikes

What is a cruiser?

What is a cruiser? When I asked around for suggestions that might make the first issue of our new magazine as interesting as possible, I wasn’t prepared for the most common — and most vehemently […]

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Calling all Newbs

Short time only You asked for packing secrets for a day or a weekend ride and your wish is our command “It’s easy,” said Collins. “It could not be easier. For a weekend away you […]

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Road Rider Blog

The Bear – Monday, May 11, 2009 Well, on Tuesday the 28th of April we launched Cruiser+Trike in style at Sydney specialist bike shop Deus ex Machina – incidentally the people who built our cover […]