Travel Stories
Broken Hill ride
Nights on Busted Mountain Don Dennes goes looking for the west and finds those ‘c’ things For most of my years I’ve shared mankind’s desire to return to the sea. I still have that desire […]
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Mandorah Road
Open…then shut! Words and Photos: Ian Klütke Yes, the road to Mandorah is great – but the pub’s shut A picnic atmosphere prevailed some time ago for Darwin Ulyssians and members of the Harley Owners […]
Cruiser Bikes
The 2010 Harley-Davidsons
Old-fashioned girls As Harleys become progressively more up to date, they’re maintaining their old virtues “I’m just an old-fashioned girl with an old-fashioned mind, Not sophisticated, I’m the sweet and simple kind…” Eartha Kitt There’s […]
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Road Rider Blog
The Bear – Tuesday, July 26, 2011 Insurance company Budget Direct has done some research on attitudes towards bicycles and by bicyclists. It makes interesting reading (I’ve edited it a little), and in many cases […]
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Travel Stories
Greatest Weekend Rides
A day away Here’s the second half of our guide to a great day in any of a dozen cities in Australia or New Zealand. What do we have for you in this issue? More […]
Travel Stories
Queensland: The Leap
The Leap Hotel Laid-back drinking, Queensland style, plus a history lesson If you’re old enough to remember the cartoons of Ken Maynard, you’ll find the ambience of The Leap Hotel very familiar. Known these days […]
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The Bear – Friday, August 21, 2009 Earnestness and self-righteousness are not restricted to car drivers and bicyclists, although they (and especially the latter) seem to abound in both. We get them in the motorcycle […]
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Mick Matheson – Monday, March 04, 2013 You’ll be relieved to see that we’re cranking the kickstarter of our website at last, preparing to fire her up again and get rolling. Not before time, we […]
Bike
Piaggio XEvo 400
Singapore sling Putting Piaggio’s agile style to work in the tropics It was all very different from my last ride in Singapore, when my long-serving XL250 Honda refused to fire at the start of the […]