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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 […]

The Bear – Monday, July 13, 2009 Well, it’s come to this: motorcycle-mounted paramedics in Sydney are being spat at and insulted by pedestrians on their way to urgent cases. These blokes have saved a […]

Terri . – Thursday, May 20, 2010 Yesterday, I saw a travelling kitchen. Well, not really. It was a brand new BMW done up exactly like my rich friend’s Smeg kitchen. Matt grey tank, muted […]

The Bear – Wednesday, February 01, 2012 Interesting note here From regular reader and pollie stirrer Peter Hawker -about the way the French government is making reflective patches on bike clothing mandatory – but only […]

The Bear – Friday, January 29, 2010 Want to know when your bike was mentioned in Australian Road Rider? Or which road to take in some part of Australia you have never explored before? Or, […]

The Bear – Monday, February 15, 2010 Police pull over riders to give safety lectures Motorcyclists are being stopped by UK police under a controversial government-backed initiative to improve road safety. At least two police […]

The Bear – Tuesday, March 20, 2012 A couple of things went wrong today. Well, actually, more than a couple. It was a thorough bastard of a day. I came home angry, which is not […]

The Bear – Monday, March 28, 2011 Problems with ethanol How about a fuel tank that rusts out? Every now and then I’m accused of being alarmist over the increasing use of ethanol-laced fuel. Well, […]

The Bear – Monday, October 12, 2009 Can this be the beginning of the end for speed cameras? According to a news item sent to me by reader Gary Pearce, a Conservative government in the […]

The Bear – Thursday, September 17, 2009 Finally someone’s doing something, but not here – yet! I don’t normally pinch stuff from the web but I couldn’t resist this one. It’s from the Sunday Times […]