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Here’s a rundown of the state of the new French law requiring all (but not really all, see below) motorcyclists to wear fluoro orange or yellow, from a French blogger on MOTOrbiker.org. […]

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Quick head-clearer

Upper Murray meander What do you do when the bushfires have gone? Here’s James Farley’s answer I had been sitting around for days watching the smoke haze sit on top of my house, wondering when […]

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Riding Sabah

Bagaimana hendak ke sana?* Good question, that; for the answer, just read on Words: Peter Thoeming Photos: Simon Hohnen Life is everywhere in Sabah, in the north of Borneo. Visibility, unfortunately, isn’t. At the moment […]

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Destination: Tasmania

The Far From Simple Island Of course Tasmania is Australia’s prime motorcycle destination. But if you just do the once-around trip you risk missing out on a lot. Here’s a rough transcript of a conversation […]

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East Coast Tasmania

Easy Up It’s a comfortable day’s ride from Hobart to St Helens Words: The Bear Photos: Lou Martin and The Bear It is so easy to get out of Hobart you’d almost think they were […]

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Old Goulburn Brewery

Ride back in time A priceless insight into 19th century brewing. Oh, and a chance to have a real ale Back in the 1960s some time, a school inspector went to the Catholic primary school […]

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Lake Como, Italy

Rich folks Money isn’t everything… Words & photos: The Bear “Moto Guzzi dealers don’t become rich in money,” said Alis Agostini over lunch, “but in relationships.” We were sharing a huge plate of the local […]