Archive for July, 2018

Dirt

Motorcycle # 3 In hindsight one of the better things that happened to me was too many speeding tickets in the mid 90โ€™s.This put me on a good behaviour driving licence and made me turn to riding off road. It was still the two stroke era, 250cc bikes were really […]

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Italian affair

Motorcycle #7 This was my โ€˜2006 ishโ€™ MV Agusta Brutale 750. After a couple of years on my Buell XB Lighting I grew tired of the mid range flat spot that affected the 900cc version. This was the only issue on an otherwise excellent bike and should have been easy […]

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North Sumatra Motorcycle ride

I have for some time wondered what the area around Lake Toba in North Sumatra would be like to ride. I was not able to find any bike rental previously but by chance met someone from the area via Instagram who told me I can easy rent a scooter on […]

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Flores Ride part three

Continuing my ride on the island of Flores, from Riung I cross a series of mountains as I travel south. It’s mostly gravel and washouts however it is scenic and a pleasant day so no complaints. Just a few villages no shops but every single person I passed waved and […]

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Flores Motorcycle Tour continued

It rained last night and the clouds were still clinging to the mountains in the morning. Eventually I set off to visit the Kelimutu volcano with its three colour crater lakes on the insistence of the lodge owner โ€˜no problem can see, can seeโ€™. Nope, not going to see anything […]

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