The type of motorcycle does not matter. The wind on my face is the same…
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Archive for August, 2018
Sado Island Motorcycle Tour
In between heat waves and typhoons a fine week appeared. Time to ride. Previously I toured the remote Goto islands then Tsushima. Now Sado island was beckoning me. I decided to trace some of the route used by an annual event here known as Coast to Coast Twisty Butt. An […]
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Reasonable rider gear need not cost a fortune
A friend recently told me he cannot afford to buy gear for motorcycle touring which got me wondering how much does a basic kit set you back. My home region the licence plate logo says “Sunshine State”, like Florida. I rode for years without owning wet weather or winter riding […]
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Irish luck
Motorcycle No. 9 1/2 People say the number of motorcycles needed is N+1. (where N is current number) But owning more than one motorcycle at one time has never appealed to me. Perhaps because I have been changing them frequently or perhaps its the road taxes, insurance, tyres and servicing […]
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Camera Talk – Canon G1XM3
I think this site has three main elements; Travel, Motorcycling and Photography. The later I have not posted so much about. (maybe poor grammar is my fourth element ha-ha) After a 30 year hiatus I am again a Canon user. Last Canon I owned was the EOS 650 back in […]
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How to create and navigate a GPS route for motorcycle touring
Update: This post is getting old now and I have finally in 2024 started to use a phone more for navigation but in some countries still rely on my Garmin GPS. I am starting to use My Route App on my phone for turn by turn guidance linked with my […]
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