Archive for March, 2025

Helmet Carry Case from Amazon.

For the last 15 years I have been doing fly ride tours using the free cloth cover that comes with new helmets but getting a proper helmet bag has made my life easier. After my first few fly ride tours I changed from carrying a helmet onboard to packing my […]

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Wine Trails and Wheat Belts

Western Australia Motorcycle Tour It’s somewhat surprising given how much I have travelled that I’ve never visited the other side of my home country. To be fair it isn’t like when I was living in Japan where I could ride across the country in a day. Australia is a much […]

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North to Norway

by Stephen Oliver This book was recommended to me by Sam Manicom and I am very grateful for the tip as I learned something very important for my own ride in Norway later this year. Stephen is one of these rare people who can remember all the little interesting things […]

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Nikwax Wax Cotton waterproof spray

I’ve tried many products to renew the Durable Waterproof Coating (DWC) on my former nylon rider gear from Alpinestars and Macna and again more recently for my Merlin Cordura rider gear. Achieving a DWC is essential to getting rider gear with Gore-Tex or similar zip in rain liners to work. […]

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Five ‘Boxer’ Motorcycle Gloves

I have another pair of gloves to talk about. The ‘Boxer’ motorcycle gloves from Five. These are a short summer style glove but with a difference. They have a waterproof lining. I did not buy them to use in rain, they are not long enough for a jacket to be […]

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