Book Review. A Fast Bike to Byzantium is the first of a series of books written by Andy C Wareing available on Kindle all with the theme of A Fast Bike to ‘a destination’ and all are about Andy’s moto adventures when he was a younger. I enjoyed his first […]
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This is my third motorcycle tour of the New Zealand North Island, 6th tour of the country. It’s a wonderful motorcycling destination but this trip nearly became my last. I put this together kind of last minute. I had been going to ride Thailand again but found myself hesitating. It […]
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Summer glove search For a long time I rode with rather poor summer gloves. Actually when I started riding I had flimsy gloves that offered almost no protection. Then I started wearing Moto-X gloves in summer simply copying a mate, but these don’t provide much protection for tarmac. I then […]
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My motorcycle riding has changed over the years. I got my motorcycle licence at 24, later than most people but that was the earliest I would have not instantly killed myself. I was a very reckless young man. I still nearly died when learning to ride and lacking any riding […]
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My ride in China continues. Part one can be read here. Day eight and I think I will linger over the buffet breakfast for a bit longer today as no rush to get riding when it is minus seven. But the weather is crystal clear blue skies zero rain every […]
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I’ve done all the dumb things in life but perhaps the one smart thing I did was 12 years ago I started thinking time was more valuable than possessions and how limited my opportunities would be to have the experiences I dream about if I stay on the corporate ladder […]
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Book Review I enjoyed the original The Moment Collectors book produced by Sam Manicom so when this sequel was announced I grabbed it and what perfect timing as I could read this on my way to China for my own latest ride in Asia. I again enjoyed reading this collection […]
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Book review – Timeless on the Silk Road by Heather Ellis. I did some non motorcycle travel recently so as always made sure I had something to read in Kindle while sitting in airports and planes. Heather Ellis had ridden through Africa and was working as a motorcycle courier in […]
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I have been contemplating (again) returning to using a real camera on my motorcycle travels and ended up doing a little comparison on my recent Cooktown ride of a new phone Vs a very nice camera. By comparison I mean how each works for me on a motorcycle tour and […]
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Winter is the best time of year in the far north. Mild sunny days, 25 degrees. I decided to ride. 1,319 words, 7 minutes read time.
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I have just completed a major overhaul of the blog as well have some follow up about the move from Google Blogger to WordPress. Blog Update Until recently I was not aware how slow my older posts were to load. I built this WordPress site while living in Japan where […]
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I have written a number of articles previously about my experiments using various cameras for taking photos whilst riding. After a period away from 360 cameras I return to fool around with the Ricoh Theta X. Before talking about the Theta X a bit of a recap is in order. […]
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