There is something you must do if buying travel insurance for a fly/ride motorcycle holiday – Read the Product Disclosure Statement (PDS) carefully. I used to have annual travel policies when living in Japan and frequently visiting Philippines (above) and SE Asia which I arranged via a broker to ensure […]
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I had no plans to buy a DJI Osmo Action 6 but as I mentioned in my Canada ride report I misplaced my Osmo Action 5 in route to Vancouver and that being once in a lifetime ride I decided to buy a new cam then I recovered my Action […]
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It has been three years since my last ride in North America during which time I have been thinking where else I might tour in that part of the world. I have seen some of the USA and might ride more of it one day but there is a big […]
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Thin Air, Full Throttle, by Rajeev Bagga I did not know what this book was about before grabbing it for Kindle, I just wanted something to read on another long flight and saw it promoted by motorcycle travel writer Spencer James Conway. Turns out this is a guide book to […]
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Packing for my next overseas ride I know off by heart almost everything which I will take with the only major choice being either my laminated Merlin rider gear for mild weather or my cordura Merlin rider gear if heading into hot weather. Then it’s two pairs of Gore-Tex gloves […]
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Motorcycle Paradise blog turns twenty years old. I published some ‘home pages’ prior (what personal web sites used to be called) however the name Motorcycle Paradise debuted June/July 2006, according what archives have survived. My return to web publishing was via Google Blogger which allowed anyone to make a web […]
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Well after a long hiatus I’m again an owner of what you might (or might not according to some camera reviewers) call a real camera. I’ve looked at each camera released the last five years, even managed to borrow a couple but remained unconvinced I needed to buy one. I […]
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Part Two Day five Daegu-Andong Another fine day. A little cooler so I break out my merino base layer which is one of many items I carry on every tour and it often comes in handy. It seems everyone in South Korea lives in high rise apartments clumped together. There […]
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Part One I’ve tried a couple of times previously to ride South Korea. In 2018 while living in Japan I booked myself and my Yamaha FJR1300 on the overnight ferry from Shimonoseki to Busan however bureaucracy meant I never went and instead toured Tsushima Island which is located so close […]
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It’s been five years since I last rode a motorcycle in Japan. Having ridden over 110,000km around Japan it’s easily the destination I have enjoyed moto touring the most. A group of highly mountainous islands that anywhere else might have a limited road network but thanks to incredible wealth and […]
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Old Bikes, Distant Places By Nick Adams Adventures on Borrowed Time. Old bikes, Distant places. By Nick Adams. This is the second book by Nick Adams I have read. I grabbed it literally last minute before leaving to the airport off to try do yet another couple of rides. I […]
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This phrase came up in a conversation with a friend who is a few years older than me and has many places on his ride bucket list. He is considering shipping his motorcycle to Europe next year with the intention to try tick off many of the best roads in […]
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