By Andy C Wareing I was going to wait and read this later but took a peek and then could not stop and ended up reading it though in one day. Which is another way of me saying I enjoyed this book very much and could not put it down. […]
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Articles by Warren
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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A Fast Bike to Byzantium
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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New Zealand – A Paradise for Riding
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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Rev’it Sand 4 gloves
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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Where to next
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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China Motorcycle Ride Part Two
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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China Motorcycle Ride
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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