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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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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I have now toured on both the Honda Goldwing and the BMW K1600GT and have a few comparison notes. You would already know they are both similar size large motorcycles and both are similar weight. At a standstill the BMW feels the heavier of the two. The Honda carries its […]
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I have had to split my ride report for this tour into two parts as it was too many photos for WordPress, the blogging platform I use to display. Potes to Logrono I don’t feel too bad next morning, some pain from the Shingles. I have a big box of […]
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After enjoying the fantastic roads of Sardinia I flew to Portugal for the second half of this trip the focus of which was to ride the best pure motorcycling roads in Europe. Leaving Olbia Sardinia where no ride share services exist allowed taxis to charge me 30 euro for a […]
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A Motorcycling Paradise I became aware of Sardinia being a motorcycle destination back when we had print magazines and manufacturers wined and dined journalists at new bike launches in special riding places. From regional Australia it was four flights and three days to get here. I flew with Cathay Pacific […]
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By Peter Egan I’ve read some of Peter Egan’s writing before and decided this collection would provide a way to pass some time on another long haul journey to ride a far away place. Peter is a very talented writer. I wish I had a fraction of his skills. The […]
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I’ve tried many items claimed to keep you dry riding in rain and most have proved to be useless in one way or another. Jackets with Gore-Tex zip in liners work as long as the outer layer of the jacket does not get waterlogged. They come with a ‘Durable Water […]
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Phone cameras produce images that are ‘good enough’ for blog publishing. That’s something I have said and other bloggers I follow such as Chillertek have said. It has even been stated by some serious professional photographers I follow. Despite this while enjoying a look back at my rides recently I […]
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