Wait! It’s not as much as it seems – just everything spread right out as next photo shows once together. I’ll list what I take for trips beyond SE Asia before showing my one way baggage method. (SE Asia far less) From the rear is my Alpinestars Andes goretex jacket. […]
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The type of motorcycle does not matter. The wind on my face is the same…
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In between heat waves and typhoons a fine week appeared. Time to ride. Previously I toured the remote Goto islands then Tsushima. Now Sado island was beckoning me. I decided to trace some of the route used by an annual event here known as Coast to Coast Twisty Butt. An […]
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A friend recently told me he cannot afford to buy gear for motorcycle touring which got me wondering how much does a basic kit set you back. My home region the licence plate logo says “Sunshine State”, like Florida. I rode for years without owning wet weather or winter riding […]
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Motorcycle No. 9 1/2 People say the number of motorcycles needed is N+1. (where N is current number) But owning more than one motorcycle at one time has never appealed to me. Perhaps because I have been changing them frequently or perhaps its the road taxes, insurance, tyres and servicing […]
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I think this site has three main elements; Travel, Motorcycling and Photography. The later I have not posted so much about. (maybe poor grammar is my fourth element ha-ha) After a 30 year hiatus I am again a Canon user. Last Canon I owned was the EOS 650 back in […]
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Update: This post is getting old now and I have finally in 2024 started to use a phone more for navigation but in some countries still rely on my Garmin GPS. I am starting to use My Route App on my phone for turn by turn guidance linked with my […]
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Motorcycle # 3 In hindsight one of the better things that happened to me was too many speeding tickets in the mid 90’s.This put me on a good behaviour driving licence and made me turn to riding off road. It was still the two stroke era, 250cc bikes were really […]
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Motorcycle #7 This was my ‘2006 ish’ MV Agusta Brutale 750. After a couple of years on my Buell XB Lighting I grew tired of the mid range flat spot that affected the 900cc version. This was the only issue on an otherwise excellent bike and should have been easy […]
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I have for some time wondered what the area around Lake Toba in North Sumatra would be like to ride. I was not able to find any bike rental previously but by chance met someone from the area via Instagram who told me I can easy rent a scooter on […]
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Continuing my ride on the island of Flores, from Riung I cross a series of mountains as I travel south. It’s mostly gravel and washouts however it is scenic and a pleasant day so no complaints. Just a few villages no shops but every single person I passed waved and […]
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It rained last night and the clouds were still clinging to the mountains in the morning. Eventually I set off to visit the Kelimutu volcano with its three colour crater lakes on the insistence of the lodge owner ‘no problem can see, can see’. Nope, not going to see anything […]
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