Articles by: Warren

Transylvania Motorcycle Tour

I think every biker has a few roads on their bucket list. The Transfagarasan in Romania is one such road for me. I knew about this road well before the three stooges of Top Gear made it famous by calling it (in Clarkson’s voice) the “Greatest road in the world” […]

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Book Review – Adventure Motorcyclist

Adventure Motorcyclist by Dr Gregory W Frazier. I saw this book mentioned on Ride in Asia forum so picked it up on kindle and basically read it in a few long sessions on my flights and layovers during the 30 hour journey from Townsville to Warsaw. (and a warning this […]

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N-Com B601R Bluetooth headset

Despite my Captain Cheap Charlie Bluetooth headset working fine I splashed out on a genuine Nolan helmet headset. The reason is comfort. My Aliexpress bluetooth headset when installed to my Nolan N70 helmet was not a good fit. Nolan helmets are all designed to have a Nolan N-com headset installed. […]

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Garmin XT2 – what a piece of shit

On my USA tour I got to use the new Goldwing navigator and realised again my navigation setup was dated. Besides my ill fated look at Apple Car Play (which stopped working after one tour) I have been using a 2009 Garmin Nuvi 765 as my navigator outside of Japan […]

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Merlin Shenstone gloves review

After my bad luck with the Dryrider Stealth gloves I bought whilst on my Kaputa tour I ordered what I hoped would be much better quality summer gloves. I searched to try find any stock of the Rough and Road Coolmax lined summer gloves I previously owned but were lost […]

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7 days with the new Honda Goldwing.

I like bikes in the tourer category but there are very few left due to everyone jumping on the ADV bike craze. Excluding automatically the BMW K1600 series due to its $2000 valve checks you are left with the BMW 1250RT and the Gold Wing. Every review about the new […]

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12 days with the Moto Guzzi V85TT

I have always wanted to know what the Moto Guzzi side ways V Twin engine felt like and I also thought this bike might be decent alternative to a BMW GS if I wanted a large ADV style bike in the future. I found a lot to like about the […]

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East USA Motorcycle Touring

After my Colorado motorcycle tour I flew via Minneapolis to Baltimore where I met a friend I had not seen in a lifetime. We went to Gettysburg to visit the civil war museum. Trying to comprehend the number of young men that died is difficult but this is a excellent […]

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Mountains and Canyons

Colorado Motorcycle Tour Part Two “Better than mountains are only mountains you have not seen yet” – old Russian saying. Rested after a day off I continue to explore the mountains of Colorado. Day 7 Today I make my way north from Colorado Springs on ‘good motorcycle roads’ all day. […]

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Devil Wipes tour test

I saw these at my local motorcycle accessory shop and decided to see if they are better than my usual cheaper touring item of a wet microfiber cloth in a zip lock bag. In Australia I just stop at a petrol station and use the free paper and water provided […]

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Colorado Motorcycle Tour

Mountains and Canyons I originally imagined this ride in 2020. Covid arrived and travel stopped. Then I was diagnosed with cancer in April 2021. During treatment I started to plan and book this ride as something to motivate myself not knowing if I would get to go. It’s been a […]

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The Far North

I’ve been waiting for a week of fine days in the northern tablelands to do a ride but it is the wettest place in Australia. Finally a three day window appeared so I grabbed it. All that rain feeds many waterfalls in the north of Queensland, including what is perhaps […]

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