Norway Motorcycle Tour. Part One. This is a very special ride for me. This trip brings me full circle after 35 years of travel for it was Norway that I first dreamed about visiting. I had a pen friend there that I used to swap computer disks with in the […]
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I have returned to Europe to tick off my last bucket list ride item – riding to the Artic circle but before that I have a week to do a side trip. It’s a long way from Australia to most places in the world and even longer to Europe. Some […]
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By Andy C Wareing It has taken me a little while longer than usual to read this book from Andy. I finished it on my fourth and final flight from home to Germany where I am currently melting in a freaking heat wave. It is very well written like the […]
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By Noraly Schoenmaker I don’t follow the Itchy Boots YouTube channel. I watched a little when Noraly was in the Antofagasta de la Sierra but nothing more. That’s not a negative review because I really can’t bring myself to watch any of the popular moto vloggers for long enough to […]
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After my accident in New Zealand I decided to bring forward the retirement of my Nolan N70-2 GT helmet. The N70-2 GT has been a fine helmet and it was relatively unscathed with just a couple of scratches but besides the accident it was already approaching the age for replacement […]
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Eastern Victoria Autumn Motorcycle Tour I had an idea to revisit Victoria when I buy a new bike however I remain undecided if owning another motorcycle makes any sense for me where I live and thus had no firm plans. Then Ride Day posted their Summer Victorian tour earlier in […]
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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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Little things can make a big change. For the last 15 years I have been doing fly ride tours using the free cloth cover that comes with new helmets but finally getting a proper helmet bag has made my life much easier. After my first few fly ride tours I […]
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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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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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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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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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