Update – I wrote this before I actually started to ride my own bucket list. This was just collecting every interesting ride I had heard about into an article for something to do and ponder what I might ride myself. It is not my suggestion or what I chose myself […]
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I’ve been doing a few rides north from Nagoya towards Nagano. The high alps in Nagano are a bit too far for one day but there is still plenty of great roads to enjoy along the way. Getting out of Nagoya is still a challenge but I now know the […]
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Starting to know a few of the roads around Nagoya now but it would take years to explore them all. I set off to revisit route 157 in Gifu. I previously started down this road but turned back at what appeared to be road closed ahead type signage which I […]
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It is rainy season here in Japan now but when the weather permits I am loading up the bike and heading out to explore. Most recently I went about as far north as possible in one day to Toyama district and enjoyed one of the best rides I have completed […]
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I have now completed a few tours and (70,000km as of 2019) (110,000km 2021) on my 2014 FJR1300 and feel able to give a detailed view of the bike and talk about some its strengths and weaknesses. Please bear in mind my words relate to how the motorcycle fits my […]
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How often can you say you went from one side of the country to the other in a day. How about back again same day. Welcome to Japan. I did not set out to purposely to see two different oceans on the same day however leaving Nagoya bound west I […]
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I am back on two wheels in Japan. After I sold my Honda CB1100 I had no vehicle in Australia. I had long since sold my car having decided to never own another but I missed my bike almost immediately. Soon I began to think what I might buy in […]
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I enjoyed touring the Philippines, nothing went really to plan but that just suits travel here. (Updated 2018 and again 2020, photos enhanced and couple of new photos added) After my recent ride in northern Thailand I flew to Philippines to meet an old mate of mine. My plan was […]
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Arriving at Chiang Mai airport after an overnight flight via Kuala Lumpur I was feeling pretty good having grabbed some rare sleep on board and was ready to start the ride that morning. When the luggage belt was switched off and my bag had not arrived my heart sunk. Spent […]
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The open road beckons me for one more ride. Relaxing by the wide Clarence river Countryside in the tablelands looks very different to the tropics where I live, almost like North West of the USA. I tried but cannot correct the exposure much more with the bright mid afternoon sun. […]
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Despite my previous poor results with a Vista cruise control for motorcycles (which was really throttle lock device same as this is) I have decided to try another design since I have a large Australian tour coming up soon. The Photon Cruise 2 is a small device that clips on […]
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I have just returned from my second motorcycle ride in Malaysia. This latest trip was a bit impromptu, deciding just a week or so before to go somewhere and Malaysia came straight to mind. I flew direct to Kuala Lumpur from Australia with Air Asia. (2021 note – sorry the […]
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