Articles by: Warren

Crampbuster Vs Throttle Rocker

Updated I have owned both of these and a vista throttle lock device and the photon cruise control device and frankly they do a poor job of giving your throttle hand a rest on long rides. The original post below is dated so I will try to explain anew the […]

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Thunderbolts and Oxley

This post edited and photos updated 2019. Easter was  a 5 day weekend due to ANZAC day falling at the same time. I literally made my mind to go riding the day before and packed up the bike on Thursday evening and booked a room at the Top Pub Uralla […]

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Motorcycle Roller Stand

A down side to my new exhaust system was they were unable to find a way to keep the centre stand. I probably would never have looked at one of these roller stands if I had not enjoyed the centre stand on the CB so much when cleaning the rear […]

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Mighty Plugs

Revised 16.04.2011 and 25.06.2011. Also see updates below. Further update – I stopped using silicon type molded ear plugs and change to “no roll” type foam ear plugs which I find superior.  You know I love ear plugs for riding. Besides saving you from  hearing loss they greatly reduce rider […]

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Dainese Guanto X-ILE gloves

One of the things I decided to do after my spill in the Japanese alps was to change out my summer gloves from O’Neil Moto-X gloves to items with greater protection. I wanted a summer glove still but with more chance of saving my hands in  fall. After reading some […]

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Vitesse Boots

I currently have in the cupboard a variety of unsuitable riding boots. One pair are simple walking boots/shoes with little protection and which I have already stopped using. Another pair are also short height boots/shoes from Alpinestars that after a days riding bite into my arch no matter what I […]

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V2 visor sponge

I admit freely I am often slow to recognize a good thing. Be it I get too absorbed elsewhere or follow the herd or end up going round in circles before realizing I had it right to begin with. And that’s just motorcycles, the harder stuff of one’s personal life […]

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Japan Ride 2010

This post is out of date and predates my living in Japan. Please go to my Japan menu for more recent and better posts about riding Japan. Despite a major incident on tour I again enjoyed riding in Japan. My original plan got washed out due to the unseasonable arrival […]

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Textile rider gear repairs

I needed to make some repairs to my Alpinestars textile pants which I managed to touch against the hot exhaust of the Honda CBF600 whilst on tour in Germany. It only took a couple of seconds to melt the outer nylon and inner layer and lucky there is mesh inside […]

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Kawasaki Good Time World

I visited the Kawasaki world in Kobe Japan. It is not a large display however reading about the other things Kawasaki build was of great interest. For example I knew they made some of the trains operating in Tokyo however not also many other cities trains in Japan and Asia […]

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Europe Alps Tour

Ultimate Alps Tour with Edelweiss In May 2020 during the lockdown I revisited this post and realised I had at the time barely written anything about this tour and posted a mere dozen images that were straight from the camera (since I did not start post processing my photos until […]

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Held Score gloves

This was written some time ago when Held had just 6 different motorcycle gloves, Held have since expanded with 1000’s of new items and most are made in China, but this post is about their original gloves. I have been talking about getting new gloves for the tour and I […]

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