I owned a number of items from the Yokohama motorcycle gear brand Rough and Road when I lived in Japan and found all their gear to be well designed and priced competitively. So I recently got a new pair of gloves from them. I used Tenso a freight forwarder in […]
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I did not think I could say more than has already been said about this venerable model however turns out few people have been asking me questions about it. Features wise it is a basic bike but the only thing I missing for touring Tasmania was heated grips and these […]
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Despite having completed many motorcycle tours I am yet to ride four of Australia’s territories or states so I am going for a look at Tasmania. Because Tasmania is as far from me as Singapore I am flying down and renting a bike in Launceston. I hit a new low […]
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Riding Towards Me by Jay Kannaiyan is a book I have been reading on and off for 6 months and finally finished on my flights down to Tasmania for my next motorcycle tour. It took awhile to get through not because it is uninteresting but because it is a lengthy […]
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What am I doing reviewing another pair of boots so soon. Well I had some problems with the Gaerne GTX Air boots. I purchased size EU 44 and received boots stamped EU 44 on box and on the boots. EU 44 equals USA 10 which is my size. Now inside […]
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Riding northern Pakistan The most amazing ride I have done in the world scenery wise has been my Himalayan tour of Northern India. That region borders with Pakistan and China. I came across a ride report on ADV Forums about northern Pakistan and it looked even more incredible. I made […]
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Georgia is a destination I had on my bucket ride list for few years but had thought to leave for later. However after the Russian invasion of Ukraine and with Russia already occupying parts of Georgia I decided perhaps I better go see it sooner rather than later. I reduced […]
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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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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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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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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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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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