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July Bear Tracks | Half-litre winner to Wombeyan Caves

By  •  July 18, 2026

Peter ‘The Bear’ Thoeming takes Kawasaki’s new KLE500 along the damaged, dramatic and officially complicated Wombeyan Caves Road, where gravel, cliffs, potholes, wildlife and legal grey areas make …
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Bear Tracks | Forster-Tuncurry, NSW

By  •  June 28, 2026

A chance overnight stop in Forster sparks memories of another off-season coastal town half a world away. From sangria-fuelled nights on a deserted Spanish beach to faded Australian motels, The …
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Bear Tracks | Where are those eight Krauser Domani outfits?

By  •  May 31, 2026

In Australia, Michael Krauser was the man who added value to those beige ratchet straps that once held BMW motorcycles in their crates (see box, below). In Germany, …
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Bear Tracks | A tale of sunbathing and skinny dipping by Myall Lakes

By  •  April 30, 2026

Half a century ago, I was editor of a motorcycle magazine called Two Wheels. I also took photos and occasionally wrote stories, which allowed me to grab a …
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Bear Tracks | First Motorcycle Tour of China, 1985

By  •  December 31, 2025

It was 40 years ago today… more or less, as I sat having introductory drinks with a dozen or so German riders in the lobby bar of the …
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Bear Tracks | Compass Expeditions Motorcycle Tours

By  •  November 30, 2025

Australia’s Compass Expeditions trips are more than ordinary tours, they’re life-changing journeys crafted for the select few adventurous enough to take them on. To uncover what makes these …
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Bear Tracks | Going MAD in Milan

By  •  October 31, 2025

It’s not what you know, it’s who you know or actually “whom you know”. I just happen to know Roberto Crepaldi, the affable boss of CR&S Motorcycles. Unlike …
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Bear Tracks | Get Fresh With Fuel, Old beer just may be fine, old fuel not so much

By  •  September 29, 2025

An assurance that you will get from every zythophile is that the best beer is the beer you drink at the brewery. As soon as it is decanted …
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Bear Tracks | Riding In Paris, The Way To Go

By  •  August 31, 2025

Bear Tracks Riding In Paris | There is an Asterix comic in which our hero and his steadfast if rather thick companion Obelix visit Paris. It must be …
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Bear Tracks | Right and Wrong, right?

By  •  July 31, 2025

I have long enjoyed a good professional relationship with Transport for NSW, or rather with its predecessors. Over the years I have written booklets, handouts and even a …
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