About Peter Thoeming

I enjoy riding with my friends. But the very fact that I feel it necessary to say that, clearly means that there are times when I don’t. Or …
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Bear Tracks | In the Upper Hunter Valley, just outside Scone you can find combatants from four major wars, all under one roof. The wars are WW1 and …
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Bear Tracks | Air fares are dropping, COVID is forgotten (although still around), we’ve a few bucks saved and it’s the right time to plan trips to the …
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There was more than one time when we nearly lost BMW motorcycles. In the 1970s, the board was beginning to despair of the future of its by now …
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You see them every now and then in Australia, mostly in remote places. I suppose they stand out more if there is nothing much in the background. They are young …
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What’s a museum for, and how is it best laid out? Here are three examples I found on a recent trip to Europe. It’s not a competition, budgets are very …
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Edelweiss Centre Tour Dolomites. Motorcycle trips for me are about riding. That might seem a bit obvious, but it isn’t so for everyone. It wasn’t so for me once upon …
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It’s nice when someone comes up with a solution to something you didn’t even think was a problem. It’s even nicer when they come up with it at exactly the …
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Do you fit rubber inserts when riding on road, and remove them for the dirt? Well, that may not be absolutely necessary. The Oryx Moto footpegs I have been using …
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With a bit of luck you have not seen Ryan Kluftinger’s FortNine video where he holds forth about the uselessness of body armour in motorcycle clothing. If you have, I …
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