About Peter Thoeming

Packed with advanced electronics, intelligent electronic suspension and serious touring credentials, the CFMOTO 800MT-ES delivers impressive comfort, performance and technology at a surprisingly affordable price, as we find …
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A wrong turn leads The Bear to McFeeters Motor Museum just days before it closes for good and inside he discovers an eclectic collection of motorcycles destined for …
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The Australian Alps are the highest mountain range on mainland Australia, although “mountain range” is something of an exaggeration. With the only peaks exceeding 2,000m in elevation on …
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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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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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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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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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The Bear bought his first leather jacket just after he bought his first bike, a bit over 50 years ago. It was the standard Brando jacket that everyone …
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Chigee is a hybrid company. It was founded in 2020 in the US but is based in Shenzen in the PRC and derives its name from a version …
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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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