Bear Tracks

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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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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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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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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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 | 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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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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