The Bear Archives - Bike Review https://bikereview.com.au/tag/the-bear/ Motorcycle reviews, Product reviews, News, Features, by leading experts. Thu, 11 Dec 2025 18:44:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://bikereview.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/cropped-favico.fw_-32x32.png The Bear Archives - Bike Review https://bikereview.com.au/tag/the-bear/ 32 32 Bear Tracks | Going MAD in Milan https://bikereview.com.au/bear-tracks-going-mad-in-milan/ https://bikereview.com.au/bear-tracks-going-mad-in-milan/#comments Fri, 31 Oct 2025 03:00:31 +0000 https://bikereview.com.au/?p=158175 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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]]> https://bikereview.com.au/bear-tracks-going-mad-in-milan/feed/ 1 New Book: Around The World On A Small Motorcycle https://bikereview.com.au/new-book-around-the-world-on-a-small-motorcycle/ https://bikereview.com.au/new-book-around-the-world-on-a-small-motorcycle/#respond Thu, 06 Feb 2025 00:59:27 +0000 https://bikereview.com.au/?p=120861 The Bear has written a book about his spectacular journey around the world! J Peter Thoeming is our resident explorer, traveling to all corners of the globe on two wheels.

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]]> https://bikereview.com.au/new-book-around-the-world-on-a-small-motorcycle/feed/ 0 Bear Tracks | Back To The Futuro https://bikereview.com.au/bear-tracks-back-to-the-futuro/ https://bikereview.com.au/bear-tracks-back-to-the-futuro/#respond Wed, 27 Nov 2024 02:21:37 +0000 https://bikereview.com.au/?p=143237 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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]]> https://bikereview.com.au/bear-tracks-back-to-the-futuro/feed/ 0 BEAR TRACKS | Touring Centre Dolomites, by Edelweiss Bike Travel https://bikereview.com.au/bear-tracks-touring-centre-dolomites-by-edelweiss-bike-travel/ https://bikereview.com.au/bear-tracks-touring-centre-dolomites-by-edelweiss-bike-travel/#respond Wed, 28 Aug 2024 02:39:21 +0000 https://bikereview.com.au/?p=138339 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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]]> https://bikereview.com.au/bear-tracks-touring-centre-dolomites-by-edelweiss-bike-travel/feed/ 0 Macna Domane Jacket | Gear Review https://bikereview.com.au/macna-domane-jacket-gear-review/ https://bikereview.com.au/macna-domane-jacket-gear-review/#respond Tue, 09 Apr 2024 06:24:17 +0000 https://bikereview.com.au/?p=134171 Choosing a new jacket can be confusing, there are so many these days. So, it is important to get into your local shop and try some on. Unfortunately you can’t

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]]> https://bikereview.com.au/macna-domane-jacket-gear-review/feed/ 0 Bear Tracks | Packing For Motorcycle Travel https://bikereview.com.au/bear-tracks-packing-for-motorcycle-travel/ https://bikereview.com.au/bear-tracks-packing-for-motorcycle-travel/#respond Sat, 16 Mar 2024 21:51:56 +0000 https://bikereview.com.au/?p=130784 During my fifty years as a motorcycle writer, I have flown to the beginning of more motorcycle trips than I can remember. Along the way, and generally after stuffing up,

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]]> https://bikereview.com.au/bear-tracks-packing-for-motorcycle-travel/feed/ 0 Bear Tracks: The Ghost Town Of Yerranderie, NSW https://bikereview.com.au/bear-tracks-the-ghost-town-of-yerranderie-nsw/ https://bikereview.com.au/bear-tracks-the-ghost-town-of-yerranderie-nsw/#respond Thu, 15 Feb 2024 20:14:25 +0000 https://bikereview.com.au/?p=130766 Just across from Oakdale in the thick bush looking down on Lake Burragorang lies a small piece of history. It’s the ghost town Yerranderie – close but not accessible that

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]]> https://bikereview.com.au/bear-tracks-getting-out-of-melbourne/feed/ 0 Check Out The 2024/2025 Edelweiss Bike Tour Catalogue! https://bikereview.com.au/news/check-out-the-2024-2025-edelweiss-bike-tour-catalogue/ https://bikereview.com.au/news/check-out-the-2024-2025-edelweiss-bike-tour-catalogue/#respond Tue, 26 Sep 2023 20:00:32 +0000 https://bikereview.com.au/?post_type=news&p=125509 It’s going to look as if all your Christmases have come at once, except that you will have to buy the presents. Austrian tour operator Edelweiss Bike Travel has released

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