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Travel Feature | How the Poms do MotoGP, Silverstone Visited
1 week ago

Travel Feature | How the Poms do MotoGP, Silverstone Visited

Silverstone Raceway in the heart of England has been a motorcycle racing circuit since around 1949, after it had been converted from an RAF bomber base during World War II. …
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Bike Review & Travel Feature | Adventure Trip on a 2025 Yamaha Tenere 700
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2 weeks ago

Bike Review & Travel Feature | Adventure Trip on a 2025 Yamaha Tenere 700

If you’re a regular reader of my somewhat sporadic yet hopefully entertaining bike reviews, you’d know that I’m a fan of a bike that is capable. I want …
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Bear Tracks | Going MAD in Milan
1 month ago

Bear Tracks | Going MAD in Milan

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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Interview | Charley Boorman; bikes, breaks and The Long Way Home…
2 months ago

Interview | Charley Boorman; bikes, breaks and The Long Way Home…

Charley Boorman is back with the fourth instalment of the ‘Long Way’ series, Long Way Home. Available via Apple TV+, it shows the preparation and experiences Boorman and Ewan McGregor …
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Feature: 2021 BMW GS Safari, Pommie rides Townsville to Cairns
2 months ago

Feature: 2021 BMW GS Safari, Pommie rides Townsville to Cairns

After not being able to go anywhere for over a year due to COVID, it was nice to be asked by BMW to fly to Townsville and ride in the …
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Bear Tracks | Get Fresh With Fuel, Old beer just may be fine, old fuel not so much
2 months ago

Bear Tracks | Get Fresh With Fuel, Old beer just may be fine, old fuel not so much

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
3 months ago

Bear Tracks | Riding In Paris, The Way To Go

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?
4 months ago

Bear Tracks | Right and Wrong, right?

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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Feature: Vale’s Sleepy Hideaway, Our Trip To Tavullia #VR46
4 months ago

Feature: Vale’s Sleepy Hideaway, Our Trip To Tavullia #VR46

Heather and I are discussing the similarities between our hometown of Umina Beach, NSW, and Rossiʼs, as we wander aimlessly along the streets of Tavullia. Both nice and close to …
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Travel feature | NZ South Island & Burt Munro Challenge
5 months ago

Travel feature | NZ South Island & Burt Munro Challenge

Remote, rugged and breathtakingly beautiful, New Zealand’s South Island is motorcycling nirvana. As well as its wild landscapes, thrilling roads and breathtaking scenery, it’s home to one of the most …
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