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Bear Tracks | Get Fresh With Fuel, Old beer just may be fine, old fuel not so much
8 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
9 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?
10 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
10 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
11 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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Bear Tracks | Motorcycle Travel 2025 and 2026
11 months ago

Bear Tracks | Motorcycle Travel 2025 and 2026

I like the people in the US very much. I just love the landscape over there, and I’m even fond of the food and drink – although admittedly …
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Travel | Riding around Spain Two-Up for Two Weeks
12 months ago

Travel | Riding around Spain Two-Up for Two Weeks

Touring Spain | Two weeks exploring the race-track smooth roads on a hired bike, finding winding road after winding road joining achingly-beautiful medieval towns surrounded by olive groves and fruit …
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Travel | India, pollution and the Flying Flea…
12 months ago

Travel | India, pollution and the Flying Flea…

In India, motorcycles aren’t a lifestyle, they’re a lifeline. With millions relying on two wheels for daily transport, the idea of biker culture barely exists. But as pollution worsens and …
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Bear Tracks | Which bike would you buy for a million bucks?
1 year ago

Bear Tracks | Which bike would you buy for a million bucks?

A Cyclone board track racer, restored to within a fraction of a millimetre of its bright yellow life, has sold at auction for more than a million US dollars, becoming …
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Throwback Thursday | Special Feature, Folch Collection, Can Costa
1 year ago

Throwback Thursday | Special Feature, Folch Collection, Can Costa

Joaquín Folch, Barcelona-born collector and racer, has built the extraordinary Colección Can Costa of preserved historic bikes and cars displayed in a stunning country estate. Beyond collecting, he’s …
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