Australia's best motorcycle roads. Wisemans ferry and Bucketty to Woolombi

Wisemans Ferry and Bucketty to Wollombi.It has been a while since I posted any roads from my Moto-GP tour last year, however I still have a few left to show you and talk about. The rides here north of Sydney are no doubt well known and popular for Sydney based riders who would have alot more information on them, however I come from Brisbane so I will be speaking from a touring point of view. I

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Minnesota Motorcycle Safety Centre

I recently came across an organisation in the the USA that has halved the number of motorcycle crashes in their state with a comprehensive approach to motorcycle safety, training, public education and licensing.Here is sample of some of their campaigns.Nice to see something not just about speed. Our politicians continue to skew data so they can ignore the facts that the majority of accidents are

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Tweed Valley Super Loop

I had a good day out riding today. First I completed what my mate calls 'A Big Loop' from Mudgeeraba. Its a top ride and I think its much better than that simple name suggests so I shall describe it in detail for you and include links to my posts on some of the roads.Edit: added route map here as gets a bit complex if you don't know the area.The Gold Coast & Tweed Valley super loop.From

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Squids go wild

Crazy Supermotard action - keep watching it gets mighty wild - just wish they had some protective riding gear.10.07 montee ospédaleUploaded by bartoxxI keep thinking about supermoto's... they probably are the most fun type of bike to ride. I have always had my concerns however about doing any distance on one. This is something I can compromise from the point that I don't want or need a proper

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Twist the Throttle

Discovery Channel have made a series about each of the major motorcycle manufacturers. This includes company histories, tours of the factories, interviews with senior company members and (basic) test ride reviews of two models from each maker - mostly on location in Italy, Germany, Japan.While I have seen some good documentaries about Japanese companies on NHK and Fuji TV in Japan (eg how Casio

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Australia's best motorcycle roads. Snowy Mountains Hydro Electric

Did you know the Snowy Mountains Hydro Scheme took 100,000 people from 30 countries 25 years to build? and that it has 145kms of tunnels, 80kms of aqueducts, 16 dams and 7 power stations and has been called one of the modern engineering wonders of the world? Its an impressive achievement.There are 3 main sealed routes that run across Mt Kosciuskzo that are part of the network of original service

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Last ride of summer

Ride report - The Scenic Rim.I was heading south but at the last possible moment I turned west. Glad I did too.I think we may be approaching the end of the really hot days of summer already, not that autumn in the sub tropics is cold however it was a bit cool this morning out and positively chilly in the mountains with just the summer mesh jacket. Time to get the leather back out.I am not sure

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