Australias best motorcycle roads - Alpine National park

Whilst most riders know of the Great Alpine Road that runs more or less from Bright to Omeo Victoria there are some notable good roads to ride in the areas adjacent.The Great Alpine Road is a superb ride and the valleys that lie to the south of Omeo are every bit as enjoyable to ride as the mountains north. However to the north and east of the top of the Great Alpine Road lie three other good

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Helmet testing

The UK government recently completed the first round of testing motorcycle helmets and some of the results may surprise you. They give a 1 to 5 star rating to each helmet and thankfully none were only 1 star, however a few were only awarded 2 stars and there are some big brand name helmets that don't fare much better. Only 5 helmets make it to 5 stars (as of this posts date) and I was delighted

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Soft Silicon Ear Plugs

Readers of this blog may recall I have been trying out every sort of ear plug I could obtain and after testing many settled on soft silicon ear plugs as the best earplug solution. (see archives for more)The main reason I like this type of ear plug is they are so very comfortable. Seriously if you are one of the many riders who doesn't wear ear plugs because of discomfort or the isolation effect

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Sunday Ride Report

Currumbin to Kyogle via Nunderi.Looking south west to Mt Warning from Farrants Hill, Tweed Valley NSWFirst opportunity to ride the Agusta since getting new tyres on it nearly two months ago. Of course we had a few wet weekends and then I went on holidays so despite it being mid winter I was keen to get out today. Don't laugh it does get cold early morning in Qld - albeit briefly. I rugged up as

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Japan Motorcycle Ride Report

Riding a motorcycle in Japan was something I had wanted to try for some years and now am very happy to have succeeded in doing.

The roads were as I had thought - fantastic for riding and actually beyond my expectations. Despite some rain I have to rate it as some of the best riding I have ever experienced.

But I am getting ahead of myself, I shall try and give a overview and hopefully some

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Japan Motorcycle tour reloaded #3

Raining here this holiday long weekend so no riding again.I have been working on my ride plans for Japan and want to share some sites that may be of some assistance to anyone else thinking of doing a ride in Japan...There are two motorcycle forums in Japan run by and for the english speaking riders however they are both of limited assistance. Tokyo Riders which I have no longer kept a link to is

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Japan Motorcycle tour reloaded #2

Two and 1/2 weeks until I leave now so spent some time further researching this weekend.Found another motorcycle rental shop, actually there are many however found one close to where I will be staying in the western suburbs of Tokyo that rents Buells and BMWs.A BMW would make a good choice so have asked re price and insurance and if they rent helmets and luggage which the shop in Shinjuku with

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