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The Bear – Monday, August 17, 2009 Sometimes you really do have to wonder where academics and bureaucrats get their priorities from. Here’s a quote from a Sydney Morning Herald story, published today (14-8-9). It […]

The Bear – Friday, March 23, 2012 The untimely death of the editor of Two Wheels has shocked us all When veteran motorcycle scribe Bob Guntrip introduced me to the gangling, intense and above all […]

The Bear – Monday, November 30, 2009 Try selling to them… A few years ago, inspired by the large number of empty shops in Sydney’s CBD, I went to one of the more innovative bike […]

The Bear – Friday, November 06, 2009 Found a fascinating article from The Wall Street Journal that explains the way the bureaucracy keeps us in line. The Victorian crowd seems to be particularly expert at […]

The Bear – Friday, March 18, 2011 Here’s an interesting piece from the internet news service Slate. “Red-light cameras aren’t just municipal moneymakers, according to a new study. They also save lives, reports the Washington […]

The Bear – Tuesday, December 15, 2009 Vote and win! What’s the best bike road you’ve ever ridden? Come on, it’s a simple enough question. We all have favourites, and sometimes those favourites are not […]

The Bear – Thursday, June 25, 2009 Well, it’s been a couple of interesting days. I managed to put in some time with Arlen Ness (read all about it in Cruiser) and Mike Corbin (read […]

The Bear – Wednesday, November 18, 2009 The locals fly the flag – a bit, anyway The Milan Motorcycle show, better known as EICMA, is amazing. I don’t just say that because they fly me […]

The Bear – Wednesday, October 28, 2009 Is everything fair in love and war… well, apprehension of “lawbreakers”? Here’s a letter from Dave Williams. Now he sent this to several magazines, which precludes it from […]

The Bear – Monday, August 15, 2011 The Census, it seems, doesn’t want to know about us Were you annoyed by the exclusion of motorcycles from the Census? You weren’t alone. Here’s a typical letter […]