Travel
Travelling on a cruiser is not exactly the same as travelling on a sports tourer or a dual purpose bike, so we're taking a special look at the kinds of places cruiser riders might like to go, and the way they might like to do it. If you've ever wondered if you, too, can do the big k's or even tour overseas - we have the answer, and it is: Yes!
California
When The Eagles sang that “you can check out any time you like” at the Hotel California, I had naively assumed you’d be able to check in any time you liked as well. Not so. This is, after all, America...
CAN AM SPYDER SE5
How a Spyder converted this true-blue biker
Death Valley daze
Things are looking up down there
Destination Whitfield
It seems that Whitfield came into being as a spelling mistake...
Gilera Fuoco
Once again, the best-laid plans of mice and bears gang agley…
Great cruiser rides
Lunch in Kiama, anybody?
Great Cruiser Rides #2
Just out of Melbourne, a sweet run...GREAT CRUISER RIDES #3
How many different kinds of road are there?
Himalaya tour
Australian tour operator Mike Ferris will really get you high
- - Glam Up The Ride Ladies
- - Yamaha Cruiser
- - Getting Belted
- - Spyder Launch
- - Suzuki Boulevard CT50T
- - Thunderbike
- - Much more...
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“Dear Mr Bear,” wrote Guzzi Phill from Mackay in Queensland, “I was really pleased to see you had an article about the new Moto Guzzi NTX, however someone really needs a kick in the smalls;
“The main picture on page (106) is of a standard Stelvio – not the NTX; in fact most of the photo’s have been lifted from elsewhere. And then not only do I read that your astute tester recommends an extra Tooth on the Rear Sprocket, but your proof reader/layout person compounds the mistake with a picture of a Stelvio and boxed text clearly showing the typical Guzzi Shaft Drive - not to mention the lack of the ABS rotor on page (109) etc.
“I’d come to expect much better from this excellent periodical – not this loosely pulled together edition of “careless” inaccuracies.”
Umm... yep. Quite right.
We had come to expect more from ourselves as well, Phill.
We screwed up, big time. And just to make sure that the blame lands where it deserves to land, we al
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Finally someone’s doing something, but not here – yet!