Travel Stories
Haast Pass, NZ
Aspiring ride It can get lonely, way out west I have to admit that I was mildly concerned when the rusty, dented Mark II Zephyr swerved into the layby where I was parked, on my […]
Month: March 2008
Special Features
Nolan helmets
Painful proof Should you replace your helmet after a crash? If a picture is worth a thousand words then a demonstration must be worth a whole novel. For years I have been telling people to […]
Travel
California
Cactus Bites Bear Two days on the road gets you to a lot of places in southern California When The Eagles sang that “you can check out any time you like” at the Hotel California, […]
Bike
Honda Silver Wing 400
Scoot for all seasons While we had it, it’s key was the most fought over The name is a reference to the Big Daddy of all the Hondas, the flagship of the fleet, the 1800cc […]
Travel Stories
Cyrano French Restaurant
Mussle Frog He has a scooter as his official transport, and he knows his tucker. Listen to him Words: Bertrand Cadart/Peter Thoeming Photos: Francesco Marena/Lou Martin As Dame Edna Everage once pointed out, “whenever the […]
Travel
Real world ride
Rocket Man A Rocket to Woomera sounds like coals to Newcastle, but there is method in the Bear’s madness… There’s a blue rocket made of steel up on a stand in Woomera’s rocket park, so […]
Blog
Road Rider Blog
The Bear – Wednesday, June 10, 2009 In East Germany, they had the STASI to do it. In America, they used the House Un-American Activities Committee. In Western Australia they haven’t got a name for […]
Special Features
Sydney Motorcycle and Scooter Show
Oh! Darling! Good show, old chap(s) Should you ever be in the position to choose somewhere to hold a show in Sydney, go for the Convention & Exhibition Centre at Darling Harbour. Compared with the […]
Special Features
Spencer, NSW
What’s in a name? And who cares, as long as the bacon and egg rolls are good? A rose is a rose is a rose, according to Gertrude Stein. But is a Spencer a spencer […]
Special Features
Wet Weather Gear test 2
Suits and boots – will they keep you dry? You read about the supposedly waterproof gloves in ARR #51. That was the appetiser, this is the main course Were you surprised that several pairs of […]