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Cruiser Bikes

The 2010 Harley-Davidsons

Old-fashioned girls As Harleys become progressively more up to date, they’re maintaining their old virtues “I’m just an old-fashioned girl with an old-fashioned mind, Not sophisticated, I’m the sweet and simple kind…” Eartha Kitt There’s […]

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Travel Stories

Mandorah Road

Open…then shut! Words and Photos: Ian Klütke Yes, the road to Mandorah is great – but the pub’s shut A picnic atmosphere prevailed some time ago for Darwin Ulyssians and members of the Harley Owners […]

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Broken Hill ride

Nights on Busted Mountain Don Dennes goes looking for the west and finds those ‘c’ things For most of my years I’ve shared mankind’s desire to return to the sea. I still have that desire […]

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Beechworth-Chiltern Road

Heaps of heritage Can you get too much of colonial Australia? Naw! Not when Ned Kelly’s involved. Have I ever mentioned my theory that every place in Australia not named by Captain Cook was founded […]

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Road Rider Blog

The Bear – Tuesday, July 26, 2011 Insurance company Budget Direct has done some research on attitudes towards bicycles and by bicyclists. It makes interesting reading (I’ve edited it a little), and in many cases […]

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Travel Stories

Queensland: The Leap

The Leap Hotel Laid-back drinking, Queensland style, plus a history lesson  If you’re old enough to remember the cartoons of Ken Maynard, you’ll find the ambience of The Leap Hotel very familiar. Known these days […]

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Cool ride

Cool ride Jim Graham has some fun in the snow In July last year, after 30 years of motorcycling, I finally had my first “off”. A 4WD did a U-turn across double yellow lines right […]

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Road Rider Blog

The Bear – Friday, August 21, 2009 Earnestness and self-righteousness are not restricted to car drivers and bicyclists, although they (and especially the latter) seem to abound in both. We get them in the motorcycle […]

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Mick Matheson – Monday, March 04, 2013 You’ll be relieved to see that we’re cranking the kickstarter of our website at last, preparing to fire her up again and get rolling. Not before time, we […]