The north-west of Tasmania is home to some pretty amazing roads and incredible scenery. It often feels to me as though I’m riding in another country. A mysterious island continent merging threads of global motorcycling […]
The Far Island Fox Hunt: On theory versus implementation. Perhaps you are one of the many who have, or will, return to riding after a reasonable spell. It’s a time that may bring with it […]
The Far Island Fox Hunt on: Highsides and hillclimbs. The culmination of running at speeds well beyond my normal performance specification did not fail me this time. Exhibit ‘A’ is a fairly catastrophic ‘highside’. […]
The Far Island Fox Hunt: On being away on an adventure An elite few of you out there who read these mildly manic manifests may have noticed I’ve been MIA for a little over a […]
The Far Island Fox Hunt on those simple, reliable Monolevers Some weeks back I was moaning about my ‘upgraded’ final drive and its hidden potential for failure. Shortly after, I received a response from a […]
The Far Island Fox Hunt: On the desire for a hell-for-leather 450 desmo. I’ve been tempted by the idea of ‘Post Classic’ racing lately, a chance to get out and run hard on a machine […]
The Far Island Fox Hunt: Not on the sofa I don’t know if you’ve ever been on one of those rides. Where the vision is rapidly disintegrating but you refuse to let go of the […]
The Far Island Fox Hunt: On keeping the chimp on the back It’s been unseasonably cold on the Far Island this last week. And if it’s been cold outside it’s an unfortunate reflection of what’s […]
The Far Island Fox Hunt: On how ruts can really stuff up the momentum. Stuck in a rut? Seems a bit of an innocuous phrase but for many of us it digs a little deeper. […]
The Far Island Fox Hunt: On missing a corner you know is coming. It’s been a few years since I really scared myself on a bike, and this is the first time I’ve talked about […]
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