Gear
Round Oz Ride, a father and son journey
Kog has always been a legend, I reckon. If anyone has proven that it’s the simple things that make a rich life, it’s Kog, and the first acknowledgement in this book sums it up: “For […]
Travel Stories
Journeys
Byways of the Olympic Highway, NSW
Next time you ride the Olympic Highway, make it much more fun and interesting by taking these byways that add spice to the trip. They don’t take much longer, and in some cases may be […]
Bike
Crossing the Simpson Desert by BMW R 1200 GS
Two riders have just conquered the daunting Simpson Desert on a BMW R1200GS Adventure and BMW F800GS … unsupported on the longer, less trafficked WAA Line! Proving that he doesn’t make idle boasts about the […]
Journeys
Video: BMW’s hardcore GS Safari Enduro
BMW’s hardcore GS Safari Enduro took adventure riders to the limit in outback conditions last month on a route that criss-crossed the Murray River and pitched them into the sand dunes of the infamous Murray-Sunset […]
Travel
East Timor: Land of Children
East Timor’s fledgling tourist industry is already attracting Aussie riders to this smiling country. Riding a motorbike is the best way to see East Timor. I had never been on an organised bike tour before […]
Journeys
Travelling Man
If you’d spent the best part of your life travelling the world, you’d also have some pretty amazing stories and a lot of experience to share. Sam Manicom has travelled for much of his life. His first solo trip […]
Travel Stories
Far Cairn Rally
On the 13th and 14th of September 2008 at the Tottenham Race Course, the BMW Touring Club of NSW conducted the first Far Cairn Rally. […]
Blog
Road Rider Blog
Here’s a rundown of the state of the new French law requiring all (but not really all, see below) motorcyclists to wear fluoro orange or yellow, from a French blogger on MOTOrbiker.org. […]
Travel Stories
Quick head-clearer
Upper Murray meander What do you do when the bushfires have gone? Here’s James Farley’s answer I had been sitting around for days watching the smoke haze sit on top of my house, wondering when […]
Travel Stories
Riding Sabah
Bagaimana hendak ke sana?* Good question, that; for the answer, just read on Words: Peter Thoeming Photos: Simon Hohnen Life is everywhere in Sabah, in the north of Borneo. Visibility, unfortunately, isn’t. At the moment […]