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WHO SAYS IT HAS TO BE AF? WORDS/PHOTOS THE BEAR “A girl whose cheeks are covered with paint Has an advantage with me over one whose ain’t.” Ogden Nash, Biological Reflection Customising is a funny business, isn’t it? On the one hand it is all about personalising your motorcycle,...

– HEADING TO A ROAD NEAR YOU WORDS THE BEAR & STUART WOODBURY Yamaha has been doing its homework. “Research shows that the super sports category is becoming more segregated and defined,” says the company (and never mind how companies can talk) with many customers opting...

GOES OFF WITH A BANG! WORDS/PHOTOS THE BEAR It had been 11 years since I attended the Bombala Bike Show when Terri, our Sales Manager, suggested we try to help out with it. The show, it seemed, had hit a bit of a fl at spot and needed a boost – and who better to boost it than...

BIKE SHOW ROCKS AMM 2014 Bombala Bike Show Some claimed it was the best ever,others said the show was the best in years, but either way, the Australian Motorcyclist Magazine 2014 Bombala Show was a great success! Thousands of spectators, heaps of bikes in the show ‘n’ shine, with...

SEEN SOMETHING FUNNY LATELY? There are so many captions that suggest themselves for the mighty coin-operated “Gold Wind” here that we have had to physically restrain the other people here in the office (Stuart) from adding some of the more risqué ones. What do you think; what’s...

…being something the editor-in-chief wanted to bring up I’ve forgotten just how many riding seasons have passed under my wheels. Calculating the number is difficult, because I have spent quite a bit of time working in London – first as general dogsbody at Airfix Hobby & Toy...