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DUCATI SCRAMBLER ICON OLD BRAND, BRAND NEW WORDS THE BEAR PHOTOS FACTORY “Let me get my reaction out of the way right now: this is simply a terrific bike” The Bear wears a Lazer helmet, Aviator goggles by Leon Jeantet, MOTORCYCLIST neck tube, RJays Ace hoody jacket, Vietnamese...

WATCH THIS SPACE SAYS POSSUM WORDS/PHOTOS THE POSSUM The 4th and 5th of October saw the BMW Clubs Australia Motorrad Rally 2014, conducted at sunny Lake Cargelligo in central NSW. The BMW Club of ACT picked up the ball and organised things with generous financial support from BMW...

SHINKO SR777 THE COST IS JUST A BONUS WORDS STUART WOODBURY PHOTOS THE BEAR Our mule for this tyre test is The Bear’s Harley-Davidson 72. I was the mule to test the original fitment Dunlop tyres in a variety of conditions and of course I was the mule to test these new Shinko...

SO CLOSE, AND YET SO DIFFERENT OUR PHOTOGRAPHER SEES MALAYSIA IN A NEW LIGHT WORDS/PHOTOS NICK WOOD “ The roads are remarkably good. If you think coming to Malaysia means you’ll be bounced out of your saddle by potholes, think again ” There is an old saying “If you don’t like the...

FIRST LOOK SEEN SOMETHING FUNNY LATELY? Isn’t this wonderful? We found this old BMW ad in an American motorcycle magazine, and couldn’t resist sharing it with you. They wouldn’t get away with this today, would they? Yes, things were different back in 1965 – for one thing, The...

…being something the editor-in-chief wanted to bring up AT EASE, TROOPERS We have been getting a gratifying amount of interest in the Bear Army, which is now enlisting our elite First Company of readers. Just to remind you, the idea is that you join up and receive a Bear Army...

WEAR ‘EM IF YOU’VE GOT ‘EM I’m nowhere near as sensitive to Jack Frost’s caresses as Mrs Bear, who comes from Casino which often registers the highest summer temperature in NSW. There was one time the cold caught both of us, though. We were living and working in London, and had...

IT’S BEEN A LOVE HATE RELATIONSHIP I’ll never forget my first trip to Phillip Island for the MotoGP. If it wasn’t for a pair of huge, smelly, bearded men, I would be dead – a frost-blasted cadaver bobbing in Bass Strait. Mick Doohan was busy winning his fifth world title and I...

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