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I am a massive fan of long termers, such as, braided brake lines. If you don’t have a set on your bike, what are you waiting for? Venhill braided brake lines are among the best in the world, I use them on my race bike and now we have fitted a set to our long term Yamaha MT-07....

KALGOORLIE BLASTING MINING IS NOT THE ONLY THING TO DO IN THIS TOWN This ride in the outback of WA will give you a good taste of rich red dirt. Base yourself in Kalgoorlie and enjoy this route and the little bit wilder outback nature, towns in this region have to offer....

BORN IN (NOT U)SAMUMMY, WHERE DID AG BIKES COME FROM? WORDS/PHOTOS PHIL “CHIEF” LAWTON Have you ever wondered who first thought of ag bikes? I hadn’t either until I heard of a man named Frank Johns. Frank Johns just happens to be the late father of a friend of mine. Strange as it...

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WANT TO KNOW ABOUT OFF ROAD BOOTS! SIDI CROSSFIRE 2 BOOTS Price – $699.95 Foot, ankle and lower leg protection is paramount when venturing off the bitumen and into the dirt. Not only for support while standing up, but also in case you get a foot caught in a rut, tree root,...

My dad used to love the Aussie language. He’d worked in forestry camps north of Melbourne, gone off with the 6th Div to the war, got captured and then spent 3 years as a POW in Germany in Pub of the month. These times, and the subsequent years doing honest toil with work mates...

Yes, here’s your opportunity to benefit from all the work we’ve done and the accessories we’ve fitted. This bike is similar to the new V-Strom 650XT, but only two thirds the price. Grab it while you can – we’ll even leave the stickers on it! Top box replaced by my camera case,...

THE CHOICEST BIKE TRAVEL COMPILED BY THE BEAR Roarin’down a canyon – the Bear on the road in the US West. RIDE WITH THE BEAR THE BEST OF THE WEST Just a reminder about our own top tour for this year. As you will have read, Stuart’s conducted tour of the South island of New...

YAMAHA R1 / R1-M TECHNO RACERS WORLD LAUNCH WORDS STUART WOODBURY PHOTOS JOSH EVANS Back in 1998, Yamaha gave the world the amazingly fast YZF-R1. Until then, Honda’s Fireblade had been the bike to be on, but the light weight combined with the bulk power of the new R1offered...

IT’S AUTOMATIC WORDS PAUL RILEY A n automatic decision, no need to think about it! Or it should be… The words ‘automatic’ and ‘motorcycle,’ though increasingly interlinked, don’t always go well together, but there are times when your life could depend on both. How often, when you...