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ROUND, BLACK… AND NEW WHAT’S HAPPENING IN THE WORLD OF TYRES? COMPILED BY STUART WOODBURY Whether they’re round and black, or square and white (eh?), everyone needs tyres. They are the things that keep you from ending up in a box sooner than you anticipated, so having the right...

BMW R7 ART DECO DREAM MACHINE WORDS THE BEAR PHOTOS FACTORY The R 7 shows off its clean design. That H-shaped gearchange gate is classic. A Cyclone board tracker sold recently at the Las Vegas bike auctions for three quarters of a million dollars – US. It failed to make the...

TOURATECH TRAVEL CHARLIE DROPS IT IN WORDS/PHOTOS LANCE TURNLEY The wide open spaces of the Omeo Valley. Whether you’re an experienced adventure rider or an absolute novice the annual Touratech Travel Event is for you. Billed as Touratech Australia’s main event of the year, the...

JACQUI & MO HEAD EAST PERTH TO… FOWLERS BAY?!WORDS/PHOTOS JACQUI KENNEDY After a short break tucked up in Sydney whilst Mo, my trusty little postie bike has been languishing in Perth, I was anxious to get back on the road for the second half of my journey around Australia at...

LET IT GLEAM CUSTOM BUILD: KÜRYAKYN SPORTSTER 72 Some people say that Küryakyn means a small, treasured object that might become a gift. Others tell us that it means “the flight of the eagle” in Navajo. There were a couple of other definitions there, too, I’m sure. But we don’t...

BY HOOK OR BY CROOK TRIPS OUT OF GERALDTON WORDS/PHOTOS THE BEAR Whether you travel by hook (via Kalbarri) or by crook (out to Denham) or even in a more or less straight line (to Mullewa), Geraldton’s surroundings have a lot to offer. GERALDTON Founded as a sleepy outpost of the...

Stuart is wearing a Shoei NXR helmet, Berik Force 2.0 suit, Alpinestars GP Tech gloves and Alpinestars Supertech R boots. Pick an exhaust, any exhaust! Pick a colour, any colour! SPECSYAMAHA YZF-R3 PRICE: $6099 (plus on-road charges)WARRANTY: Two years, unlimited...

ON THE BRIDLE TRACK BEYOND BATHURST WORDS/PHOTOS BOB WOZGA I remember as a child on family holidays looking out the passenger window of our old Simca at groups of motorcycles overtaking us on country roads or parked along footpaths in front of weatherboard shops in whatever town...

APRILIA V HOLDEN TAKING IT TO THE REAL WORLDWORDS – STUART WOODBURY PHOTOS – THE BEAR Facts PRICE OF 95 PREMIUMUNLEADED – $1.60.9 TOTAL WEEKLYKILOMETRES (5 DAYS X 64KM) – 320KM 2015 Aprilia Scarabeo 200 NEW PRICE – $4850 (+orc)AVERAGE FUEL USED PER 100KM –...

BEAUTIFUL, BLOODY BALKANS THE WAR IS OVER; NATURE ABIDES WORDS THE BEAR PHOTOS THE BEAR & PRIMOŽ “PINEAPPLE”BRIC Hvar is not the place for boy racer games. So what was Claudio’s R 1200GSA’s front wheel doing trying to get the inside line into the next corner? Not that he had...