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BARK LOUDER!Running lights from Barkbusters Price – $69.95 Increase your visibility to other road users with the NEW Bark busters LED indicators and running lights, and just incidentally look seriously cool. This great idea from bark busters can be retro fitted to Bark...

THE TOOLS HAVE BEEN RATTLING AND HANDS GETTING DIRTY, THIS MONTH DUCATI SCRAMBLER PLUNDERING DUCATI’S CATTLEDOG I sometimes wonder if the success of a particular model isn’t partly due to the size of its accessory catalogue. If you can buy things for it you’re more likely to buy...

CHILL OUT AT THE COOLO COOLAMON HOTEL, COOLAMON NSWWORDS/PHOTOS COLIN WHELAN I’m in the bar at the Coolamon Hotel on the northern rim of the Riverina, having my favorite drink of the day… the first one after six o’clock. This is the time when most pubs do a bit of a morph, when...

LOAD ME UP DO WE REALLY NEED THE COFFEE MACHINE, DEAR?COMPILED BY THE BEAR, STUART WOODBURY When I started travelling by bike (as opposed to going to the pub on Friday night and to a keg thereafter), Army surplus ammunition bags were the crème de la crème of motorcycle luggage,...

OYSTERS TO UPHOLSTERERS A BIT OF EVERYTHING WORDS & PHOTOS JACQUI KENNEDY After crossing the Nullarbor in late October, I celebrated the achievement by gorging on the famous Ceduna oysters. They really are as good as the locals claim. It had been a very enjoyable jaunt and...

GET READY FOR… NORWAY!WORDS & PHOTOS THE BEAR Well, if you must… I asked one of the locals about the story that trolls like it if you pile up rocks. “No,” he said vehemently, “they don’t. And there are no trolls, either.” Stone Age motorcycle clothing looks pretty fetching,...

DO IT WHILE YOU CAN COMPILED BY THE BEAR Is that Belstaff Man? No, it’s The Bear in his Aerostich suit, looking warm and comfy although perhaps just a touch overweight… As I write this, there’s a 91 year old bloke up on charges of importing some staggering amount of cocaine to...

INDIAN ROADMASTER FOR THE LONG TRAIL WORDS/PHOTOS THE BEAR “Wot’s in a name?” asks CJ Dennis’ Sentimental Bloke in one of the well-known poems. “Struth, I dunno. Billo is just as good as Romeo.” Well, not quite. A rose by any other name may smell as sweet, but a motorcycle by any...

MY WAY OR THE HIGHWAY SYDNEY TO CAIRNS. PART 2WORDS/PHOTOS COLIN WHELAN If you feel like switching between routes this is a good place to do it. The road between Nabiac and Gloucester is just on 50km of some enjoyable riding. (Red Route) From Gloucester, head west on Queen St at...