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YOU’RE PULLING YOURSELVES Here’s what I’m not getting. Motorcycles pulling trailers. I didn’t get it when I first saw it many years ago, and I do not get it now. I don’t see it often, but from time to time, I come across some bloke hauling a trailer behind his motorcycle....

BEAR FACED HOT RODDING… ER, RIDING You will read my whinging about riding in the heat in the next issue of MOTORCYCLIST, but I thought I’d get in early in this column. Heat can be your friend. Bless the inventor who came up with hot air hand dryers; she or he has probably helped...

New motorcycle prices go up, they go down. It can be hard to keep track of all the changes. Australian Motorcyclist Magazine supplies you with all the latest up to date prices from all the manufacturers currently in the country. Things like special deals, cash backs, factory...

OUTRAGED OF DURAL Hi Bear, I love your magazine, it is the only one I would ever keep on the shelf and keep coming back to it over the years, the rest of the magazines out there I end up throwing away. I managed to stumble across a post that Boris had put on his Facebook page and...

OH, YE’RE LUCKY… YOU HEAR ME? LUCKY, I SAY (MUMBLE MUMBLE…) WORDS LESTER MORRIS Modern day motorcyclists are certainly spoiled for choice; spoiled for choice, I say! Everywhere you look there are streamlined, high-performance roadster motorcycles of almost every shape and size –...

NEUTRINO BLACK BOX THE POWER TO BE FREE!WORDS/PHOTOS JOHN CONNOR The Black Box Neutrino from Arboreal Systems (SMART Accessories in Australia) is a power distribution and controller device. It is a great way to hook up all the add-on 12 volt devices and gadgets on your bike. It...

HIT THE RED DUST SOUTH WEST CORNER This month we hit the rich red dirt again, this time in the south west corner of Queensland, basing ourselves at Cameron Corner. This particular loop takes in some sights of the famous explorers Burke and Wills. Just make sure that you don’t do...

THE THREE Fs FUEL, FOOD AND… FEATHER BEDS? COMPILED BY THE BEAR Get your feet up, Gumby! The Bear on a Beach’s tour at Lake Garda, Italy. (Photo Gretchen Beach) As I write this, Australia is just getting used to a new Prime Minister. Will anything change because there’s a new...

MINISTER OF TRANSPORT PRESS RELEASE KEITH BOSLER Road safety is extremely important to us here at the Ministry and we will spare no expense being paid to us to ensure our statistics reflect that. It is one of my Key Performance Indicators after all, the amount of revenue raised....

BALKANS RIDE WHAT DID I USE, AND HOW DID IT PERFORM?WORDS/PHOTOS THE BEAR I have seen many things in this life,but few have been more sad-yet hilarious than a road tester, out on a long ride, who discovers that the brand-new gear he is testing… doesn’t work. It has been somewhat...