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SWEET SIXTEEN IT’S SHAPING UP AS A GOOD YEAR FOR THE MOTORCYCLE INDUSTRY – AND FOR RIDERSWORDS THE BEAR PHOTOS FACTORIES Honestly, you can’t take your eyes off him. Send him to Milan to check out the new bikes for 2016, and he comes back with a lot of crappy jokes and photos of...

“…’TWAS PASSING STRANGE;’TWAS PITIFUL, ‘TWAS WONDROUS PITIFUL.” AND YET… WILMINGTON TO HAWKER WORDS THE BEAR, SHAKESPEARE PHOTOS THE BEAR Shakespeare of course never rode through either Pichi Richi or Horrocks Pass. In fact, there is a puzzling absence of motorcycle references in...

HARLEY DAVIDSON SOFTAIL S RANGE FEED THE MAN MEAT! WORDS STUART WOODBURYPHOTOS LOU MARTIN The Harley-Davidson Softail Fat boy and Softail Slim have been around for a number of years (especially the Fatboy), but Harley saw the need to feed the man some meat and has now released...

LONG TERM! WE KNOW THE MEANING OF IT. WE NOW OWN BOTH OF THESE BIKES! DUCATI SCRAMBLER GET READY! BARKBUSTERS CARBON GUARDSPrice: $121.95 One of writer/cartoonist James Thurber’s most memorable creations was the Get-Ready Man, who would drive around town exhorting people to get...

HORIZONS UNLIMITED BOONAH 2015 A BEAR WENT INTO THE WOODS, AND… WORDS/PHOTOS THE BEAR Bloke goes out to hunt polar bears. He sees one, but when he tries to shoot it his rifle jams. Obviously he can’t outrun the bear, which has seen him, so all he can think of is to kneel down and...

NOT SO BASIC AS YOU MIGHT THINK WORDS STUART WOODBURY PHOTOS NICK WOOD Stuart is wearing a Shoei ADV helmet,Held Carese II jacket, Held Sambia gloves, Draggin jeans and Sidi Vertigo boots A less powerful and rather more basic road-orientated adventure bike from KTM, the 1050...

RUSSIAN IN ON THREE WORDS/PHOTOS THE BEAR The Ural is happy on gravel with suitable suspension. Back in (at a guess) 1971, I missed out on what looked like the deal of a lifetime: a brand new motorcycle at a dollar per cc. Six hundred and fifty bucks for a Cossack, a rebadged...

MULTIPLICATION, THAT’S THE NAME OF THE GAME WORDS STUART WOODBURY PHOTOS NICK WOOD

might get fatigue in their hands or wrists after a long day in the saddle. The Renthal Ultra-Tacky grips have been developed to increase traction between the glove and the grip, increasing control and reducing rider fatigue. The unique Ultra-Tacky compound constantly produces and...

OH, DE COLOGNE! Munich started it, and now Cologne has also set up scooter sharing. It works pretty much like car sharing, with one important difference: you don’t need to sign up and stuff around with an account. Instead, you just demonstrate via your smartphone that you have a...