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MAGICAL IMPROVEMENTS AND ONE SAYS GOODBYE The Suzuki Wee Strom has gone to a good home in the country, where it can enjoy some long and challenging dirt rides instead of constantly being dragged out onto the tarmac in the city. We’re going to miss it – it was just so convenient...

OUTBACK NSW NOT ONLY FOR THE MAD WORDS STUART WOODBURY PHOTOS CAIN MAITLAND This month’s adventure map takes you to see some pretty and stunningly vast countryside. Just for the sheer excitement value, I recommend basing yourself at White Cliffs, at the Underground Motel. But,...

MAKE IT REALCarbon Barkbusters – Ducati ScramblerPrice – $121.95 The Barkbusters handguards are a perfect complement to the Scrambler’s wide, upswept one piece handlebar. With the wide variety of Barkbusters guard options the final look of the Scrambler can be tailored to...

TEN TIPS FOR SURVIVAL RIDE TO LIVE WORDS MARK MCVEIGH PHOTOS COLIN WHELAN It is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory. W. Edwards Deming Unfortunately for riders it’s more perilous than ever riding a motorcycle these days. Congestion, drivers using mobile phones,...

HOT RODS, STINGRAYS AND PUPPIES WHAT’S GOING ON THIS MONTH? HOT ROD STU Shoei NXR Cruise helmet Price – $849.95 I love the fit and finish of Shoei helmets and I’ve been hanging out to get one as a track helmet. I now have one – the Shoei NXR Cruise. The NXR is a sports...

JUST LIKE COMING HOME SOUTH WESTERN HOTEL, TOOMPINE QLD WORDS/PHOTOS COLIN WHELAN I’m pretty sure everyone knows that pubs are ‘pubs’ because they started out as public houses: houses which were open to the public. Often a married couple would simply set aside the largest room in...

SHIPPING MOVE THAT BIKE WORDS THE BEAR A Bikes Only semi, out on the Darwin run. We try to be like the Marines, here at MOTORCYCLIST, and leave no rider or bike behind. But it doesn’t always work out. A couple of times in my long moto journo life, test bikes have ‘failed to...

GO NOW YE ‘RE A LONG TIME DEID COMPILED BY THE BEAR So the Scots say, and they are spot on. So if you’re hesitating over a trip, get over it and get going. And you don’t need to go far; you don’t even need to own the “right” kind of bike (if there is any such thing) as our first...

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...