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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...

Ducati Multistrada 1200 DVTMulti-ply the fun Words Stuart Woodbury Photos Nick Wood Since the Ducati Multistrada’s introduction a few years ago, Ducati has been spruiking its “4 bikes in 1” philosophy. That has now changed – in a big way. Technology has always been at the...

SIGNING SEMIOTICS WITH YOUR BIKE, SIR? I know, I know! It’s killed my emotion more than once. Not on a bike, though. Better tell Gt to stop before he goes blind… Right. All we have to do now is find some freeks to buy these. Well, I should think so, too. Try to learn how to spell...