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…being something the editor-in-chief wanted to bring up Well, Editor-in-Chief no longer. We are shuffl ing the deckchairs,and I am taking a well-earned step back to become Editor Emeritus. It seems that nothing else will change much, according to my “staff” (Stuart) who remains...

FIRST LOOK SEEN SOMETHING FUNNY LATELY? SHARE IT! Rightio! Finally! We’re there! Umm, the only trouble here is knowing… where there is for us to be at, so to speak. This is where it is, but what is it? An anonymous contributor spotted this sign on a US road trip, somewhere in...

BAZZA AND FREDDIE2015 Barry Sheene Festival of Speed Come out to Sydney Motorsport Park on the 20, 21 & 22nd of March to the Barry Sheene Festival of Speed and you will not only see some amazing classic race bikes and racing (including Stuart racing his CBR), but you’ll have...

For those of us lucky enough to be going on The Bear’s Best of the West bike tour of the western USA in August, here’s a bonus: lunch with his friend Craig Vetter, one of the great names in motorcycle design. Craig is credited with creating the ‘cruiser’ motorcycle with his 1973...

“On the old highway maps of America, the main routes were red and the back roads blue. READERS’ TRAVELS Now even the colors are changing. But in those brevities just before dawn and a little after dusk - times neither day nor night - the old roads return to the sky some of its...

Stuart is wearing an XRH helmet, Ugly Fish glasses, H-D jacket, M2R Aero gloves and Draggin jeans. HARLEY DAVIDSON STREET 500 ON THE STREET: A MINI V-ROD WORDS STUART WOODBURY PHOTOS THE BEAR “THAT H-D BADGE GOES A LONG WAY AND WILL DO SO IN THE MANY THOUSANDS OF STREETSTHAT...

GREAT SOUTHERN SYDNEY DAY RIDE TO THE SOUTH WORDS/PHOTOS THE BEAR “JUST PAST ALBION PARK RAIL, BEYOND THE URBAN SPRAWL.” Imagine Sydney for a moment without the Blue Mountains, and the rest of the nearby Great Dividing Range. In my column in MOTOR magazine I once suggested that...

TEX & BUNDY FLAT-OUT FESTIVE SEASON Hi all. Well, it has been a busy Xmas / New Year period for Tex and me. We reeled off several hospital visits and the Kings X Bikers Toy Run all in the lead up to Xmas, then a couple of old age homes before the New Year. All is good though,...

BRAKE IT UP THE COMPANY MOST TRUSTED TO STOP YOU “Anyone can do simple things, but only a few can handle difficult ones. We have to deal with the difficult ones.” Emilio Bombassei Braking might not come immediately to mind when you think about motorcycling’s difficult things....

The town centre is to the west of the darlin’ companion and you’ll find all grades of fuel available plus a SuperIGA on Sandwych St, just around the corner from the very well equipped and staffed Tourist Info Office at 68 Darling St. The Darling Junction Motel, is on the...