USED & REVIEWED Special Section

Australian Motorcyclist Issue #33

• BORIS
• FROM THE CAVE
• NEW BIKE PRICES
• WHAT SAY YOU?
• CLASSIC MORRIS
• GADGET MAN
• ADV TEAR-OUT MAP #18
• TOP TOURS & TRAVEL
• CONFIDENTIAL
• USED & REVIEWED Special Section
• USED & REVIEWED
• PUB OF THE MONTH
• SUMMER GEAR Special Feature
• LONG TERMERS
• TRAVEL
• TEAR OUT MAP #33
• SEE THE LIGHT
• DAY RIDE OUT OF MELBOURNE
• BIKE LAUNCH
• BIKE TEST
• CONCRETE DESIRES
• TRAVEL
• LAUNCH
• NEWS
• FROM THE BEAR

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 less hilarious when I am the person around whom a supposed top-of-the-line riding suit disintegrates, of course. Or when the “waterproof” boots fill with rain and the gloves stain my hands with an evil and probably carcinogenic blue-black dye… and yes, all of that has happened.