
USED & REVIEWED Special Section
- AusMotorcyclist Older Magazines
- May 28, 2024
- 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
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- 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.