Most riders spend a fair bit of money on a good helmet and jacket and gloves. Some build on this with boots and riding pants and rain gear. However sometimes it is the little things that make a big difference. Here are five things that I cannot ride without now that I never thought of when first riding. 1. Buff or other brand of neck tube/scarf. These are great. In winter they seal the wind out
I wasn’t planning any riding when out of the blue a week of sunny weather was being predicted prior to the arrival of Japans rainy season. I set off one day later with part of a ride worked out on a bike that was not running the best but a week of fine weather is as rare as hens teeth in Japan so the moment had to be seized. I started by going west along the coast past Enoshima to Hakone. I
I have had an interest in Sicily for since childhood thanks in part of to some of my family having grown up in with the Italian community in Innisfail North Queensland which had a strong connection to Etna region Sicily. An opportunity presented itself recently to make a small visit. First order of business was some lunch before leaving the airport. This is a great start I can still
Got to spend four days riding a low km Yamaha FZ8 in Spain so I want to talk a little about this motorbike. As usual with my motorcycle reviews I am not going to be talking about the specifications or history and the other press release type stocking filler that is the content you will find on commercial motorcycling web site reviews. What I am going to do is chat about how the bike actually
Whilst I thought I would most likely not being doing any more rides in Europe circumstances or situations change and I unexpectedly found myself flying to Spain for a couple of weeks so I dusted off my plans I once had for riding AndalucÃa. It had been one of the places I had on still on my bucket (ride) list. I arrived in Madrid and immediately was pleased to find the feel of the capital city
I do not often write a post to recommend an item but recently I enjoyed reading this book. Motorcycle Messengers was a nice read of short stories or excerpts like a sample pack from the contributing authors. Very easy to access or read a few stories then put away while boarding a plane on my recent travels. The stories are quite varied, one made me chuckle out loud while one almost had me in
Japan has some of the nicest motorcycle riding I have so far experienced in the world. A land with a rugged coastline and a very mountainous interior criss-crossed with roads, it is almost a dream for motorcycle riding with terrific roads and beautiful scenery around every corner. In this post I am going to write a few things aiming to help motorcycle riders thinking about Japan but not sure. It
I just completed a motorcycle ride visiting some of the best view points around what is referred to as the Seto Inland sea of Japan. I then went island hopping across these waters to visit some of the islands in the middle where few people travel. If you have a little time then perhaps you might enjoy to see some photos from the tour. I had this ride planned for April, in Spring. But I have
Six years since I did the ride in the Europe alps. I just revisited the post and saw how crappy the photos had been all limited to low resolution. Fortunately I still have all the photos from that ride archived and so just updated them to high resolution versions as well as adding quite a few more never posted originally. Added a little extra text too so now it actually looks how it should have -