Last week was my birthday and my good wife arranged for me to get a new top box for the bike. Most of you will remember The Great Topbox Disaster of 2018 so it should come as no surprise to know that … [Read more...]
Archives for March 2018
Returning to the scene of the crime
Along with the on-going issues of my wife's thyroid illness, she is also being treated for a problem with the Achilles tendon in her right foot. This has necessitated weekly visits to a physio at … [Read more...]
A seat in search of a bike
One of the things that has perplexed me about Rhonnda has been the condition of the seat. When I bought her she only had 53k on her and had obviously been well looked after. But the seat had a large … [Read more...]
Correction
Thanks to my good friend, David Hirsch, for pointing out the error in my Daytona article yesterday. While the 200 WAS reduced in length to 100 miles in the early Noughties, it is now back to the … [Read more...]
How hath the mighty fallen
It probably escaped your notice in the excitement of the first round of the MotoGp world championship, but the Daytona 200 was run and won last weekend as well. It was won, for the fourth time, by … [Read more...]
In an instant of time
From time to time I go back through my photograph collection and post a few on Facebbok. As you know, I scanned in and catalogued about 3000 photos from my road racing days and put them into albums on … [Read more...]
Memories, memories…
The connected world in which we live throws up constant surprises. One with which I am regularly reminded is the fact that someone, somewhere, somehow, has photos of something that concern you and … [Read more...]
A different kind of park
Last weekend was Rd 2 of MotoStars and I travelled a much shorter distance than Rd1 (250kms vs 500kms) to Newcastle and the picturesque Cameron Park go kart track on the western outskirts of the city. … [Read more...]
A walk (or ride) in the Park
Sydney's Royal National Park is the oldest gazzetted National Park in the world and I'm lucky enough to have it only 20k's or so north of where I live. Bordered on its eastern side by the Pacific … [Read more...]
A sad anniversary
It's 23 years ago today that Australia's brightest motorcycle racing star passed from our presence in a car race at Phillip Island. I've chronicled Gregg's career and achievements here before so I … [Read more...]