[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fB_1gPRCLCo&feature=player_embedded[/youtube] … [Read more...]
GPS
I'm not an "early adopter" though I maintain a healthy on-going interest in the world of technology. My reason for not getting out and buying the latest gizmo is because, usually, the latest gizmo is … [Read more...]
Raining on our parade.
We had a mini-Snowy tour planned for this weekend, accommodation booked and all. Then, this afternoon, I get this email.. "The Bureau of Meteorology has advised that current models are showing the … [Read more...]
Whoohoo, school!
Week 3 of term and calls have started coming in. Got a day's work today and hopefully that will be the harbringer of more. Gotta save up as much as I can for the trip, so bring it on, I say. (voice is … [Read more...]
The ShadowFax Story, a tale from long ago.
I've updated the web site this morning with a story about the 1981 Coca Cola 800. … [Read more...]
Sorry, 2 posts today, but this one is worth it..
This excellent document on Fatigue and Motorcycle Touring is one of the best, if not THE best treatise on the subject I have ever read. Should be compulsory reading in my opinion. … [Read more...]
No, he didn’t crash.
Here's a very young Damien Cudlin at Oran Park in, I guess, 2000. Somehow he managed to get the R1 tied in knots here, but, even more amazingly, he saved it. I was talking to him at the Six Hour and … [Read more...]
Here’s a challenge, roads to die for.
Picked this up off the American VFR discussion site. http://www.waze.com/blog/the-19-most-complex-and-dangerous-roads-in-the-world/ … [Read more...]
It’s raining.
Not to put too fine a point on it, it's HOSING down. So, no riding today, and they say it's going to last for a few days, bummer. I have a very enlightened policy on riding in the rain. I'll ride … [Read more...]
Knee sliders? Bah, I need ELBOW sliders. :)
In these days of extreme lean angles (see article below) we are used to riders scraping their knees on the track during cornering. BUT, back in the 1980's this mad Frenchman, Jean-Phillipe Ruggia, who … [Read more...]