Either someone in the BMW design studio is on whoopee weed or this is a German version of April Fool's Day. http://paultan.org/2009/11/10/bmw-motorrad-concept-6-motorcycle-features-1-6-liter-straight-six-engine/ … [Read more]
Doing “The Big One.”
For years now, whenever my wife has asked me, "What would you like to do; what's top on on your "bucket list"?" the answer has always been the same. Ride around Australia. Well, while we were having a very pleasant lunch in town yesterday the … [Read more]
Perhaps something like this would do?
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OIl9oLGx1o[/youtube] A scooter with an air-cooled Suzuki GSX750 4 cylinder engine in it!! … [Read more]
Q-Ships
Q-ships were, as this Wikipedia article indicates, heavily armed merchant ships that were disguised as unarmed ships with the intent of attracting German submarines and surface raiders and luring them close enough so that the merchant ship could use … [Read more]
There’s nothing . . . absolutely nothing . . .
half so much worth doing as simply messing around on bikes. (with apologies to Kenneth Graeme) The above quote, from the classic, "Wind in the Willows", is originally about boats, but I thought that the artistic licence was justified. It was a … [Read more]
National V-Strom Day.
Or, at least, that's how it seemed. Today we went fishing at Tathra, from the famous and historic wharf. Our fishing efforts are best left undocumented, but the trip was more than worthwhile as, at about 0900 this morning, a female whale and her … [Read more]
Bye-bye Oran Park: Part the First.
St George Motorcycle Club ran Round 4 of its Interclub Challenge at Sydney's Oran Park Raceway today. Hardly an earth-shattering snippet, especially considering that there were no championships at stake and the weather was set to be pretty rank as … [Read more]
Wildlife.
No, not THAT kind of wildlife; small, furry, native, unpredictable; THAT kind. Now that it's Spring, the beasties have come out of their Winter hidey-holes and are starting to be seen again. In the last couple of days I have seen 3 echidnas on the … [Read more]
What do people do with their bikes?
At the Pie Shop this morning, I noticed a "For Sale" notice taped to the window. "Ducati ST3. 4 years old 2800kms. $15500." It prompted me to ask the above question. Here's a 4 year old bike that has averaged 700kms per year for the last (and … [Read more]
Some dis-assembly required.
While riding the other night (see below) I noticed that I had a dead bulb in my speedometer. Of course it would have to be the one in the left-hand sector of the speedo that covers the 0-100km/h section so I couldn't really afford to ignore it even … [Read more]
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