No heated gear. No sweat. No regret. Who else is still out there riding?...

And boarding in the evening at Devonport provided some wonderful sunset views of the distant Tasmanian north coast. Disembarking the Spirit of Tasmania around 7am I rode to Queenscliff and took the f...

Snow season is upon us in Toyama Prefecture too. I'm going for a short run today...

That's another part of my Royal enfield interceptor 650cc I've got to know. Front sprocket cover removed, cleaned out, polished and replaced. Probably lightened the bike by 2lbs of muck! #interceptor6...

More than 95,000 miles from Alaska to Argentina. He wrote books about his travels, and they have now become extremely hard to find. When he got married, late 60s, he and his wife Arlene travelled on B...

It’s all the same to me. I’m season blind. If I’m not riding at least 5 days a week year round I’ll just sell the fahking thing. 20 degrees and gorgeous out there after work today. So much snow with m...

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This time I went from Hobart to Bothwell, Miena and the Great Lake to Deloraine and then Devonport. This is a fantastic ride! I thought the Poatina approach to Hobart was fun (and it is), but the scen...

Then the festival started! Sails and ships across the waterfront. Wooden vessels in various stages of repair - some 'rustic' others like high-end furniture. Canoes, dinghies, yachts and fishing vessel...

Hobart is a city that provides a visitor with plenty to do. In preparation for the target of the nautical nature of my visit I went to the Hobart Maritime Museum; small but competent. The museum deals...

Hardknott Pass, Birker Fell, Ulpha, Corney Fell, Cold Fell and home. Pukka ...

Why we do......

Stopping at museums, a cider house and the Franklin waterfront where the old Cartela (a significant heritage vessel), was slowly deteriorating. This ride brought my happy sojourn at Kettering to an e...

The last village of merit before the road heading south ceases to be sealed. Southport is so quiet it's silent. I couple of hopefuls fished from the wharf while their young boys jumped into the chilly...

I couldn't ride my XS, so I had to rent a BMW K 1200 GT The first week's base was Kettering, a small village on a protected bay with a marina and many moorings, and the gateway to Bruny Island (via t...

Temps in the 20’s F. Water crossings galore. Perfect....

Wish I had 55k to spend on a motorcycle. Hopefully there's some nice 50th Anniversary Merch. 1833cc liquid-cooled Unicam six-cylinder engine Throttle by wire Electronic preload suspension...

Puttering in Podunk...

A lovely day for a ride. A quick stop at Hawkins Lookout and then down to the Webb's Creek Ferry to St Albans for a coffee at the Settlers Arms Inn, then (due to bad planning) a 20km trip along a good...

Newlands Valley Pass, Buttermere, Honister Pass, Borrowdale Valley, Keswick then down to Ambleside, over Langdale Pass, Wrynose Pass, Hardknott Pass, Birker Fell then cross country to the West Coast R...

And we riders don't care about what people say about our preferred carrying system...