Heading East – part 1

Waking up to the sound of the ocean is very calming, in fact it made it hard to get going at all. It wasn’t helped by taking my cereal and coffee to the top of the dune and sitting and contemplating the world. Then with my tent still wet from the night’s dew I went…

The 50cc – just don’t give up

The motorcycle community like all communities is made up of a wide range of different sub cultures. There’s the sports bike riders with their fast sports bikes and often bright leathers; the tourers with huge heavy bikes complete with surround sound and arm rests for the pillion; the adventure riders with big tall bikes and…

Weekend ride in the mountains

There’s something empowering about riding alone. Setting you’re own schedule, changing plans on the fly, not having to come to consensus on decisions, and overcoming obsticles as they arise. Don’t get me wrong, hanging out in a group is good but you have a lot of different issues to contend with. Maybe its the introvert…

Nambucca Heads – 2013

I went in search of an old ride report from a Nambucca Heads trip in 2013 but couldn’t find it – I may not have written one. However I did find one from my travelling companion Russel (Rusjel) from that particular trip so I am posting up an edited version of his post in its…

Bringing up a Milestone – 2012

With the 100,000km mark approaching on the zed it just didn’t seem right to let that milestone pass whilst on commuting duties, so a plan was hatched.

Border Run 2011 – The one that nearly got away

This is a ride report from 2011. I have included it in my blog as a way of archiving my ride reports in one location. ———— The border run. I remember as a teenager reading about these guys from Sydney and Melbourne riding to the WA and back. They must be mad! 30 years on…

Euston FarRide – 2011

It’s 3am and I’m sitting here at the servo, the BOM website has the current temp at under -1, the bike is fuelled up and the start receipt safely tucked away, all my warm gear on. I’m ready to head. Where’s Russell?