ADR 12: Tasmania 2018

ADR is a simple acronym for Australia Day Ride. Nothing tricky about it, twelve years ago two mates talked about going for a ride out into the Snowy Mountains from Victoria, and from there it grew to 3, 4, 5 and 6 people all hanging for a reason to go riding.

The next year it was 8 people and this year we had 12 who made the sojourn over to the apple isle, Tasmania for our four day tour.

Ducati Scrambler Desert Sled First Impressions

Ahh…it only took me two initial deposits at the Dealer and twelve months to decide that I really did want the Ducati Desert Sled as my next bike. And almost like clockwork just as I took ownership EICMA rolls around and they announce a 1100 Scrambler, but that’s a whole different story.

Let’s discuss.

Diary of a Haggis Hunter - The Bitter End

All good things must come to an end as they say. And that is how it felt for me on my seventh day touring Scotland on my rented S1000XR. The bitter end. The pill you don't want to swallow. The bike you never want to return.

Alas, what must be, must be.

Diary of a Haggis Hunter in Scotland: To infinity and beyond

Och Aye, Scotland and aye. By day 3 a couple of exciting things had happened, or were happening. First of all was a good dash of retail therapy was coming together in the form of comms.

I had decided before I left that I wasn’t taking my helmet with me. I was going to get the new dual sport I had been aching for, for quite some while - the NEXX XD-1.

Diary of a Haggis Hunter in Scotland, Part 1

Ooright san? Or something like that. So I'm in Scotland and finally got the rental S1000XR and needed to excise some two wheeled demons that had been building up over the past few weeks without wheels. 

This is a how it went down.

Motorbikes are all about the feels

G'day, what's new you ask? In my never ending quest for awesome moto-gear, quite a bit; I got a new lid, new boots, new MX Goggles and I've been looking at (even riding) all sorts of new bikes. I'm doing a few new drawings and of course, postieing my way around Melbourne. Life is good.

3 Tips To Live Longer Riding Motorcycles

That's a click bait heading if ever I read one. Gotcha attention? Clickbait it may be, but there is also a degree of truth to my story, so let's get on with it.

I've recently had a birthday and man it was ugly. 45. How the actual hell did that happen?