Published on May 23rd, 2016 | by Boris
A bike is not tuned until it is dynotuned. And while the Magnum had undergone performance surgery (which can be seen HERE), it was running a generic engine map, which, because I did not know any... Read More →
Published on May 19th, 2016 | by Boris
Once upon a time, the Triumph Bonneville T120 was the greatest motorcycle in the world. Named after the legendary prehistoric salt lake in Utah used to set World Land Speed records, the Bonny has carved its... Read More →
Published on May 18th, 2016 | by Boris
Once again, I was privileged to be invited to attend the Black Uhlans MC’s annual Ride to Win run. But some water has flowed under the bridge since the one I went on last year. And... Read More →
Published on May 16th, 2016 | by Boris
I awoke this morning to some really crappy alliteration from one of VicPol’s media droogs polluting my Interwebs. “Operation Motus moves motorcycles into motion” the press release was headed. I am rather unsure about what that... Read More →
Published on May 15th, 2016 | by Boris
Getting the middle-aged men of the Australian motorcycle press corps to review Learner Approved Motorcycles (LAMs) is an exercise in hilarity. Our Learner Days are eons behind us. We are cynical, jaded and need to stop... Read More →
Published on May 4th, 2016 | by Boris
Each time I hear or read the mealy-mouthed sign-off ‘Ride safe!’ my glands start to ache and I am seized by a powerful desire to break things. What is that pathetic ‘Ride safe!’ whine about? Why... Read More →
Published on May 3rd, 2016 | by Eva Cripps
Once upon a time, if a man had an honest job, worked hard, paid his taxes, and committed no crime, he could sleep at night, safe in the knowledge that he was contributing positively to society... Read More →
Published on April 28th, 2016 | by Boris
My brother, Bother Silverback, once declaimed that “Every man must own a Moto Guzzi at least once in his life”. And this is true. To combat the vagaries of the world, a man must bear the... Read More →
Published on April 27th, 2016 | by Eva Cripps
It has been over a year since the glorious deposal of former Premier Campbell Newman and his baby-faced Attorney-General Jarrod Bleije. Yet their festering stench remains, thanks to the suite of abhorrent and draconian laws which... Read More →
Published on April 26th, 2016 | by Boris
The speedo indicated an appalling speed. I slitted my eyes and glanced down again. Yep. An Appalling speed. Woodbury was still ahead of me, but that was fine. Better he go clanking to the wall in... Read More →
