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Published on March 29th, 2011 | by Boris
A few days before I was due to return the K1300S it told me it had a flat tyre. It’s electronically clever like that. I’m sure I would have worked it out for myself a few... Read More →
Published on March 28th, 2011 | by Boris
Please remain calm, L-Platers. Do not scurry off and hide under the furniture, trembling like wild fawns, slick with the sweat of your own fear. I am here to help you. Honest. This will not take... Read More →
Published on February 9th, 2011 | by Boris
Do you know why they offer a man facing a firing squad or a hanging a hood? Would it surprise you to discover it’s not because there’s concern over the feelings of the condemned man who... Read More →
Published on December 31st, 2010 | by Boris
I don’t know about the rest of you, but I weary of being considered proto-criminal effluent by public servants sworn to protect me from evil. Hell, what with bastard aging and familial responsibilities, I’ve been good... Read More →
Published on December 8th, 2010 | by Boris
I need to speak to you again. Albeit briefly, while I bravely control my rich nausea of you even at this remove. There are clearly lots of things about motorcycling you’re still not understanding. No, I... Read More →
Published on November 30th, 2010 | by Boris
Hands up those of you who took up motorcycling because it was a safe and economical way of getting around. Yes. OK. Go stand over there. Now, hands up those of you who think fluoro vests... Read More →
Published on November 8th, 2010 | by Boris
Can someone tell me why nearly all of our young riders (and an obscene proportion of our older ones) are such pathetic chicken-bitches? Their hyperventilated panicking appears on cue each time any reference is made to... Read More →
Published on September 30th, 2010 | by Boris
IT is clear to even the dumbest NSW government staffer that the Keneally government is in its death throes. It is like a gut-shot dog, whining and trembling and dragging its flea-bitten form under the house... Read More →
Published on August 8th, 2010 | by Boris
When was the last time you threw caution to the wind? When was the last time you decided that, just for the hell of it, you were gonna say “FUCK IT!” and mean it and damn... Read More →
Published on August 2nd, 2010 | by Boris
So there we were. The police inspector and me. On the side of the road. In peak-hour traffic. Which was now gridlocked spectacularly because his unmarked car and my bike were blocking the left lane. The... Read More →