Hot weather riding.

I am sure you can pick this spot by now...It was rather hot Sunday the 1st of March. I decided to go for a ride all the same since fine days have been a bit scarce this year.Riding apparel.There is many ways of approaching riding in peak summer here, some perhaps better than others. Riding in shorts and t-shirts is the stupid way however riding in full leathers IMO isn't the answer either. I have

2009 Australian Motorcycle Tour.

I finished watching the Long Way Down for the 2nd time when it aired recently on SBS and I enjoyed it much more this viewing. I still think from a entertainment point it didn't present as well as the original Long Way Round series however I now recognise that for the riders and support crew this trip would have been every bit as good. I am still very jealous.I have started working out what I

Ride Report - back on the road at long last!

Well I never thought I would be off the road for this long. Been quite some time since my last ride report.What a beaut day for a ride - after the gloomy weather forecast of showers and heat it turned out to be a fine and mild morning with just some heat mid afternoon on the way home.I wasn't ready tackle the ride I want to do to Tenterfield - after all just 70km on the new bike so best I visit

Mods finished - ready to ride this weekend.

I have finished the alterations I wanted to make.First up was rider foot pegs:Beautiful crafted items from Knight Design which give an extra inch of comfort for your knees.Next was what turned out to be a rather big job. Fitting the Convertibars:The process was removal of existing bars and triple clamp. Installation of the special Convertibar system and then reinstall triple clamp. Reroute some

Springbrook mountain

Took a spin up Mt Springbrook this morning. Took the car and that was the right choice as the roads were covered in fallen branches and leaves and twigs. The few motorbikes I saw up there needed to go very easy with the loose road surface.There has been so much rain this week I thought the waterfalls that are often dry would be putting on a good show and I was not disappointed.Just after the

HDR photography

Looks like another mixed weekend for weather here ...In the meantime here is my first attempt at HDR photography. HDR or High Dynamic Range is a technique where you take a number of photos at different exposures and using special software combine 3 or more to create a photo that has a greater contrast range than can be captured in a single exposure.This was Brisbane last night from my balcony.

Tokyo Highways

Being this is a blog about the places to ride I thought I might show some amazing road photos I came across on the Web recently. The following are highway junctions or overpasses by night...Click to see a larger version.