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I was sad to wave goodbye to Österreich as I started my trip north, which took me breifly through Deutschland, hitting 265 km/hr on the autobahn.
On leaving Schweiz, I thought that there was no way at all that I would ever see another country even remotely as beautiful as Switzerland, however I was totally wrong: welcome to Österreich! After leaving Venice, I pointed the bike north east and...
My venture into Italy was a trial by fire, or on this particular day, a trial by water, Porsche, gravel, and goat, via the immensely complex Passo di Stelvio.
Here are some photos I took at the 2011 Catalunyan MotoGP.
On the 29th of May, 2011 I boarded the ferry to Santander from a very grey and miserable Plymouth.
Luggage space! There is simply never enough of in on a motorcycle, but that by itself is one of the attractions of motorcycling: carrying just what you need, not everything ever made.
The highest mountain pass in Europe
The R6 sleeps on the streets of Monaco
Casey Stoner on his way to victory at the Catalunyan MotoGP
I was lucky enough to have a mate from Australia throwing a house warming style party at her place in Camden, so after a day taking in the sites and sounds, I ended up in Camden meeting more of the locals, which turned into an all-nighter and a train...
On the 18th of May I set out for a 2 day trip up to Wales, partly to give myself something to do, partly to test out the new bike luggage, and partly to test out the new bike, but mostly to see if all these moving parts would come together and facili...
My first excursions out on the new R6 have been reasonably safe and easy as I get used to being back in the saddle.
I picked up my new bike today, a lovely 2007 Yamaha YZF-R6.
I can't stand flying, it's really an awful experience, being locked inside a metal tube whizzing through the sky at (usually) around 800-900 km/hr, at an altitude of a few kilometres - there's really nothing civilised about it at all, in fact, it's p...
I decided to lash and purchase a GoPro Motorsport package for my trip to the EU.
Possibly the most important component of this trip is the bike itself.
Every once in a while, various events and circumstance in our lives suddenly align, offering new opportunities, ideas, thoughts, emotions, goals and aspirations.
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