Ticket to crashville – admit one.

2 weeks ago I was out on the bike, minding my own business, having a great day in the hills, as one does. Sundays are meant for this and the dirt roads of the Perth hills are generally peaceful and riding is good for the soul. Well, that’s how it was supposed to be, anyway…

Cheeky ride out on the DR650

Rewind a month:  (I know, I’m a bit behind – sue me 😉 ) Was a beautiful day, not much wind, not too warm – perfect for getting out on the bike.  I love the variation between the coast and the hills – there’s not too many places where you can get from one extreme to the other so easily.

First signs of spring

Seasons are a bit vague here in Perth. If you judged Perth climate by UK summer – we have summer all year round. Autumn is a week of changing leaves between 35 degree summer days and the start of rain and a cool change Winter comes and goes, but only exerts itself hard enough to warrant a jacket for a few weeks. It can be wet…

The mighty DR650 gets a new shoe (and other farkles)

The sheer power of the mighty DR650 means that tyres don’t last long.. Ok, thats a total lie, it only has 40bhp, but after a year and maybe 10,000km on and off road, the rear tyre was shot and it was time for a new one. One of the things I need to be able to do is fix a flat when I’m off…

Day trip to Boyagin Rock

As you may remember, I’ve got this foolhardy romantic notion of doing crazy motorcycle adventures. Well, to do this, I need practice (and fitness – it’s very tiring riding motorbikes off-road) and also to get my bike setup.  So what better way to find out how unfit both myself and my bike are for this than to go on a marathon day ride out into…

Mt Solus (again)

Christmas holidays – gotta love ’em.  I found myself with a totally free day so got up early to beat the heat (it’s starting to crank up here now) and set off to go back to Mt Solus. You may remember that I went there before with a group of friends – clicky here for the post – but this time I thought (a little…

Ride out to North Dandalup and Pinjarra

I woke up stupidly early today for no good reason, so I decided to take advantage of the morning. Firstly, I chatted to some friends in LA (hi Amanda, hi Tim!) and then headed out on my motorbike to have some ‘me’ time before anyone woke up!

Ride out to Lake Clifton

It’s heating up here at last.  This year the temperatures have been stubbornly slow to get going, with only a fews days so far over 30C. I’d even go as far as saying that a few days last week were actually chilly. But the last couple of weekends have been just about perfect.  Perfect for a few photos with the new X100T too. Last weekend, I went…

Off road ride to Mt Dale

I’ve been off the bike for serious rides for a bit due to winter being crappy (see radar pic!) and very wet and the fact that I’m a big wuss and also I was back in England (as you may have gathered) But there was a serendipitous break in the weather, I didn’t have any commitments and my family were all stuck into art or TV shows…

Cold winter photos.

It’s cold. I know – you’re thinking – bah, Australia, cold?  Bullshit! Well I’ve got some news for you – Australia has winter just like everyone else.  And sometimes, it’s really not very warm.  Like 0 degrees just before sunrise.  And possibly single digit daytime temperatures (although, to be fair, in Perth these are mercifully rare).  I lot of Northern Hemisphere dwellers are laughing…