Where have all the tourists gone?

Things are very quiet in Melbourne right now. Maybe its the economic climate, or that people aren't travelling from the USA or Europe in as greater numbers as in the past. I wish I knew why more people aren't coming out for a Harley Ride with us.The most common question I get asked when someone is sitting on the back of my Harley Davidson (a 2012 Heritage Softail BTW) is, "How many time a w...

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Did You Buy Yourself a Biking Christmas Present?

.•*”˜˜”*°•. ˜”*°•?•°*”˜ .•°*”˜˜”*°•.***?*** HAPPY CHRISTMAS ***?***.•°*”˜.•°*”˜.•°*”˜? ˜”*°•.˜”*°•.˜”*°•I wish you a great time and an even better 2013.This year’s Christmas present to myself.Roll on the 2013 riding season! I am planning a road trip here....

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Harley-Davidson 1915 KT Board Racer

Harley-Davidson did not participate in team racing until 1914, when it decided to exploit the potential benefits of publicity and development that could be derived from racing success. Board-track racing was reaching new levels of popularity, with promotors able to attract huge paying crowds to the meetings, so Harley’s decision to enter into competition made a lot of sense. Board racers were...

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Video Competition - Win A GoPro Camera!

Some of you will remember the ABCD photograph competition I ran some time ago. It is time to have another competition, but this time even bigger and better!The new competition is for motorcycle videos. They can be filmed from on-board a motorcycle, they can be about anything to do with motorcycles,...

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My son Charlie in HOG Magazine

Some of my readers may remember seeing this picture of my eldest son, Charlie, that I included in an earlier posting about the trip we did on our motorcycle to Portugal.The Harley Owners Group (HOG) magazine wrote an article about young riders, especially Charlie, and he appears in the Winter 2012 edition...

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How to fix luggage to a custom motorcycle

When designing my custom motorcycle Amelia, I knew two things for sure.1. I would be touring long distances on this motorcycle.2. I needed to be able to fix luggage to the bike, but I didn't want an ugly rack to spoil the look of the bike.Good looks and practicality don't always go well together, so, it became clear that we needed to be quite innovative in devising a solution for fixing luggage to...

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Harley-Davidson 1912 Silent Gray Fellow

By the time Harley-Davidson built this X-8 single in 1912, the company was well on the way to establishing itself as a major motorcycle manufacturer, and the motorcycle was a more refined mode of transportation. This bike was a direct development of the original 1903 model and continued in production until 1918. Though it still had belt final-drive, an atmospheric inlet valve, and no gearbox,...

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Guide to Planning a Motorcycle Road Trip in the USA

Planning to a motorcycle road trip in the US? Then you might want to read this guide.As a Englishman who planned and then rode 21,000 miles in America on a road trip, I learnt a lot about what to consider if planning a motorcycle road trip in the US for the first time. Thinking it would be useful...

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France In America - Free Book!

At the end of my 21,475 mile motorcycle tour of the USA, I made a promise on my blog that I intend to keep. I said anyone that commented on my blog before the last day of the trip, would receive a free copy of my book about the tour.That promise will be kept.With a few things still to do, the book will...

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