Flagstaff AZ. By now we are solidly into the routine of motorcycle travel – up, breakfast, pack, check the room 18 times, get on the road, realise the GPS is going somewhere other than where we want to go, stop, check Google Maps and Gaia off-line maps, provide guidance to the GPS, and repeat with … More Lower48Mate Part 2

According to the gospel of shipping, in the beginning of March 2025, there was a ship, the Ever Unicorn. We tracked its progress from Brisbane through pirate-infested waters to Busan in South Korea. Picturing Busan was easy; we’d watched Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End, so knew our motorcycles were cursed and pirate blood … More Lower48Mate Part 1

A birthday. A need to go somewhere we’d never been before. Talk of Broome, which was easily scotched given the late February/early March timing and the likelihood of +40°C days and rampant mange on the beach camels, but no obvious options appeared. Then we were watching the telly one Sunday afternoon, and the report was … More Norfolkin’ Way

There is nothing more exciting than the anticipation and planning for a major expedition. The possibilities and promises of a blank notebook page and a map are intoxicating. Google Maps is all well and good, but one of the first planning tools for Duncan’s and my upcoming 5 month motorcycling trip to the USA was … More Preparing for an Expedition

Spain, Portugal, and Morocco. We’d done all three which we decided was enough. It was time to turn around. We left Part 2 at the end of Day 11 at Marrakesh in the Es Saadi Hotel, about to have a swim and a gin and a tonic. I can happily report that we achieved all … More SPAM Part 3 – Back Spain

Spain, Portugal, and Morocco. Already done the first two in four days, nothing more to see there, so it was time to do more. Morocco in fact. We left Part 1 on Day 5 at Algeciras about to embark on the ferry. As always ferries are exciting to ride onto, with all the tie-down and … More SPAM Part 2 – More Rockin’ It

Spain, Portugal, and Morocco. This time not alone, but on the Compass Expeditions Spain Portugal and Morocco (SPAM) tour. A new beginning in our riding adventures. Well, we’d just finished riding in Portugal and Spain, but not in the same places we were going and we definitely hadn’t been near to Morocco, so close enough … More SPAM Part 1 – Sportugal

All rides must have a theme. A theme-less ride is a random ride; why don’t we just ride to Perth like we would have when we were teenagers but Western Australia hadn’t been discovered?!? Quickly becomes we’re riding 2km to Maccas because we realised the cat and the goldfish were unlikely to survive the 4 … More Obrigado Gracias. Mercy.

The BMW Clubs Australia “Nationals” is an annual gathering of the BMW faithful, with the cars alternating years with bikes. Fortunately, and completely at odds with pro-rata wheel numbers, we get one every two years. The Gold Coast did it spectacularly well in June 2022 at Kooralbyn, and according with tradition the next rally location … More Rally in a Valley

As the old saying goes; All work and no play makes Duncan a dull boy. However, there is absolutely no proven causative correlation between the work:play ratio and boyness dullity, so as long as some play is introduced then surely Duncan will not stand out as awkwardly boring in social situations. The problem precis – … More All Work With Some Play