Getting Your Bike Through the Wet Season
Three months of humidity does more damage than a year of riding. What to do before the first storms, what to check after, and why the bike that sits still fares worst.
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Choosing a First Bike in the Kimberley
Distance, heat and gravel change the answer completely. The machine that suits a Perth commute is frequently the wrong one here, and the reasons are not obvious until you have ridden a wet.
Read the article ›Chain Care on Corrugated Roads
Red pindan dust behaves like grinding paste once it mixes with chain lube. The cleaning interval that actually works, and why more lube is often worse than less.
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Riding Gear for the Tropics
The gear people actually wear beats the gear they own and leave at home. How to stay protected at thirty-eight degrees without pretending you will put on a leather jacket.
Read the article ›What a Log Book Service Actually Covers
What is inside the price, what is charged separately, and the widespread belief about dealer servicing and warranties that is simply not true.
Read the article ›Quad Bike Safety on Stations
Most serious quad incidents happen at low speed, on familiar ground, to experienced operators. That single fact should change how properties think about the machines.
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Buying a Used Bike in a Remote Town
The odometer tells you less here than almost anywhere. Six things to look at instead, and the one question that reveals more than all of them.
Read the article ›Tyre Choice for Gravel and Bitumen
Every dual sport tyre is a compromise, and the marketing percentages on the box are close to meaningless. How to work out where your riding actually sits.
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Getting Your Motorcycle Licence in Western Australia
The general shape of the process, what a learner permit lets you ride, and the extra planning it takes when you live several hundred kilometres from a licensing centre.
Read the article ›Why We Sponsor the Local Motocross Club
It is not charity and it is not really marketing either. A town where nobody rides has no motorcycle shop in it, and that is a slower problem than it sounds.
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