2005 - "Multi-layered Man" has just ridden 650 km in freezing temperatures and sleet! Winter is upon us in NZ.  It doesn...

On April 16th, I posted a piece about motorcycle safety in New Zealand.  I won't repeat it in detail as the article is here: Road Ski...

After a wet weekend and no riding for 3 weeks because of more pressing priorities, Monday dawns fine and warm.  Too good to miss a ride, eve...

This post is an appropriate sequel to the last one about the Tricati and what might have been. After emigrating to NZ, there was another ...

In the mid-late 60's, there was an article in the UK magazine, Motorcycle Mechanics, about a guy who shoehorned a 500cc Triumph twin uni...

This isn't about  motorcycles but I feel compelled to post it as a salutatory warning to my Canadian blogging friends if they have any i...

This post is principally directed at esteemed blogger Bobscoot, but also at other scooter enthusiasts.  It is, in fact, an apology for takin...

And now for something completely different..... (With a nod to Monty Python) Hadn't done any model-making since my teens but about 15 ...

Introduction On NZ motorcycle forums at least, one of the regular topics is radar detectors - do they work, what make is best and so for...

Jennie has gone to the next town on a shopping/lunch trip with one of her mates.  As I've not been presented with a list of chores, a ve...