I had my latest IAM check ride today (Thursday) and the day didn't start well!  The ride was to check my city skills in dense traffic so...

About 10 years ago, Jennie and I sat down and mapped out our "sensible" retirement plan - single storey smallish house for moving ...

 The cover of the book in question   Paul Carter is the stereotypical portrayal of an Aussie male - larger than life, a bit rough round...

Last week, Philip McDaid, Chief Examiner for IAM emailed me to organise another check ride and we settled on yesterday (Monday).  As an asi...

Just a few days into spring, a gorgeous warm day, perfect for getting the Street Triple out - so did it happen?  Nah, had promised Jennie th...

With fellow blogger Bobscoot recently posting about his first foray onto electric bicycles HERE , I thought I'd throw a cool Kiwi electr...

As Roger mentions in his post , we turned up for the monthly ride with the Institute of Advanced Motorists riding group.  My 170 km ride to ...

This post has nothing to do with bikes but it's such a cool little story that it's worth sharing! Our eldest son Lyndon studied fo...