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Freshh2o

  1. Riding Across Oz

  2. Riding in OZ.

    Now living and riding a VStar in Western Oz, and about to embark on a 6000K epic ride from Sydney to Perth with 3 mates.

    http://stefford.wordpress.com/
  3. Riding in Fiji

    I brought my CBF 250 with me to Fiji for a 2 year contract. Shit, the way things are going I will have to ship it back without riding it (legally) here. Talk about bureaucracy. Anyway, in no doubt vain anticipation of such a felicitous eventuality, does anyone know about these tropical mesh armoured jackets? Even with the liner out mine is too warm... Not that I have ridden in it yet, of course....

    A bit of the story, in episodes and some photos here...
    http://thricehanged.spaces.live.com/

    Updated 24th August 2009 at 18:15 by Freshh2o (spelling)

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  4. useful site

    Rideforever
    This excellent site provides intelligent and sensible advice for riders. As well as arming riders with the means to ride to survive, the site is great reminder to us all about the risks and responsibilities we bear for ourselves and for others; our families and friends as well as other road users.

    i really liked the practical advice on cornering
    and the zen of riding
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  5. Things I sort of knew but did not know I knew.

    I noticed some time ago that when cornering on my bike, I seemed to do it a lot better on some days than others. I started to pay attention to my technique and discovered a strange thing that at first seemed quite counter-intuitive: I found that when turning right (for example), I had really good control if I was pushing down and forward on the right handlegrip. Vice versa for left, of course. The bike went into a firm lean and I cornered smoothly, and definitely more sharply than if I just threw ...
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