I began riding pillion over 2 years ago, with my partner of 13 years. Finally, after all this time, we went to visit my family on the back of the bike. I was nervous about it – it felt like introducing a new boyfriend to them. Sure, they’ve known about ‘us’ for some time, but… [Read More]
How hot is too hot?
Harking back to a previous post (“How cold is too cold?“) this crazy Sydney weather just can’t make up its mind. Here we are at the October long weekend – first weekend in October, only 1 month into Spring – and it should be the perfect time of year for riding. We, along with thousands… [Read More]
A quick sprint between Sydney storms
Here we are on ANZAC Day, 2015, marking the 100 year anniversary of that fateful landing at Gallipoli. One year ago today we cancelled a planned ride to the Blue Mountains due to poor weather and visibility (although we still drove up there by car and Zorro made a motza on the 2-Up floor, which… [Read More]
First road-trip on the new bike
Finally, Zorro has picked up the new bike (a BMW K1300S) and we’re taking it out together for our first ever weekend ‘road-trip’. Zorro has already put 500kms on the clock, riding solo. And he’s already fallen in love with it. Hopefully I will feel the same… We made last-minute plans to head to the… [Read More]
Test-riding the new bike
Saturday, June 28: today was the big test. The test ride, that is. Zorro and I took a BMW K1300S for a test ride from Procycles at Hornsby. I hopped off the S1000RR to immediately admire the difference in seat-size of the K1300S sitting in the showroom while Zorro filled out paperwork. The seat certainly… [Read More]
TGIM – Thank God It’s Monday
Bad weather, late boozy nights and a bunch of outstanding chores all combined to prevent us getting out on the road on the weekend. So I was pretty happy that Zorro’s work had decreed the Monday to be a corporate ‘picnic day’. Especially when the day dawned clear and crisp. Autumn is definitely making itself felt in… [Read More]
Two days of two-up
After so much recent rain, the Easter weekend in Sydney this year was – incredibly – beautifully sunny, warm and dry. Perfect weather for riding. We’d made plans to go for a ride with some friends on the Monday plus had quite a few non-bike activities planned for the break. By Saturday night I found… [Read More]
Escape to Mangrove Mountain
Sunday was another perfect day for a ride with friends – also two-up. We again did the “run up the Old Road” for brekky at Road Warriors and then continued on. The Route: At the Calga intersection we turned right and did the loop around through Somersby and Peats Ridge, then up to Mangrove Mountain. This… [Read More]
Mixing it up with a multistrada
We were invited to stay down the coast at Coledale with some friends for the weekend. This was my first ‘overnight’ ride and I was fretting about how much (or little!) I could pack into the very small panniers on the S1000. As luck would have it, a friend offered us the use of his Ducati… [Read More]
Too hot for you?
It’s been a very “Indian Summer” in Sydney and March has been easily as warm as February. We didn’t decide ’til mid-morning to head out for a ride, and by then it was already edging 26C. Not being too sure if we’d get too hot, I suggested we head up the northern beaches for a… [Read More]
A quick rap up ‘the old road’
Any Sydney motorbike rider who’s ever headed North of the Harbour Bridge would know about “the old road”. It’s how the locals refer to the Old Pacific Highway, which many moons ago was the Pacific Highway – the only route up to Gosford and Newcastle. Much of it is single lane as it winds around… [Read More]
Our first ride – West Head views on a Sunday
The time has come for our first ride together. Riding attire: I’m all kitted up. Kind of. I’ve got my brand spanking new helmet and teamed it up with a pair of jeans (ok, so they’re Armani), a leather jacket (admittedly, it’s only a dress jacket, but it zips up the front and sits hip-length),… [Read More]