May we present Photos of the Week #8 for 2021. For our Featured Image this week we’ve chosen a shot taken on a spot of land between the North and South islands of New Zealand. When @Peter 640 and a friend made a plan to visit the D’Urville Island Scenic Reserve, they had no idea what they would encounter. As things worked out, it was better than expected.
My God it’s pretty and NO ONE is there! We took a punt across and had an amazing 48 hours! I love a crazy plan that comes together!
The tour of D’Urville Island was a few years ago, but the memories will likely last forever. A few more of Peter640’s images from that trip follow, below.
Book Review by Sam Manicom
I’d been aware of
Richard Georgiou in the background of the overlanding world for some time, but until now I’d not read his books. This one is a gem.
The author describes himself as a “rather ordinary man who had an extraordinary adventure.” I disagree. Richard’s writing style shows that although he is
far from ordinary, he is indeed just another guy, and this is one of the things that makes
Morocco Bound a joy. There’s nothing stupidly gung-ho about it; he’s a thoughtful boundary stretcher with a brilliant sense of humor and a strong streak of optimism. Mix those qualities with curiosity, and the story begins.
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Honda has reportedly registered for rights to the Transalp badge in the USA and other international markets, adding fuel to speculation that a new middleweight adventure motorcycle of the same name is on the cards.
First Honda Transalp was introduced 1987
New Honda 750-850cc adventure motorcycle may be called the Transalp
Will sit below the Honda Africa Twin
Why is the Honda Transalp significant?
For the longest time,
there have been talks about Honda working on a sub-1,000cc adventure motorcycle that ll sit below its famous Africa Twin. With the likes of the KTM 790 Adventure (replaced now with the 890 Adventure), Triumph Tiger 900 and Yamaha Tenere 700 gobbling up a chunk of the middleweight adventure motorcycle pie, Honda is expected to introduce a 750-850cc adventure motorcycle to take the fight to them. Rumours suggest that Honda may be developing a new parallel-twin engine for the Transalp, which will n
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The Honda leading links like the C90 are adequate for the style of bikes they were mostly used on, but because they depend on the fairly small axle to brace them against twist they would not be very good for anything with sporting pretensions. We had a Honda Benley 150 in the family once, I was keeping it going for my brother in law to ride. It wasn t a young bike then, being a 61 model in use during the mid seventies. It had a very comfy ride, and good anti dive geometry, which was a bit disconcerting for those used to teles, but fine in practice. It made an interesting comparison to the Tiger Cub that a friend had at the time, with its four speed gearbox, electric start, indicators, overhead cam engine and so on. Also quite similar perfromance although it wasn t built as a sporting bike, that was what the 125 version was for. The 150 did not have a centre main bearing and was a 360 crank like the British bikes, although with a more sensible horizontal split case.