Tag Archive | "Australia"

Australian Postie Bike Challenge

Friday, June 19, 2009

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If you are anything like me, you saw Ewan McGregor and Charlie Boreman in Long Way Round and thought to yourself “Self, you need to go on an epic, continent-spanning adventure on a bike!” It’s at that point your brain kicks in and you imagine dying in the desert from exposure and snake bites. Well […]

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Scooter sales jump as buyers pawn TVs

Monday, January 12, 2009

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Here’s an interesting story from Australia that says “Motorists desperate to survive tough economic times are pawning laptops, furniture and television sets to buy scooters for cheap transport.” I’m not sure if we’ll see anything like that in the USA, but it makes a good point on how Vespa got into scooters in the first […]

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Oz is getting more monkeys!

Thursday, August 23, 2007

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(You can look, but you can’t touch if you live the USA. No 2008 monkey for YOU!) Australia is getting “hooked-up” next month with the reintroduction of the Honda Z50M, where “M” is for “Monkey”. If you’re bored and wanna see how much Honda thinks we’re the red headed stepchild, I recommend reading the press […]

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