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Category: Ride Reports

Category: Ride Reports

At last – Shirakawago in the snow!

on March 21, 2022February 11, 2023 by tougeexpress

Shirakawago is a timeless glimpse at a bygone era and a place everyone visiting Japan should make an effort to get to. And it does need effort as it’s not the closest place to the main touristy draw cards. From its nearest big city, Nagoya, it’s about a 3hr tour bus ride or 4hr by train and bus on public transport.

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Freedom

on October 6, 2021February 11, 2023 by tougeexpress 2 Comments

With the lifting of the corona virus state of emergency and local prefectural no-travel requests, it was time for the steed and I to chase the horizon once more.

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Hakone All Star Run for The Machine’s Bday

on August 31, 2021February 11, 2023 by tougeexpress

Great run out around Hakone with the Kanagawa Riders for the big man’s birthday. Nature really turned on the views and the roads were near on empty.

Check out the pics and captions below for the day’s events…

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Slow Day Sunday – 2

on July 18, 2021February 11, 2023 by tougeexpress 2 Comments

From delicous fruits to cool refreshing waterfalls and mountain climes to the aftermath of seasonal flooding and the loss of great roads.

It was great to Fuji out and proud too!

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Slow day Sunday

on July 12, 2021February 11, 2023 by tougeexpress 2 Comments

What a great day! Perfect morning after heavy rains with a coolish run out to the Minami Alps if Yamanashi in an attempt to get over into Shizuoka…alas, it was no to be.

Did get to see and ride plenty of other cool stuff though.

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Farewell 2020… Can’t say I’m going to miss you!

on December 30, 2020February 11, 2023 by tougeexpress

Got out for a leisurely 320km through Izu to see out the year.

What a strange year. The plague, society and business grinding to a halt…

But the MT10SP become a worthy Touge Express steed!

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Bones and Coasts to Coast to…

on August 15, 2020February 11, 2023 by tougeexpress 2 Comments

Left home in the cool pre-dawn for what I thought would be a morning excursion but one thing lead to another and before I knew it I’d gone Coast to Coast and still had to get home, which is near the coast so…

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Goldenweek Wander – Part 7 – Homeward bound…

on May 26, 2019February 11, 2023 by tougeexpress

A great end to a good long ride!

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Goldenweek Wander – Part 6

on May 25, 2019February 11, 2023 by tougeexpress 1 Comment

Scrabbling around the mountain passes…gates and all!

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Goldenweek Wander – C2C – Part 5

on May 24, 2019February 11, 2023 by tougeexpress

Wakey Wakey hand off … Oh crap!

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