Phil is the guy who first built my bike. I figured if I built a bike for this trip it would be crap and would break down a lot. I paid Phil AU$9,345 and the bike lasted about 14,845 miles. As I heard around Australia many many times, "Don't let that guy work on anything. Just buy parts from him and even then they have to be sent back half the time". Of course, your methods may vary. He is a nice guy (really) who gets abuse for the godawful high priced work he does. For a thousand more I could've bought a Vincent Comet. Regrets, I've had a few...

Bob Brown and Ian Gowanloch took pity on me (that's Ian's wife's site). Ian did a lot of work on the bike and Bob chucked it into the ocean to finish it off. No, Bob did a lot for me for no reason that I can explain. He's built the bike for Round 2: Melbourne to Sacramento (via Eurasia).

The Master Link for other kooks who ride motorcycles across other countries. My account is here.

Another great site for people who ride motorcycles in weird places. My account is here.

Besides me, there's 50 million people world-wide with epilepsy. I guess I should say 50 million and one. Luckily, my epilepsy is controlled with medication but if you see me having a seizure somewhere, put a magic marker in my hand so I can draw on my face.

Racing in the 1960s as Mike Duff, Michelle is the first North American rider to win a world championship motorcycle grand prix and still the only Canadian to do so. She's written a great book about it.

The Vintagent is the best old motorcycle blog around.

Brit Iron is the best motorcycle mailing list in the world. I lurk there and love it.

James Franzen's Ducati singles site. If you like Duc singles, start here. I think I'll try out his 6v light in India and see how it works out.

This is my craptacular myspace account.

A very brief autobiography. Dave o' Dave