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BMW

Changing tyres

May 20, 2009

I figured it was time for a bit of practice in preparation for the Slovenia trip so I rolled up my sleeves and changed the tyres on the GS from part worn TKC80s to the original Battlewings that came with the bike. It was definitely a very useful experience. I learnt for instance that the [...]

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Unexpected Service!

February 18, 2009

I went out on the F800 GS today as the forecast didn’t seem bad. The sky was threatening the entire time I was out but it didn’t rain! I was glad of me heated clothing as the temperature stayed below 8 degrees for quite a while before struggling up to 10 degrees around 2pm. I [...]

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Out and about

December 25, 2008

Fresh from the triumph of fitting my new crash bars to the BMW yesterday, I celebrated by having a short ride on it today. Having both been laid low by the flu for two weeks, dearly beloved and I have postponed our Xmas jollifications until New Year – assuming we (still) feel like doing so [...]

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Welcome to my latest attempt at a blog

December 25, 2008

Well if you made it over here from my old blog, you’ll understand that I am totally pissed-off with Wordpress. Trying to upgrade to version 2.7 completely hosed my blog and all the archived entries have become inaccessible. I don’t know if I’ll have better luck here but it’s worth a try I guess.
If you [...]

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Ils sont arrivés! Or the Eagle has landed!

December 10, 2008

My crashbars and bash plate arrived from Adventure Spec this morning. They were delayed apparently because the guys at AS had been unable to get up a snow-covered hill to their workshop on top of some god-forsaken moor and as a result were not posted until Monday. They arrived as shown in a rather unprepossessing [...]

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Finally I got my map and other good news.

December 2, 2008

Well TomTom came through in the end although the communications through their web site still drive me potty. I had to create a new email address and set up a TomTom Home account in the new name, then the company switched my map authorisation to the new mail address and I was able to to [...]

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F800 Updates

November 27, 2008

I took the BMW over to South London Motorrad yesterday for a set of factory mandated checks and updates. These involved re-routing the ABS connections, checking various fasteners on the brakes, replacing the fuel pressure sensor and a software update.
Not unnaturally, I have not noticed any difference as the bike was running fine beforehand anyway. [...]

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Welsh Weekend with the Adventure Riders

September 24, 2008

What a great weekend it was too! It was a really sunny and lovely weekend weatherwise but I got wet, cold and muddy despite that. Probably that was because I rode my bike up and down Welsh mountains and along lanes that had been chosen by folk like me – in search of some wonderful [...]

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Fantastic Wiltshire Ride

August 3, 2008

A member of the UKGers forum had laid on an invitation ride for big trailies and novices over some of Salisbury plain and anxious to try out some new territory and also to see how my Metal Mules performed on the rough stuff, I was keen to sign up. I became rather less keen as [...]

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Non-Fitting Engine Bars

July 15, 2008

I bought some SW Motech engine bars for the GS from Nippy Normans. They were a good price compared with other makes and they arrived swiftly. Both left hand and right hand bars went on the bike easily enough although the lower bolts must have been made from putty as the hex key started to [...]

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