Category Archives: Equipment

Riding again

Posted on May 15, 2009 by admin

I went out for an hour on the Goldwing. My hand is the thing causing the most problems at the moment. It continues to swell up at times and become painful. Initially it felt quite sore on the bike but … Continue reading →

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Bike repairs and thoughts of a new bike..

Posted on March 28, 2009 by admin

I rang South London Motorrad but was told they only had two techs (out of four they were supposed to have) and couldn’t look at my bike until the end of next week. This was too late for my liking … Continue reading →

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Warm Hands Arrived..

Posted on December 30, 2008 by Chris Knight

Courtesy of the postman this morning. Thanks too to Derek at Pricedright for getting them sent off so quickly. The gloves are a little large but only borderline so I shall keep them. Naturally I had to try them out … Continue reading →

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Out and about

Posted on December 25, 2008 by Chris Knight

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 … Continue reading →

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Ils sont arrivés! Or the Eagle has landed!

Posted on December 10, 2008 by Chris Knight

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 … Continue reading →

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Finally I got my map and other good news.

Posted on December 2, 2008 by Chris Knight

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 … Continue reading →

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The Crash Bar Saga

Posted on October 14, 2008 by Chris Knight

More than three months ago, I ordered a set of SW Motech crashbars from Nippy Norman but they didn’t fitAfter endless emails, complaints and attempts to fit a replacement cross piece – which suffered exactly the same fault, I gave … Continue reading →

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The Powerpark centre stand

Posted on August 31, 2008 by Chris Knight

Powerpark is a wonderfully misleading name. In one sense it is accurate, but in another quite wrong. There is no power (unlike the BMW K1200LT) other than using the bike`s reverse gear. The stand is nothing more than a shorter … Continue reading →

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Progressive Springs and other things

Posted on August 31, 2008 by Chris Knight

I had just one day at home when I got back from Ireland (just enough to dry out a very wet tent) before I took myself up to Rotherham so that Ian Cardwell could do some work on my bike. … Continue reading →

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Fantastic Wiltshire Ride

Posted on August 3, 2008 by Chris Knight

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 … Continue reading →

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