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Category Archives: Equipment
Non-Fitting Engine Bars
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 … Continue reading
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Getting Serious!
Got down to Metal Mule today and had these beauties fitted. It’s two 38l side panniers and a 45l topbox. To get the balanced set-up the standard exhaust was replaced with a slimmer Scorpion exhaust. It is no noisier than … Continue reading
Posted in BMW, Equipment, Touring, motorcycle
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Changed the SatNav
I got fed up with not being able to sync the Tomtom Rider 1 with my Scala Rider bluetooth headset and also with the somewhat flaky track recording that depends on a third party app that I installed to the … Continue reading
Posted in BMW, Equipment, GPS, motorcycle
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Metal Mules and a Movie Cam
I ordered some of these for the GS quite a while ago – in late April if memory serves – at which time they were awaiting delivery of the new Scorpion exhausts which are needed if one wants a balanced … Continue reading
Posted in BMW, Camera, Equipment, F800GS, motorcycle
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Getting Ready!
For some greenlaning tomorrow that is. Recalling my last outing, a few precautions have been taken, such as to have had a bashplate fitted and I have removed one mirror from the bike – the other will come off before … Continue reading
Posted in BMW, Equipment, Off-road, motorcycle
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Trailer Time
Yesterday I went off to North Walsham to pick up my new trailer at Freewheel and also got a trailer towbar fitted at the same time. The weather going up was horrid – a grey murk that resembled a London … Continue reading
Posted in Equipment, Goldwing, motorcycle
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YEE HA!
I had a fantastic day on Saturday, taking the GS properly off-road for the first time. The weather was rather mixed, starting out nice but with some rain and hail later. It didn’t stop five of us having a ball … Continue reading
Posted in BMW, Equipment, F800GS, Off-road, Rideout, Tyres, motorcycle
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More Stuff!
Well here are the results of my Yorkshire trip. I have pannier lights, lower front fog lights, Garmin 2820 GPS and a CB installed! Ian did a fantastic job and it’s obvious he is a careful workman who knows what … Continue reading
Posted in Comms, Equipment, GPS, Goldwing, motorcycle
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Motorcycling is an expensive business!
I booked my flight to Chile today for the End of the World Tour. I also splashed out for another larger tent for camping – I’ll give the other one to one of the grandkids. Used just once, it will … Continue reading
Posted in Camping, Equipment, Goldwing, Patagonia
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Mirrors Working!
A soldering iron, some solder, heatshrink tubing and a half hour were all it took – oh I forgot the multimeter I used to confirm which wire was the ground wire in the bike”s system – it was indeed the … Continue reading
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