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motorcycle

Catching up

July 15, 2009

Good grief – two months nearly since I last posted! I’m obviously one of those bloggers who gets caught up in a fit of enthusiasm that eventually recedes like the tide, leaving all sorts of beached detritus around the web. Well, the tide has turned, at least temporarily -  so here goes with what I [...]

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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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Riding again

May 15, 2009

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 settled down after a while.
It is strange how unconfident I feel when not able to [...]

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To the van driver..

April 24, 2009

A Day out in Devon

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Trailer arrived, towbar fitted

April 20, 2009

Courtesy of an excellent itinerant towbar fitter, I now have the means to pull a trailer and as of this morning, a trailer to pull. All I lack is the body to ride a bike.. The muscles in my chest just scream when I try to do anything involving my upper body with bending, sneezing, [...]

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And the week started so well!

April 18, 2009

With the new bike in my garage, I submitted it to a very close inspection – something that seemed both unnecessary and difficult to do with the Goldwing and the F800GS. In the case of the Goldwing, everything is hidden under acres of plastic and even the BMW needs quite a lot of stuff removing [...]

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New bike!

April 13, 2009

Yes, I got another! The new one is a Yamaha TTR250R bought off the bay expressly for greenlaning. So far I have only ridden it home from the seller’s house but I plan to go off-road to Salisbury plain next weekend so it should get a good workout there. The bike is a 2004 model [...]

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Bike fixed

April 3, 2009

Yesterday, I got a call from Mark Holden to say that my parts had arrived. I elected to have him install them as I wanted to see what kind of a job he did. I took the bike over in the afternoon, went into Bromley for a coffee and about an hour later got a [...]

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Bike repairs and thoughts of a new bike..

March 28, 2009

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 as I am planning more off-roading on the 19th April and I want to be [...]

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March Moon Rally

March 26, 2009

I had a great time at the weekend in North Wales with the folk who frequent ADVrider.com.
The occasion was the March Moon Rally which saw 60 riders and their very varied choices of bike gathering at the Three Pigeons in Graigfechan near Ruthin. Many of us camped at the pub while others chose the soft [...]

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