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Off-road

New Tyres and a Plan

November 12, 2008

When lubing my chain after my trip to Wales on the GS, I noticed that my rear tyre – a TKC80 was split between a couple of tread blocks. It wasn`t catastrophic looking and it had brought me back from Wales in one piece, but not wishing to tempt fate, I had the tyre replaced [...]

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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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This is a Green Lane!

June 7, 2008

It just happens to be blocked by a rather large tree root..
Turning six bikes round in a lane narrower than the bike is long necessitates some rather hard work..
It was a brilliant day, organised by Mike Wilson at South London BMW. Six brave souls, including Mike – bravest of all for looking after us! [...]

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Getting Ready!

June 6, 2008

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 we hit the dirty stuff. One problem is deciding where to put stuff like an [...]

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YEE HA!

April 14, 2008

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 in the mud though. The new tyres were perfect for the job even if the [...]

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Weird Weather!

April 10, 2008

This was the scene chez moi last Sunday before the snow really came down and the bike went back into the garage! Since then we have had a couple of lovely days and I rode both bikes (on separate days! )

Tomorrow I am taking the bike to South London Motorcycles to get a [...]

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Off-Road Again

September 22, 2007

Well, I survived another bout of off-roading. This was certainly an experience and totally unlike the BMW course last weekend. I have to say that the BMW course was in my view much better value and far more professionally run. To be fair, the BMW course advertised itself as skills building whereas the Honda offering [...]

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Next..

September 20, 2007

I went back to the gym this morning – no problems I’m glad to say. The old bod still seems to be functioning pretty well after last weekend’s fun and games. This coming weekend I am off on another off-road course – A Honda one this time, riding a 250 – more of a motocross [...]

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Done It!

September 18, 2007

I had a fabulous couple of riding days in Wales doing this course in preparation for my Patagonia trip. The photos on this certificate don’t really do the course or the environment justice. I bounced up and down dale (with rocks) through ruts and rivers and mud up to my ears (especially when I fell [...]

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