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Rideout

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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Autumn Colours

October 23, 2008

I took the Goldwing out for a ride yesterday in perfect weather. I bimbled down to Ashdown forest – one of my favourite destinations at any time of the year. My route there and back takes me through lots of leafy country lanes and with the fine dry weather of the last few days, the [...]

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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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Ride Out

June 2, 2008

I had a great ride yesterday with guys on the UKGSer forum. We started and finished at Newlands, taking in three counties in a 120 mile loop through some very pretty country side and along a fine mix of roads including some gravelly muddy stuff that almost threatened to become off-road, shady country lanes and [...]

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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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First Ride with UKGSers

March 31, 2008

I had a great day out yesterday with a crowd of GS owners. Captain GSA picked a nice route with quiet roads (at least, as quiet as they can be in the overcrowded corner of our isle) which provided plenty of fun including water, gravel and a couple of alpine hairpins. Some 26 of us [...]

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Seaside Sun

January 28, 2008

Yesterday was a lovely day and I took the Goldwing to the seaside – Eastbourne to be precise. Although the sun was bright and warm in sheltered spots, Beachy Head doesn’t quite fit that description – it felt very reminiscent of Patagonia with a strong wind and a substantial wind chill factor. Riding along, I [...]

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Good weather for a while

January 13, 2008

In between the wet stuff I had a nice ride yesterday in sunshine, if rather cold sunshine and because the sun is so low in the sky at the moment, potentially dangerous sunshine. Because it was very cold I put on a balaclava, then my Arai helmet with the headset installed because I wanted to [...]

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