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evening run, bit off topic but …

November 30, 2017
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I’m just back from calling to see my brother Paul who was taking a refreshment break round about eight and a half hours into his latest run. To be fair to him he is putting a shift in, a 24 hour shift! You may well recall I wrote a few Blogs earlier in the year […]

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can you really tour on a kawasaki vulcan 650s …?

October 2, 2017
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If you want the answer without having to read any further then the answer is yes. If you want to know a bit more and why the answer is yes – then read on for my view on how the bike shaped up on a 2,500 mile trip to Spain and Portugal in September (2017). […]

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two up in spain and portugal (part 4)

September 30, 2017
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This is the fourth and final part of the Blog posts following the recent road trip to Spain and Portugal that my wife and I made on the Kawasaki Vulcan. If you missed the earlier installments, you can get them at the following links: Part 1; Part 2 and Part 3. After setting off from […]

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two up in spain and portugal (part 3) …

September 29, 2017
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Here’s Part 3 of the write up following our recent road trip in Spain and Portugal, if you missed Part 1 you can read it here and if you can read Part 2 of the update here. After leaving Mirando de Douro we headed out of Portugal into the Province of Salamanca, with the small […]

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two up in spain and portugal (part 2) …

September 28, 2017
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Part 2 If you missed Part 1 of the Blog post following our recent trip to Spain and Portugal you can read it here. In that post I mentioned that after spending some time in the Picos mountains we headed off to Galicia, traveled to Santiago and the Atlantic coast and then headed down to […]

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two up in spain and portugal (part 1) …

September 27, 2017
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I’ve said for a long time that you can tour on any sort of bike, and ultimately it’s hard for me to imagine any bike that doesn’t come with some sort of compromise. Clearly depending what your expectations are and what you want from your bike will depend on the level of compromise. My earlier […]

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just back from a road trip

September 20, 2017
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It’s been a little quieter than usual on the Blog for the last couple of weeks, as my wife and I have been away on a road trip in Spain and Portugal. The trip was fantastic, glorious roads and weather and all pretty enjoyable. I’ll catch up and post updates over the next few days […]

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cracking day out in the yorkshire dales …

August 11, 2017
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With sandwiches and coffee made and packed and with the prospect of a decent days weather we were on our way on the Vulcan for before 09:30. A cracking good day, good roads, fabulous scenery and a little over 200 miles done and we were home by around 17:15. We did the first 20 or […]

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llangollen bike show 2017 …

August 9, 2017
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It was the annual Llangollen Motorcycle Festival at weekend (Llanfest 2017) and a show that I went to last year and really enjoyed. To be honest it was touch and go as to whether we went this year due to the continuing erratic weather that we have been having. Given the nature of the show […]

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wandering around europe – part 6

July 30, 2017
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After staying in Bad Wiessee in Germany I decided to head for Lake Konstanz and booked a place in the small German village of Bematingen. It was another decent day, pleasant roads and easy and relaxed riding in good weather. By this time I definitely had started to get that feeling that I was at […]

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