riding bikes and doing other things
A chance meeting: A few weeks ago I had called to the J&S store in Northwich and got chatting to a fellow biker. We had a general chat about this and that and then got onto talking about trips and travels. It turned out that Rob had a trip to Scotland coming up and as […]
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A damp and misty start to the day didn’t bode too well for getting out for a few hours on the bike. I was particularly keen to get out, the weather forecast for the following days, in fact right into the following week wasn’t looking so good and as we head into October the decent […]
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There have been a couple of days in recent weeks, that despite the onset of Autumn have made for pretty much ideal riding conditions – and I’ve been able to get out on each of my bikes, although the Moto Guzzi is currently in my local bike workshop having an electrical issue sorted, and which […]
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I’ve had my Moto Guzzi V7 Cafe Classic from new, which I think was in 2012 and it’s been a really good bike. In the time I have had it, I have never had any significant faults or issues, although in the early days I had some issues with the stock indicators. Although they looked […]
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I was in Scotland for a short trip and overnight stay a couple of weeks ago (see this post), at that time I got lucky with the weather, as whilst much of the UK was getting a good soaking I managed two very decent days with temperatures reaching as high as 27c. The only downside […]
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It doesn’t really seem to matter how many times I go to Scotland or just where it is that I go to in Scotland, it’s always good, and a short trip last week was no exception. The ongoing Covid pandemic has disrupted plans for countless numbers of people and for some in ways that are […]
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The continued good weather has meant it’s been an ideal time to get out on the bikes, so having been out on the RnineT a couple of days previously I went out for this ride on the F800. I headed out towards Llangollen, the Horseshoe Pass and then looped across the hills and round to […]
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For the last few years I have used a small Givi tank lock tank bag and it’s been used on a Kawasaki Z1000SX, a BMW RnineT and a Kawasaki Vulcan 650S. The bag has seen plenty of service and travelled widely across eastern and western Europe as well as any number of trips in the […]
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I’ve just fitted some luggage on the BMW F800 R that I have recently bought, and its probably fair to say that there isn’t much luggage that is ever going to make a bike look much better – motorcycle luggage tends to be more about function over form than form over function. Of course there […]
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After the last three bike rides being on the new BMW F800 which I picked up last week from Derby Kawasaki I decided that yesterday’s ride would be on the RnineT and altogether different riding experience. I headed out early along the familiar Cheshire roads out towards Alderley Edge, before turning towards Jodrell Bank and […]
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