riding bikes and doing other things
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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Another day with the prospect of dry weather saw me roll the F800 out of the garage for a few hours. I’ll wait a little longer before I post my review type thoughts on the bike, but early impressions are all pretty much as expected, it’s an easy to ride bike with decent levels of […]
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Since picking up the BMW F800 R last weekend I have managed to get out a couple of times and probably done around 350 or so miles now. The first ride was around the Cheshire area, heading out from home via Stockport, Alderley Edge, Jodrell Bank and Holmes Chapel and then towards Oulton Park but […]
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There were a couple of first jobs to do on the new bike, namely fitting the sat nav and figuring a safe way to secure a small cargo bag. With the F800 having a plastic ‘tank’ options for fitting my (very old but still servicable) Givi Tanklock bag mean it needs to be a different […]
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