motorcycle life
Motorcycle road trip coming up – and it feels overdue In recent years and for a variety of reasons my travel plans, along with the plans of millions of other were disrupted. Obviously Covid 19 played it’s part. Many many people were tragically impacted or knew of folk who were tragically impacted by the virus. […]
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BMW F900 XR – seat issues. Improving the look and comfort I’ve written in a previous post with thoughts about the F900. You’ll know if you have read those that I really do like this bike. Of course early impressions can change, but the first 1,000 miles and have been very good. I’ve added a […]
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BMW F900 XR – what do I think after the first 1,000 miles Following a short but really enjoyable trip to Scotland I wrote and posted a three part blog post. If you missed that you can head to Part 1 at this link and you’ll find that Parts 2 and 3 link from there. […]
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BMW F900 XR – short motorcycle trip to Scotland and the A708 (part 3) This is the third and final part of the series of blog posts covering the short trip to Scotland. In addition to wrapping up my short trip, I finish off this post by offering some thoughts about what I think of […]
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BMW F900 XR – short motorcycle trip to Scotland and the A708 (Part 2) In Part 1 of this post about my short trip north of the border to Scotland I finished off by mentioning my stay at the decent Southfield Hotel in Girvan. I followed my night in Girvan by travelling for an overnight […]
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BMW F900 XR – short motorcycle trip to Scotland and the A708 Anyone that has read my blog over the years will know I love motorcycling in Scotland (here’s a link to my last trip there in 2021). You would also know the A708 between Selkirk and Moffat is one of my favourite UK roads. […]
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BMW F900 XR – picture post. New belly pan on the F900 In the last post I wrote about the belly pan that I had purchased and fitted to the BMW F900. I In that post I said I would post up some pictures of a recent ride out and that would show the new […]
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BMW F900XR some accessories for the F900 – part 1. I wrote a couple of weeks ago with my first thoughts and impressions of the BMW F900 XR. Since that post I’ve managed to get out another couple of times, but nothing like as much as I wanted to due mainly to the unusual weather […]
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BMW F900 XR TE – first rides, impressions and early thoughts I wrote a few days ago about saying goodbye to my BMW F800R and welcoming the F900XR. At the time of writing that post I had only managed one short ride from the showroom. Although I enjoyed the ride it wasn’t enough to form […]
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Trip postponed – sometimes the best laid plans don’t happen. I had plans in place to be away and on the road for a couple of weeks. I had been planning to head off this coming weekend to some of my favourite biking roads and places (and some new ones). Plans included ferry bookings with […]
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