motorcycle life
BMW RnineT a classic roadster and a decent Sunday morning Not all bikes are created equal and there really is no good reason why they should be. The RnineT is a bike that is so much more than the sum of its parts … and its parts are all good. Manufacturers, journalists and bikers have […]
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BMW RnineT – good morning sunshine, heading for the coast I had said the other week about how it felt like the change to better weather seemed to be taking an age this year. Thankfully it seems we have now turned the corner and with the good weather at weekend I was up, out and […]
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BMW motorbikes – heading for Spring and the biking season It seems to be taking an age this year for the weather to turn, and it feels like it’s been colder and wetter for much longer into this year than in recent years. We can’t control the weather, it is what it is, but there […]
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Somewhere over the rainbow Cheshire roads on the BMW RnineT I mentioned in my last post that my magnificent BMW RnineT had been in my local motorcycle workshop (MW Motorcycles) for its annual MoT. A couple of days later with sunshine and bright blue sky I headed out for a short ride. Although the shy […]
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It’s that time of the year motorcycle MoT at MW Motorcycles. It’s that time of the year when the weather starts to improve and I get to look forward to getting out on the bikes again. A combination of personal commitments, time of year, bad weather, DiY work at home and a couple of decent […]
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Stumbled on an old review Funny what you come across when browsing the web … a review I wrote for The Bike Market web site back in 2018. When I saw the picture of the bike outside the timbered house I recognised it straight away as one of my own pictures, but it took me […]
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Motorcycling and the last days of summer on the BMW R9T The ‘last days of summer’, the ‘last knockings of the good weather’ are words and sentiments that a number of years ago I wouldn’t have expected to be writing at this time of years as the calendar just about gets ready to tip over […]
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Motorcycle days – early start to beat the afternoon heat With the decent summer weather continuing and a warm spell back with us for a few days this week, it made sense to head out for a ride and to leave home early before the main heat of the day arrived. And that is exactly […]
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Motorcycle – summer days BMW RnineT Last time out I had done a few miles on the lovely Moto Guzzi V7 Cafe but this time it was my much loved BMW RnineT. In between times I had managed to finish and get posted my four part piece on the road trip to Ireland on the […]
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BMW RnineT – over due miles It seems like it’s been too long since I was last out on a motorbike – and it seems that way because it really has been too long. Normally I would have been back on the bikes in maybe late February and certainly by March, but this year I […]
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