Motorcycle life – motorbike travel and pictures
Motorbikes in the garage and waiting for the better weather What else is there to say my bikes are in the garage and I’m waiting for some better weather. I mentioned in my last post about the notion of fair weather biking – but these days even the thought of getting on my bike to […]
A motorcycle life – motorbikes that have lived in my garage As ever – and for me at least, winter is a quiet time when it comes to motorcycling. In fact the last time I posted was to wish a Happy New Year to visitors to the blog. But as head into February it will […]
Happy New Year and happy miles – all the very best for 2025. All the very best to you for the coming year. I hope 2024 has been a good year for you and I hope 2025 is even better. Goodbye 2024 Biking wise I had a decent enough time during 2024. Probably didn’t use […]
Ho Ho Ho – it’s that time of year so Merry Christmas to you. It’s that time of the year again. As we head towards the end of 2024 it’s time to send out best wishes to one and all. Some of us (in the UK) will have pretty much hung up our riding boot […]
Spain & Portugal 2024 trip – final part I’ve been away for the last week or so and am now back pulling together the final part of the posts following this years Spain & Portugal trip. NOW ONLINE AT THIS LINK
Four in a row: and getting ready for sunshine and warm roads This summer seems to have had so many similarities to the summer of 2023 – not enough sunshine and way too much rain. You may recall that last year I had planned, and booked, a couple of weeks in Ireland and Scotland. Such […]
Moto Guzzi V7 750 Cafe Racer the beauty of an Italian V twin I posted the other day about my BMW RnineT. That post was to mark the 7th anniversary of my ownership of that bike. In that post I said the only constant in the garage and the only bike that was here before […]
Motorcycling in the Emerald Isle – make life a ride. Part 4. Each time I have been to Ireland I have made the trip through Killarney National Park and onto the Healy Pass.This trip was to be no exception. The Healy Pass is beautiful and takes you over the county line between Kerry and Cork. […]
Motorcycling in the Emerald Isle – make life a ride. Part 2. Breakfast was good at the Kees Hotel and I had decided over coffee that I would head off to Killybegs a town in County Donegal and the largest fishing port in the country. Location wise it’s to the north of Donegal Bay, which […]
Motorcycling in the Emerald Isle – make life a ride. Part 1. Last time I was in Ireland was just over a year ago, when I travelled there on my BMW F800R. That had been my fourth trip to Ireland in the 12 months prior to that. The shift in the weather and my wife’s […]