Motorcycle life – motorbike travel and pictures
Triumph at Broxton – a nod to Honda’s 1966 nicest people ad’ In 1966 Honda served up one of its most distinctive and memorable advertising lines in America. Some people say the line ‘You Meet The Nicest People On A Honda’ is one of the most genuinely iconic motorcycle sales slogan ever. Last time out […]
BMW F900 XR The Old Stores motor bike cafe & Horseshoe Pass. The recent upturn in the weather has meant that in the last couple of weeks I have been able to get out on each of my bikes. A few days earlier I had headed to Cheshire on the Moto Guzzi V7 and stopped […]
Moto Guzzi V7 Cafe – out and about and coffee at Tilly’s. Apart from taking the Moto Guzzi for its MoT last week, it seems absolutely ages since I have been out on it. The ride up to MW Motorcycles for the MoT is so close to home that it barely counts as a ride […]
Moto Guzzi V7 Cafe time for the annual MoT at MW Motorcycles After having my BMW RnineT in MW Motorcycles earlier in the month for its annual MoT (see this link), it was time to make another trip – this time with the Moto Guzzi. As ever a trip to see Alan and Chris at […]
Not so much showers as downpours – it’s time to stop raining Last time i wrote I said I had been out on the BMW RnineT and had also been down to Williams to look at the new R12 nineT … I had also spent plenty of time dodging the rain. It’s not that I […]
Note: this post was first published in 2017. Because it has consistently proved to be popular I have ‘re-issued’ it with a few minor publishing and presentational amends. Can you really tour on a Kawasaki Vulcan 650s – the truth? Can you really tour on a Kawasaki Vulcan 650s and is this modern take […]
The new BMW R12 and the R12 RnineT – then out on the RnineT Last week my wife and I called into the Williams BMW showroom in Manchester. It wasn’t’ really a planned visit in so much as we had been elsewhere and decided we would nip down there mainly because I wanted to […]
Come on spring, come on summer – lets have some good weather Although it’s still only early April, my mind has been wandering back to last year and the prolonged period of dismal weather that stayed across the UK and parts of Europe for way too long. Anyone remember the names of the various storms […]
Motorcycling – roll on Spring and heading for better weather It’s just about approaching that time of year when I get back onto the bikes. I know there are all sorts of views about biking throughout the calender year. Sometimes to the point that some bikers are of the opinion that you’re not a ‘proper […]
Motorcycle Spain & Portugal – sunshine & warm roads. Part 7. This is the last part of the series of blog posts that chronicle my 2023 Spain and Portugal trip. In Part 6 I wrote about leaving the Pias Guesthouse in Portugal and heading for Andalusia. This final section has information about my trip after […]