riding bikes and doing other things
BMW RnineT looking good in black & white I accept that with many things beauty is always in the eye of the beholder, and I suppose that motorbikes are no exception. I find that with the BMW RnineT it’s a bike that I really like the look of no matter which angle I view it […]
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Sunny motorcycle days on the RnineT Sunny motorcycle days on the RnineT. Sunshine and a BMW RnineT are a hard combination to beat. What’s not to like about sitting astride the boxer twin and taking it easy down Cheshire back roads without any particular plan and without any particular place to go. I did a […]
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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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Out and about on the BMW RnineT A decent sunny September day provided an ideal opportunity for a few hours out on one of the bikes. I opted for the BMW RnineT, it’s such a good bike and hard to beat on a sunny day on the Cheshire back roads. I was only out for […]
Read MoreOut and about on the back roads on the BMW RnineT I was out last week on the wonderful BMW RnineT. It really is a joy to ride, its simplicity is charming, its looks are stunning and its sound is wonderful. With decent weather and decent roads it’s hard not to enjoy this bike. Throw […]
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Back on the BMW RnineT – service and new rear tyre sorted I had my BMW RnineT in at MW Motorbikes earlier this week, it was in for a routine service and a new rear tyre. I stuck with the stock tyre (Metzeler) as I’ve found it to be pretty good both in terms of […]
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Moto Guzzi V7 Cafe Classic – another trip to MW Motorcycles Another day and another trip to MW Motorcycles. The last time I was there with the Moto Guzzi was back in September/October last year (2020) after the bike had developed some electrical problems which ended what should have been a decent ride having to […]
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Time for coffee 120 mile round trip for a coffee on the BMW RnineT Last time I was out on a bike was my recent (and excellent) trip to Scotland on my BMW F800R. Over the weekend I was out again. On this occasion it wasn’t a long trip or one that involved nights away […]
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Road trip to Scotland and finding the ‘left road’ – Part 1 Although we are not yet fully free of all the restrictions the series of lockdowns have imposed on us over the last 15 months or so, it is fair to say that many areas of daily life have started the gradual return to […]
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Photo collages Circumstances have been such that a lack of riding has led me to post this assortment of collages. The collages have typically been used as the featured images for a number of previous blog posts. The continued (slow) recovery from last months knee surgery has kept me off any of the bikes longer […]
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