Motorcycle life – motorbike travel and pictures
Back on two wheels and a return to something like normal It doesn’t really seem like there is a great deal more to be said about the incredible disruption to everyday lives the global pandemic has brought over the last 18 months or so. In some respects not being able to get out on a […]
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 […]
Bit of a look back I have recently changed the Instagram name I use for my bike pictures. The change to an Instagram page specifically for my bike pictures, rather than the generic one I use for all of my pictures (including bikes) meant I was starting from scratch with the bike pictures. Just at […]
What’s happening and what’s the plan for 2021? There’s no question that 2020 fell somewhat short of being the best of years for many people and for many things – including of course not a great year for getting out on a motorbike. Covid 19 and the global pandemic pretty much saw to that. A […]
I had written a few weeks back about an electrical problem I had with the Guzzi. At the time of writing that post, I had said I was unsure what the problem was, but that my instincts were leaning to it being a problem with the battery. I took the bike in to the fabulous […]
CLICK HERE FOR LATEST BLOG POSTS Moto Guzzi problems I’ve had my Moto Guzzi V7 Cafe Classic from new, which I think was in 2012 and it’s been a really good bike. In the time IÂ have had it, I have never had any significant faults or issues, although in the early days I had […]
This is the last but one post in the Lockdown Lookback series. The next and final post in the series will cover a solo trip through Spain and Portugal in 2018. In truth it wasnt the best year for me as it was the year my father passed away which in turn meant that motorcycling […]
Part 6 of the Lockdown Lookback features another couple of European Road Trips (RT11 and RT12) one of which was memorable for me for all the wrong reasons when I was involved in an avoidable accident on the A55 in Italy and which put something of a dampener on the trip. This was also a […]
Travel restrictions have meant a complete stall to the ‘riding season’ and realistically it seems certain that I’ll cancel plans for my european trip at the start of July and that was due to kick off with a one way ticket to Spain initially to spend a few days in the Picos before heading for […]
Warm sunshine, blue sky and a few hours to spare made for an ideal recipe to roll the Moto Guzzi V7 out of the garage yesterday and to head out for a coffee. Other afternoon commitments meant that I didn’t have a full day – but I was happy enough with the few hours I […]