motorcycle life
BMW F800R – new tyres Bridgestone T32s Until yesterday the tyres on my BMW F800R were the original stock Metzeler’s and had done about 7,500 miles or so. I haven’t had any other tyres on this bike so don’t have anything to make a sensible comparison with, but I can say the OEM Metzelers have […]
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Motorcycle road trip … the emerald isle Last month I took a road trip to Ireland and had an excellent time. Readers of the blog will know that before I had settled on the Ireland trip I had been considering going to Scotland. Scotland is of course a country I absolutely adore to travel to […]
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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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Motorcycle in Ireland – home time part 4 Being based in Kenmare for a couple of nights had been good and I had enjoyed an altogether excellent few days. But it was time to think about heading for home (click here if you missed Part 1). I wasn’t going directly home from Kenmare as I […]
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Motorcycle in Ireland – part 3 Ring of Beara Previous posts from this Ireland trip can be found at the previously published Part One and Part Two respectively. This particular blog post features a really enjoyable day on a motorbike that finished off with me taking in the absolutely excellent Healy Pass. My trip to […]
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Motorcycle in Ireland – part 2 destination Kenmare In Part One I wrote about my journey from Dublin down to Listowel in County Kerry. This second part follows a decent overnight stop at Carriglea in Listowel and my trip down to Kenmare in the south. As you might expect I didn’t take a direct route. […]
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Motorcycle in Ireland – Wild Atlantic Way and Ring of Kerry For as many years as I can recall I have been managing to get to Scotland on one of my bikes, most years I have managed to make at least a couple of trips there. Last year I had a couple of superb Scotland […]
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Moto Guzzi V7 Cafe Classic- picture post Picture and blog wise it still feels as though I am catching up from my trip to Ireland earlier this month – it’s the trip I mentioned in my last post (at this link). I have made a start on the blog post(s). All the pictures are sorted […]
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Motorcycle road trip to Ireland I have just returned from a very decent road trip to Ireland on my BMW F800R, my previous road trip being to Scotland in July of last year. Initially I travelled to Dublin and then onwards to spend time mainly in Kerry where I took in some of the Wild […]
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Motorcycling in the High Peak – BMW F800R Motorcycling in the High Peak – BMW F800R. I had a couple of hours free this morning (Sunday) so made the most of it with a few hours out in Derbyshire, in and around the High Peak on my BMW F800R. Initially I headed out towards Glossop […]
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