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lockdown lookback – motorbike years part 11…

June 7, 2020
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As Lockdown restrictions are eased, and (hopefully) we head towards the latter stages of the restrictions, this post sees me arrive towards the end of my Lockdown Lookback series with Part 11. If you missed Part 10 you can read it here.  Links to earlier parts in the Lockdown Lookback series (parts 1 to 9) […]

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lockdown lookback – motorbike years part 9

May 14, 2020
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Part 9 of this series moves the lockdown lookback onto 2016.  This was another year that turned out to be a pretty decent biking year and saw the addition of another new bike to the garage … it was the year that saw my wife return to ride pillion on a bike for the first […]

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lockdown lookback – motorbike years part 8

May 12, 2020
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  This post goes back to a 5,000 mile European trip that I did in 2015 and that I had mentioned in the previous Lockdown Lookback Part 7.  In some respects it was a trip of two parts – the first part was with three friends making our way from the Spanish port of Bilbao, […]

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lockdown lookback – motorbike years part 4 …

May 6, 2020
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This post continues with the lockdown years theme and takes us back to 2009. It was January of that year when I traded my Suzuki GSX-R 750 for the 1,000cc model and I recall it being less than an ideal day when I collected my bike, temperatures were freezing and the day had started with […]

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motorcyling in spain and portugal – part 6

August 30, 2018
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This is the sixth and final part of my write up following a very decent trip in Spain and Portugal, although I will write a sort of supplementary post that picks up on a few general issues and reflections on the trip, and if you’re at all interested in what I think of the BMW […]

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cabin crazy …

January 23, 2018
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Roll on Spring: It’s still that time of year when you can at last start to see just the faintest glimmer of an end to the short days, the wet and cold weather and generally start to think about getting some miles in on the bike(s), and this Blog comes alive again. It’s not yet […]

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two up in spain and portugal (part 3) …

September 29, 2017
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Here’s Part 3 of the write up following our recent road trip in Spain and Portugal, if you missed Part 1 you can read it here and if you can read Part 2 of the update here. After leaving Mirando de Douro we headed out of Portugal into the Province of Salamanca, with the small […]

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two up in spain and portugal (part 2) …

September 28, 2017
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Part 2 If you missed Part 1 of the Blog post following our recent trip to Spain and Portugal you can read it here. In that post I mentioned that after spending some time in the Picos mountains we headed off to Galicia, traveled to Santiago and the Atlantic coast and then headed down to […]

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two up in spain and portugal (part 1) …

September 27, 2017
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I’ve said for a long time that you can tour on any sort of bike, and ultimately it’s hard for me to imagine any bike that doesn’t come with some sort of compromise. Clearly depending what your expectations are and what you want from your bike will depend on the level of compromise. My earlier […]

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just back from a road trip

September 20, 2017
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It’s been a little quieter than usual on the Blog for the last couple of weeks, as my wife and I have been away on a road trip in Spain and Portugal. The trip was fantastic, glorious roads and weather and all pretty enjoyable. I’ll catch up and post updates over the next few days […]

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