Motorcycle life – motorbike travel and pictures
BMW motorbikes – heading for Spring and the biking season It seems to be taking an age this year for the weather to turn, and it feels like it’s been colder and wetter for much longer into this year than in recent years. We can’t control the weather, it is what it is, but there […]
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 […]
Any ride is better than no ride Time for the annual motorcycle MoT and a short ride on the BMW 800R. On the basis that any ride is better than no ride even if it is just a pretty short ride this was good to do. Even this short trip earleir this week to get […]
By any measure 2019 has been a pretty miserable year in terms of biking for me. Shoulder surgery in March and then just as I was well on with the recovery from that … a broken knee and a partially ruptured tendon in May set the tone for pretty much the rest of the year […]
Yesterday was MoT and service time for my Kawasaki (see the previous post here) and with it still being a week or two away before Im back riding, I arranged for the guys from MW Motorcycles to pick my bike up. The work was routine and my bike was dropped back home later that day, […]
Anyone that reads my Blog will know that I’m always happy to say when I’ve had great service or found somewhere decent and this week was no exception to the excellent service that I always get when I call into MW Motorcycles. This particular visit was for the annual MoT for my Moto Guzzi V7 […]
The year seems to be moving on quickly and for one reason or another riding time has been less than ideal. It seems that when the weather has been decent I’ve just not been free but despite that I’m not too dissapointed as it’s now only a few weeks until I get to ‘fill my […]
Today was that date that crops up each year when it means the Moto Guzzi V7 is another year older, which in turn means it’s time for its annual MoT. I’ve written before about the local place where I take my bikes to be serviced, it’s also the place that fitted the lowering links onto […]
Had some new tyres fitted last week to the Z1000. The original tyres Bridgestone 016s were fine and lasted pretty much as expected – about 4,200 miles. Although there was life left in the front the rear was shot and meant that renewing as a pair was the sensible options as I wasn’t replacing with […]
Decent place for a bike service Last week I needed a new tyre for one of my bikes (Moto Guzzi V7 Café). A stroke of ‘search engine luck’ led me to find the contact details of MW Motorcycles – based in Hyde Greater Manchester I say a stroke of luck for a couple of reason. […]