Great bikes, but if that is the kind of bike you are contemplating, have a look and compare the Aprilia Tuareg, a very under the radar bike. If you want to stay under 600cc for tax and insurance...
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Great bikes, but if that is the kind of bike you are contemplating, have a look and compare the Aprilia Tuareg, a very under the radar bike. If you want to stay under 600cc for tax and insurance...
Chilly ride across the country this morning, and back in time for lunch. Ice on both sides of the visor, but that was the worst of it, layering kept me warm and dry, handlebar muffs keeps the wind...
AHEM.....! The ORIGINAL GSA was an 1150. :peaceful:
I put over 400,000 miles on the 3 1150s I had, between them. One standard GS with a 42 litre tank. Why did I need 42 litres? Have you ever...
That is the later version of one of mine, it is the G650 X Country. Even BMW techs in main dealers have never heard of them, they only registered 117 in the UK, over both versions. Very much a...
They would get lost. The instructions are all route card, there are no landmarks to take a postcode or anything off to type into an electronic navigator. This is done deliberately, so you have to...
Saturday morning through to about 14.00 was spent marshalling on the Edinburgh Trial, Excelsior section just outside Hartington. The weather gods smiled on us. Just a few of the video clips I got.
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Morning Guys. That's me loaded for a wet and windy ride through the gales down to Southampton Boat Show, I am working on one of the stands until the end of show now. Three and half hour ride down to...
I didn't go down to the furnace on the other side of the road. There is a path right up to the waterfall, I thought about riding the bike closer but couldn't be doing with the faff of taking...
Had a fabulous ride over to West Wales for a couple of days fishing, then explored the small back lanes back into Shropshire and Staffordshire, turned a 150 mile ride home into a 250 mile ride by...
All these people with new bikes... had this one since 1991, when she was 3 years old and discarded by her previous owner! I see no reason to get rid, especially as I keep getting offered more and...
Crafnant. Nice roads around there.
Crich Tram Museum classic bike dhttps://i.imgur.com/VIojJA1.jpgay - anyone else going? I have got the CS booked in so will be there from about 09.30 onwards.
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It is the b*stard child of a scooter married to an RT and drenched in fluorescent paint.
Burn it, burn it with pitchforks.
Cleaning has started on the red GS, this is my other airhead, 1982 (Brembo brakes version) R100CS
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Thank you. We have had her since 1991, when she turned 3 and required an MOT. We have never seen a need to change, add to, yes, but we won't get rid of this one until we can no longer ride her. The...
Yesterday was a day of two halves.
Beautiful run down to Bristol, it was scorchio by the time I got there, so much so Mark, the site manager, and I were in shirt sleeves to suss out the site for...
It's not just the motorcycling.... combining two passions makes it even better! I have some remote spots that I can get to by motorbike, away up the hills. Once the water warms up, there won't be...
one in the Lakes..
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And the bike I was on to photograph it!
Anyone go to Kickback at the GMex today? There were some lovely builds there and I met a few folks I hadn't seen for a while. Steve Berry popped by for a beer too, it is a couple of years since I...
The local bike wash!
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One method to go tubeless is to buy an oversized tube, cut it around the central circumference and then fit it with the sides trapped in the beads, so it is, in effect, a one sided tube, on the...
I fully understand desmo. I had a 900SS (bevel drive, not a lawnmower belt version!). Where I worked was a Ducati service centre (Mac Services, Bodmin) with all the special tools on the Coburn &...
No it doesn't need to be. You do one side first, I tend to do the left hand cylinder first because then the right hand one is not so far to turn over afterwards. Crouch or kneel beside the bike the...
It is quite satisfying being able to do it over a cup of coffee isn't it.
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There is a difference between 'within tolerance' and being 'right'.
If they check the gaps and they are between what the book says, a dealer will leave them as they are within the specified...