I bought some SW Motech engine bars for the GS from Nippy Normans. They were a good price compared with other makes and they arrived swiftly. Both left hand and right hand bars went on the bike easily enough although the lower bolts must have been made from putty as the hex key started to [...]

I got fed up with not being able to sync the Tomtom Rider 1 with my Scala Rider bluetooth headset and also with the somewhat flaky track recording that depends on a third party app that I installed to the Tomtom. So after swearing to avoid doing business with Touratech if I could avoid it, [...]

I have been awaiting the arrival of BMW crash bars for the GS since I ordered the bike. The last news I had on these was that there were “production problems” with no further news on a projected delivery date.
What these production problems might be in something as apparently simple as a set of [...]

OK I don”t understand Bluetooth but then it’’s supposed to just work isn”t it? On the Goldwing, I hear my GPS and other stuff (radio, CB etc) through a wired connection and the bike’’s built-in intercom system but on the GS I have been using custom earplugs with built in speakers connected to the original [...]

I had a fantastic day on Saturday, taking the GS properly off-road for the first time. The weather was rather mixed, starting out nice but with some rain and hail later. It didn”t stop five of us having a ball in the mud though. The new tyres were perfect for the job even if the [...]

 
Well here are the results of my Yorkshire trip. I have pannier lights, lower front fog lights, Garmin 2820 GPS and a CB installed! Ian did a fantastic job and it’’s obvious he is a careful workman who knows what he is doing. Everything seems to work OK although there is a bit [...]

After an initially wet ride north, I am now installed in a Premier Travel Inn in Rotherham whilst my bike receives a couple of implants - namely a CB (the Goldwing Gadgets model bought at the Treffen), lower fog lights and rear pannier lights. Ian Cardwell is doing the work for me and I shall [...]

No longer a Treffen virgin, I spent 4 days in glorious sunshine at Carmarthen where the 2007 British Treffen was held. Considering the dire weather we have had for most of the summer, the sunshine would have been enough to make me enjoy it but as a bonus, the event itself was great fun. Seeing [...]

I was early this morning at 21st Moto in Swanley to get this service done - a couple of hundred miles over the 4000 mark but not too bad - it’’s basically an oil and filter change plus inspection of brake pads etc. but I wanted to ensure the warranty was not compromised. If it [...]

Yes, I admit it there is more here than I have previously owned up to. The turndown exhaust tips are there as are the chromed intakes but the back rest has been snuck in. I was put on to it by a new mate, Terry, at the Thames Valley Winding where another bloke wanted to [...]