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 [...]

I booked my flight to Chile today for the End of the World Tour. I also splashed out for another larger tent for camping - I”ll give the other one to one of the grandkids. Used just once, it will be fine for the sort of camping they are likely to do in the next [...]

A soldering iron, some solder, heatshrink tubing and a half hour were all it took - oh I forgot the multimeter I used to confirm which wire was the ground wire in the bike’’s system - it was indeed the green wire.
The turn flashers are brighter than they appear here when viewed from the [...]

The special amber Muth mirrors I ordered arrived yesterday and as the fitting instructions looked pretty easy I rushed to fit them. Unfortunately, as I discovered, the supplied harness is designed for a USA spec bike with three wires to the mirror housing - one of which I found out after emailing Muth, is for [...]

I have a helmet equipped with an Autcom headset - sadly the Autocom unit is no longer to be found but I figured that all I needed was a 5 pin DIN cable extension and I would be able to connect my helmet to the bike’’s 5 pin fly lead. Well, I can but unfortunately [...]

I have a helmet equipped with an Autcom headset - sadly the Autocom unit is no longer to be found but I figured that all I needed was a 5 pin DIN cable extension and I would be able to connect my helmet to the bike”’’s 5 pin fly lead. Well, I can but unfortunately [...]

I made my first trip to a regional wings meeting yesterday. I live just about equidistant in time (there must be a word for that?) from Capital Wings, Kent Wings and Surrey Wings but as I live in Kent (by about 100 yards) and as Aylesford where the Kent Wings meet was the easiest to [...]

The half cover I ordered the day before yesterday arrived this morning and I am happy to say, fits fine, although it is rather more bulky when packed than I would have liked - it’’s a good job I didn”t get the full cover. It covers the important bits - at least  those one wants [...]

Well, the first item arising from my lessons learned is underway. I have just ordered a half cover from Priced Right Ltd. I chose them because they had it in stock and online ordering for it unlike Fatboyzdiner (where did they get that name?) who wanted a phone call and 10 days to source it. [...]