Tomorrow I am off to the Irish Treffen on the Goldwing. I have never been to Ireland before so it’’s a real first for me. There is one fly in the ointment however, the ferry tickets were booked by fellow Kent Winger Vern and the timing is such that we have to leave at 04:30 [...]

Got down to Metal Mule today and had these beauties fitted. It”””’’s two 38l side panniers and a 45l topbox. To get the balanced set-up the standard exhaust was replaced with a slimmer Scorpion exhaust. It is no noisier than standard but sounds quite different - better I think.

Yesterday I went off to North Walsham to pick up my new trailer at Freewheel and also got a trailer towbar fitted at the same time. The weather going up was horrid - a grey murk that resembled a London smog in many ways, except for the foul smell that used to accompany those. It [...]

Back from a marvellous tour of Umbria, Tuscany and the Marche courtesy of Beach’’s Motorcycle Adventures.
I was riding a brand new BMW 1200GS equipped with a Garmin 276C GPS (great system - miles better than my Garmin 2820 I reckon, at least for my uses) that was filled every couple of days with lots of [...]

In my (respectable on-road) Goldwing life - as opposed to my (irreverent off-road) GS life, I have decided it’’s time to get a trailer for the bike. I hasten to say that is not a trailer to carry the bike on but a trailer to tow behind the bike. This will alow me to [...]

We have had a great February weatherwise! I have been out on the bike a lot in splendidly sunny weather and feeling warm enough until the sun goes behind a cloud when it suddenly feels cold and you realise that this is still officially winter with over 3 weeks to go before spring. The apparent [...]

My faithful old ZZR left my garage for the last time yesterday when it was collected by the new owner. Ebay had done its magic and found me a buyer offering the sort of money I felt the bike was worth and we are both happy with the deal. I do confess to feeling somewhat [...]

Friends (Brian and Shira who publish Backroads Magazine) I made on the Patagonia Trip put this together - it’’s great.

On Wednesday I took the ZZR for an outing to Horsham in glorious sunshine. It is probably the last time I shall ride it as the bike is on Ebay and the auction ends tomorrow. It was a great ride with the bike running well and the weather just about perfect for riding. Horsham itself [...]

Well, not quite but I have put a deposit on one..

I went to the MCN show at Excel yesterday and this was what I needed to tip the balance. As soon as I saw the bike in the flesh, I  knew I had to have it and then, when I got on it and found [...]