Well, I got the service done and without getting wet - which considering the forecast was a minor triumph. Now I am all set to do some serious riding except that the next few days are taken up with various obligations that will prevent me from getting on the bike at all. I got the [...]

I did a few miles in some rare sunshine yesterday but limited by the need not to go much over the recommended 600 miles before the first service - I don”t wish to vitiate the warranty by ignoring the service recommendations!
So - it’’s off to Doble’’s bright and early tomorrow morning where I shall [...]

 
Now why did I spend all that money on a Goldwing when I could have made one?? 
 

I now have 600 miles on the Wing and its is time for its first service. Trouble is that I can”t get it done until 31st May which is especially galling as the weather is just perfect at the moment. I had a great ride yesterday down to the New Forest which was full of [...]

I was pleased to see that Dave had commented on this blog. Evidently Wordpress had alerted him to the fact that I had linked to his blog, he has kindly linked to this one but so far Wordpress has not informed me of that incoming link. I have also installed the latest version - 2.2 [...]

At 9:00 am I decided I could make it comfortably to the dealers before the insurance on the ST1100 ran out at 10:00 am when the insurance on the Wing was due to kick-in. I reckoned without two things - it started to pour with rain when I was half a mile down the road [...]

Up with the lark - or at least whatever the little perishers are outside the window that have woken me at 4am. Far too early to nip over to Coulsdon to pick up my Wing and plenty enough early to leave me no excuse not to get down to the gym where I am endeavouring [...]

This is a test of posting using a Firefox extension. I wanted to try Scribefire but for some reason it is not working for me. I don't know if this is a clash between versions of FF and Scribefire or a Mac thing. Anyway, Deepest Sender seems to work OK for me.

I chose Wordpress for this blog having seen how flexible it appeared and also the wealth of themes and plugins around the net. Setting it up has mostly been a trouble-free experience, including making a few posts and adding a variety of plugins to do stuff like displaying photos. However, a couple of glitches have [...]

Not content with worrying about GPS before I have even taken delivery of the bike, I am now thinking about the suspension, especially after watching this video by Traxxion that basically condemns the stock suspension out of hand. I wonder if there is anyone in the UK qualified to install the Traxxion system should I [...]