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 [...]

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 [...]

I took the GS this morning to get the off-road tyres fitted. They are Continental TKC 80s, a road-legal tyre with a good blocky pattern that should be much better in the mud than the road tyres. I”ll get a chance to try that out tomorrow! On the way home. I was treading somewhat carefully [...]

This was the scene chez moi last Sunday before the snow really came down and the bike went back into the garage! Since then we have had a couple of lovely days and I rode both bikes (on separate days! )

Tomorrow I am taking the bike to South London Motorcycles to get a set [...]

After riding the GS for the last few days, I took the Goldwing out this morning and it took me a couple of miles before I felt at home again on such a different machine - I even tried to switch the indicators in the stupid BMW mode! I think the thing that [...]