Third time lucky and I passed my Mod 2 yesterday ( Read more... )

I swear everytime I look at the BBC News site for Scotland on a Monday morning there's always a story about a biker being hurt or killed over the weekend. :(

Scotland has some lovely roads, it's true, but they can be rough and unforgiving of mistakes as well, as is made painfully obvious every Monday.

Keep it shiny side up, guys.

Hein Gericke's gone bust.

Dayum.

My jacket is HG, so are my summer boots, I bought my last two crash helmets from HG, my last set of winter gloves... They're one of the few places who carry Nolan visors and pinlocks in stock. I hope they find a buyer.

Due to a recent upgrade I am reluctantly selling my bike ( Read more... )

...for the first time in over a decade. I've written an absolutely enormous vanity blog about my experiences on the island this year - four massive posts - which many people in the community won't even begin to want to read, although I did find an American to bring over to experience the whole TT schtick, which might make this all very slightly ( Read more... )

No idea if anyone still reads this but here goes ...

British Superbikes (BSBK) was at the new Snetterton circuit last weekend. It went a bit wrong for a couple of riders!

Link to YouTube video

One still image here, 14 more inline after the cut!


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I'm looking to get in contact with them, to find out how they ship bikes to Canada. I'm heading out there in a couple of months, have several publicity opportunities I can give them: in return for either advice on shipping my bike out, or assistance with getting it there. (For example, if they load a container up and ship bikes every month or so, ( Read more... )

I need to get rid of some bike gear due to plans to leave the UK.  Drop me a message if interested ( Read more... )

Has anyone got any advice on intercoms?

We'll be doing a bit of a trip later this year (6 weeks in USA/Canada and then 5 weeks in New Zealand) and want to have a rider-to-pillion intercom. It needs to work with GPS, bluetooth phone, MP3 player, etc, but any recommendations as to what good (and what's not) would be appreciated...

Thanks in advance

...so I filmed my thoughts...

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