Traffic, Traffic, Traffic.
Noting the traffic chaos this weekend, I was caught up in it myself yesterday. I was in Kent and needed to head back home to […]
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Electric Dreams?
Nah. Can I be persuaded to part with my petrol driven BMWs in favour of electric bikes? In a word, no. If they can produce […]
The Summer of Seventy Five
How time flies. I turned seventeen in May 1975. Which meant a driving licence. More importantly, it meant a motorcycle. So it was, my father […]
R80R Update
Since I last posted about this bike, I’ve added a few tweaks. Because I wanted this to be a working machine as well as a […]
Baby Boxer
Well, I finally got my hands on the R80R I agreed to buy last summer. There are still a few bits and bobs to sort […]
Staying Alive
David Holmes’ family have released footage from his helmet camera showing the crash that killed him. Inevitably this raises the spectre of “speed kills” and, […]
Signs and Portents
Change is one constant in life. Progress progresses progressively and we must adapt or die. And so it is with technology. I understand and share […]
The Real Biker
My announcement yesterday that I have ordered a new Liquid cooled R1200RT prompted an interesting discussion – that is, it reignited an old theme; the […]
Well, Yes…
A fairly balanced and sensible piece about the cycle wars. We are all road users. Some, like me, for example, use a range of modes […]