Dear Esteemed Bike Magazine, I have been a reader of your rag since I was a young lad and my first visits to the Bol Dor in my college days were inspired by your photos and stories (a standing quarter mile?? We could stagger it maybe) a few ahem years have gone by and IContinueContinue reading “My letter to Bike Magazine…”
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Motorcycle dealers and motorcycle quality, a few thoughts…..
It has been said that I am quite set in my ways and I guess that there is some truth in that rumour. In other words when I stay in a hotel and the place is good then I often return when I am next in that area and the same for restaurants and soContinueContinue reading “Motorcycle dealers and motorcycle quality, a few thoughts…..”
The Le Mans race this year was a curate’s egg, GREAT in parts…
This was our second visit to Le Mans for the wonderful 24 Hour WEC motorcycle race. Brian rides down from the UK and I drive up from Italy. The WEC consists of four races per year varying from 8 up to 24 hours and in my view it is one of the hardest motorcycle worldContinueContinue reading “The Le Mans race this year was a curate’s egg, GREAT in parts…”
Time to head to Le Mans guys…..
Well like last year and the year before Barnes and I will head to Le Mans for the 24 hour motorcycle race next weekend. He must cover a total about 750 km from home to our hotel whereas I have about 1750 km from Amalfi to Le Mans so he can travel 1 day andContinueContinue reading “Time to head to Le Mans guys…..”
More 2024 holiday news guys…
And so to my 2024 bookings and ideas and proposals…. April. Le Mans hotel is already booked for the 24 hour WEC race. Our wonderful 2023 hotel is not available for whatever reason (we loved the LePrince in the city centre). So I have booked the ibis Styles Le Mans South Station from the ThursdayContinueContinue reading “More 2024 holiday news guys…”
So two of my bikes sold back to Martin and just the old Audi to take back to the UK…
I started to write this brief travel blog on the Irish Ferries ship heading towards Calais in the pouring rain, luckily I am in the lounge warm and dry. My trusty Mercedes Vito van is resting and dripping downstairs. The drive from Cambridge to Dover this morning was hairy as the rainfall was amazingly heavy,ContinueContinue reading “So two of my bikes sold back to Martin and just the old Audi to take back to the UK…”
Every motorcyclist needs a TMax in their life (or garage or plan or whatever)…..
Like all we er traditional motorcyclists I always considered scooters to be something to be avoided, a 2 wheeled shopping trolley or something for the girls but not for we real men. The amazing Yamaha TMax should make us all think again cos the Yamaha scooter is amazing but most motorcyclists will need to RIDEContinueContinue reading “Every motorcyclist needs a TMax in their life (or garage or plan or whatever)…..”
By trailer, by road or…….UPDATED!!!!
OK here is my current quandry guys. I have decided to return one or even two bikes to the UK cos I am simply not using them, and at the same time I have my old Audi S4 up for sale. Thanks to good ol Brexit (not) it seems that it would be almost impossibleContinueContinue reading “By trailer, by road or…….UPDATED!!!!”
The plan……well some ideas anyway
2024 simply must be a good year and I am making some very sketchy plans in terms of what I should be doing with my fleet of vehicles this year cos I am spending tooooo much cash on insurance and stuff for some of my fleet that I am not really using enough to justifyContinueContinue reading “The plan……well some ideas anyway”
2024 holiday plans start to come together, see more….updated again.
As regular readers will know (thanks sis haha) I ended my 2023 holiday travels in November on a massive high visiting 8 European countries by Mercedes Vito van over a very cold and wet 2 week period with Barnes. I was VERY lucky that I had just fitted a set of Vredestein 4 season tyresContinueContinue reading “2024 holiday plans start to come together, see more….updated again.”
Service no limits! 