Sunday 28 July 2013

Recommended Reading - A Dented Mind and a Harley-Davidson

I found a new motorcycling blog this morning that I would like to recommend.

Nigel Benson started writing his blog earlier this year about his quest to pass his motorcycle test and to then buy a Harley-Davidson. What is unusual is the reason why he has started riding again.

In February 2011, Nigel had a train accident that caused injury to his head and caused “dreadful tinnitus, not a ringing in an ear but a horrible loud screaming that fills my head every waking moment.” Read more about his accident.

He discovered one of the ways he gets relief from this noise is when riding a motorcycle.

While still awaiting financial compensation from the accident, Nigel cannot yet buy the Harley-Davidson he so wants. It is an interesting story and another well written blog that some of my readers might want to follow.

You can find his blog here…
http://adentedmindandaharleydavidson.blogspot.co.uk/

Wednesday 17 July 2013

harley, HOG, Road Trip, Touring

Video of London to Rome Road Trip

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This is my video of my recent road trip from London to Rome (and back again), for the Harley-Davidson 110th anniversary rally.

What a great trip that was. We rode in France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Austria and Italy, on some of the best roads in Europe.

Write up of the trip to follow.....

London to Rome H-D 110th Rally from Gary S France on Vimeo.

Monday 8 July 2013

Burt Munro, invercargill, munro, Worlds Fastest Indian

The new Indian motorcycle and Burt Munro

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As many of my readers will know, I went to Invercargill in New Zealand recently and saw the Indian motorcycles that Burt Munro broke the land speed record with. I also went to see his grave.

With the recent re-appearance of the Indian Motorcycle Company, a few videos have been made to celebrate the re-emergence of the Indian brand, and very good videos they are too.

Two further videos, about building a new Indian motorcycle to honour Burt Munro have just been released and the main one is filmed beautifully and is very stylish. The second video is about the making of the first.

Here are both of them.....

Thursday 4 July 2013

harley davidson classic

Harley-Davidson 1926 Model S Racer

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Harley-Davidson 350CC Racing class was created soon after Harley unveiled its “Peashooter” racer in the summer of 1925. The bike was based on its new 21cu. in. ohv single-cylinder economy road bike. To make it competitive for dirt-track racing the bike had a shortened frame and simple telescopic forks that were triangulated for greater strength. All nonessential components were ditched from the

Stelvio Pass

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After many years of trying to imagine what it would be like, I finally rode the famous Stelvio Pass in northern Italy yesterday. It was better than I imagined.

More pictures and a write up of my trip to Rome later.

Monday 10 June 2013

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Harley Davidson 1926 Model B

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After the failure (comparatively) of the Sport Twin of 1919–23, Harley had another crack at the lightweight market by releasing a range of single-cylinder bikes for the 1926 model year: the A, B, AA, and BA. The design was entirely conventional, and inspired by Indian’s contemporary Prince as well as typical British machines of the period. The bikes were available with side-valve or