Monday, 31 May 2010

A local ride to check out the Road King....

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As it was away being painted, I haven’t ridden the black bike much this year. Tomorrow, it is having a major service before the bike gets shipped to the US for the tour so I thought I had better get some miles accomplished today so I could see if there is anything in particular I want done during the...

Friday, 28 May 2010

Monday, 24 May 2010

I spent all day with the Police today....

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As some of my readers will know, I came back to biking about 4 years ago. I am your typical “born again biker”. As a result of being away from biking for so long, this means that I have not had any formal rider training or any type of riding skills assessment for about 36 years. Gulp.In preparation...

Sunday, 23 May 2010

1 month to go....

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Wow. It is now just about 1 month until I start my tour of the USA.I have been somewhat busy recently and travelling a lot so I haven’t been posting much on my blog.The big thing we did recently was Jackie (my wife) and I drove a car to Spain. It was an open top sports car with no roof. By “no roof”...

Wednesday, 12 May 2010

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Ride Out at St Tropez, Day 3 (Saturday)

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Today was Ride Out day. The Chelsea and Fulham HOG Chapter that I am a member of met at a villa on the outskirts of St Tropez and rode a 50 mile ride that took a couple of hours. The weather stayed fine, thankfully without the rain that had plagued a lot of riders on their way down to the South of France.We...

Friday, 7 May 2010

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St Tropez H-D Euro Festival, Day 2 (Friday)

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Today was a busy day. Up early for a quick ride, then back to the hotel to collect my wife Jackie and to walk around St Tropez. The town still has some of it's previous glamour, but is very tired and many parts are in need to fixing up in order to justify the ridiculously high prices this place charges....