Cats and Dogs, Mist and Laundry....

We had a quiet day today, caused in part by the rain this morning. Riding in the rain is OK, but starting to ride when it is raining Cats and Dogs is often difficult and it was for Paul and I today – it was chucking it down, so we left late today after thge worse of the rain had passed. Last night we...

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Mud, Mud, Glorious Mud!

We had some problems on day 5.First my GPS / Sat Nav stopped working. Many weeks of planning and entering the details into the sat nav system were wasted in an instant. Luckily, Paul has an identical Sat Nav, so this morning we transferred in route info to his device and he was able to lead me on my...

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NYC to Canadian Border, via Boston

On Friday and Saturday the task was to get a long way north of new York so that the ride down the New England coast could then begin in earnest. The journey north was a total of 627 miles and only a small proportion of this was done on the faster Interstate roads. These Interstates are generally excellent...

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Hot in the City....

On day 2 yesterday I thought it would be a good plan to ride around Manhattan. It wasn’t.With record New York temperatures for this time of year, cars have it easy for one reason – air conditioning. On motorbikes, we rely on the wind from keeping moving to cool us down, but in Manhattan, with all of it’s traffic congestion, keeping moving is almost impossible, so in hot weather we fry. I certainly...

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Building Bridges....

Having tried to throw off the ravages of jet lag, I gave up trying to fight the sleep demons and went for a walk early. It was steaming hot even at silly o’clock, so I headed to the East River on the Brooklyn side.There is a tiny park nestling between the Brooklyn Bridge and the Manhattan Bridge. It...

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Concrete Jungle Where Dreams Are Made Of....

Happy Days! I made it to New York City (with thanks to Alicia Keys for the snappy one-liner above).I landed mid-afternoon yesterday and found the hotel in Brooklyn that will be my base for a few days. The trouble with flying from east to west is the time difference hits you hard. After travelling for...

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Good Vibrations

I chose to read this book just before I left for my own tour of the USA. I enjoyed reading it.Written by Brit Ton Cunliffe, it describes the trip that he and his wife Roz took from Baltimore – Sturgis – San Francisco – New Orleans – Baltimore. Both on Harley-Davidsons, Tom rides a Heritage called “Black...

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I took my bike to the Airport today....

After some last minute checking to see if all of my gear will fit in the bike, I took my Harley to London's Heathrow Airport this morning so that it can be flown to New York later this week or early next.It will get crated and protected in the next day or so and I hope they look after it!The next time...

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Ireland Bike Festival

Last week, the Ireland Bike Festival took place in Killarney, in Ireland.As I was in Thailand for my brother’s wedding, sadly I couldn’t attend the festival, but my red custom bike did! The bike happened to be in Ireland back with Waterford Harley-Davidson where it was built to have some minor work...

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Biker FM

A new internet radio station – Biker FM – has recently started broadcasting in the UK.There are now two internet radio stations here dedicated to bikers....Biker FMTotal Biker FMWe are spoilt for choice now....

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Bikes in Thailand (ราชอาณาจักรไทย)

Mrs F and I have been in Thailand for a few days now and I took the chance today to take a few photos of the thousands of bikes that are here. Most are small scooter type bikes although there are the occasional bigger machines around. Safety is a huge cause for concern in Thailand and looking at these...

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