Top Purchases for your Motorcycling.

On both Twitter and on my blog, I asked a simple question. “What is the single best thing you ever bought for your motorcycling?”The results are very interesting.By far the most popular single item was heated grips, and by a considerable margin. You voted this the best item by a factor of three over...

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What is the single best thing you ever bought for your motorcycling?

I am interested to discover what items bikers have bought for their motorcycling.If you had to name one item as the single best thing you ever bought for your motorcycling, what would it be?I will collate and write about the answe...

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Charlie, Smoking His Rear Tyre

Taken by a friend of his, this is my eldest son, Charlie, smoking the rear wheel of his Sportster.  I love this picture!No, I cannot condone this, but there is a little bit of rebel in us all......

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The most dangerous risk of all.....

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Ten Years Ago Today, My Hero Died

I was 13 years old when I first saw Barry Sheene race motorcycles. It was at Brands Hatch in 1979. At that time, at just 20 years old, Barry was an extremely talented and likeable guy who made quite an impression on me. I watched him race dozens of times and he soon became my hero.That year, he won...

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Harley-Davidson 1928 JD

Harley-Davidson rarely rushed change, and it always knew the value of cubic inches. The history of the 45° F-head V-twin goes back to the original prototype twin of 1907, and by 1928 it was approaching its sell-by date. In 1922 Harley created the JD model by increasing capacity from 61 to 74 cubic inches. The result was a high-performance machine capable of outrunning almost any other vehicle on...

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My book about touring the USA on my motorcycle is launched!

Today sees the launch of my book about riding my Harley-Davidson motorcycle around the USA.Called ‘France In America’ the book describes the journey I took, covering 21,475 miles, in 27 states, in four and a half months.I was so impressed by America and the people I met, I wanted to record the journey in some way and a book seemed the obvious answer. Having now written that book, I can only hope...

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Monthy Python. The only type of Spam I like.

There have been many posts and comments about spam recently.There is only one type of spam I like - the Monty Python version.Graham Chapman, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones, John Cleese and Michael Palin were comedy genius’s of their time.I raise I glass to this type of spam.... does anyone remember this....

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