Showing posts with label Touring. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Touring. Show all posts

Saturday, 28 February 2015

Can You Go Touring on a Chopper?

This is a question I have heard people discussing recently, plus they were saying choppers look uncomfortable and are torture to ride.  I thought I would write about my views.Yes, of course you can go touring on a chopper, if you build your chopper correctly. You have to think about suspension,...

Thursday, 8 January 2015

Is Tour Route Planning As Good As The Real Thing?

So the motorbikes are put away, and many of us are sitting here in the depths of winter.  In some places it is cold outside and in others it is very wet.  People from more southerly areas are still able to ride, but for most, winter is a time for staying off the bike.So, what to do?  If...

Friday, 28 November 2014

Motorcycle Tour to the Harley-Davidson Rally in St Tropez

One of my favourite Harley-Davidson rallies is the European Festival, held in St Tropez and Grimaud each year. Getting some early season riding on great roads riding across Europe is a terrific way to kick-start the years longer rides. Tour1 are running a one-way tour from the UK to the rally and the...

Monday, 13 October 2014

The magnitude of the WW1 Battlefields stir emotions

I just returned from a visit to the WW1 Western Front, where I saw the battlefields, memorials and cemeteries. I went to look and to discover.Having never studied WW1 at school, I had a lot to learn and so I bought a few books about WW1 and the conflict on the Western Front. From 1914 – 1918, World...

Tuesday, 7 October 2014

Tuesday, 20 May 2014

Harley-Davidson's go to St Tropez with Tour1

The first Tour1 road trip of the year is complete.Our trip to get to St Tropez covered about 1,400 miles over six days of riding in France, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland and we rode some fabulous roads set amongst glorious scenery. It was a spectacular journey to get to the French Riviera.The three...