US Visa

Happy days!My passport was delivered back today after being at the US Embassy in London for a week. It now contains a shiny new 10 year visa for the USA. That is the last big item on my "must do" list. The countdown is well and truly on now!...

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London Motorcycle Show

I went to the London Motorcycle Show on Friday and I must admit I was a tad disappointed. Considering London is a major global City, the show was quite small and whilst most of the major bike manufacturers were there, there were some missing. KTM for example. However, after not being at the other major...

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Busy, Busy, Busy ! ! !

Oh my, it has been a busy few days. Here is my week so far.....Monday - attended my Visa interview at the US Embassy in London. (Application approved).Tuesday - found a more experienced shipper for transporting my bike from London to New York.Wednesday - my sons (Jeremy’s) 21st Birthday (HAPPY BIRTHDAY...

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Like a Virgin.....

Sometimes, we do something that gives us a great deal of satisfaction. It can be something momentous, or it can be something small, but all the same it is significant enough to make us feel good. Over the weekend, I did something that was just like that – I booked my flights with Virgin Atlantic to...

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Sat Nav Bad. Sat Nav Good.

Way back in 1979, the Boomtown Rats recorded a song called “I don’t like Mondays”. I would like to extend that to “I don’t like Januarys”. It is still depressingly cold here. And wet. The sort of wet that gets right through to your bones. What are you meant to do if getting on your motorbike means becoming...

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New Paint Job for the Road King?

You know how your mind turns if you have a difficult decision to made? I am trying to decide if I should get a new paint job done on my 2006 Harley-Davidson Road King. This is the bike I will be using for the tour of the USA. I have been thinking for a while that I might get it done before shipping...

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Motorcycle Lodge

I was cruising the web earlier today and I looked at a blog that I like – it is called Thunder Road. Essentially a guy (Radar) in Texas who loves motorcycle touring is considering setting up a lodge (or lodges) to specifically cater for touring bikers. He is gathering information on what bikers might...

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