I was on my way home through France from a three week circumnavigation of Spain when I came across this guy pushing his scooter and sweating buckets. I had enough French to ask him if he needed help and he said that I was the first person to stop and offer in three hours of pushing. Reckon I did mo...

Me and the missus went for a ride out on separate bikes the other day. She didn't realise that her bike was switched to reserve and she ran out of petrol. She waited with her bike while I went for petrol. When I got back she told me that 10 bikes had passed without anyone even acknowledging her. It ...

A program called vintage voltage on quest is just starting and they are converting a royal enfield.

As I have a few bikes I thought I would try some of these rather than change a number of bike seats. I must admit they do make a difference and have been used on a few longer euro trips. They are not as good as a quality seat but significantly cheaper and easily used on multiple bikes. They do feel ...

Good look. I'm sure the bike will be fine going up those passes, if a little laboured, but coming down might be scary.

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fatowl wrote: ↑Sun Mar 29, 2020 2:34 pm For those who haven't already seen this, it is WELL worth a watch. Also, bear in mind it was filmed 2 years ago!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p ... r-pandemic

They seem to have been spot on, to the point where it seems to be the basis of government policy.

I used to use the K60 winter tyres and on those cold mornings they did seem better. From my research they supposedly outperform normal tyres below 5 degrees. You do lose mileage but not horrendously. I ran them all year round with no problems. For those really bad days I use winter tyre grip on my c...