of Cirencester has closed. It opened as a BSA dealer in 1959. Boss Dave Hammond (son of Peter) contested a couple of Dakar rallies. The shop itself had a load of BSA-Triumph spares in stock (plus classic Honda and Suzuki) and (until recently) a Yamaha franchise. A proper 'old school' dealer. Appare...

Ramblers and the new zealous converts to walking will never be happy until ALL other users are excluded from existing Rights of Way from Bridlepaths to single track roads inclusive. It is consistent with the current societal trends where everybody wants their "rights" to the exclusion of o...

Apparently, the 270 parallel twin was chosen to emulate the sound and vibration qualities of a harley? Bikers were complaining that the Japanese in-line 4 was Too smooth and quiet, and therefore bland. Can' comment about the Honda, but the KTM 790/890 engine is so lacking in character, no way does ...

I had an open mind about the AJP PR7...I like the smaller AJPs and had no reason to dislike the larger one. So I went to have a look. But the dealer couldn't get the demonstrator to start...and it made exactly the same noise while not starting as my old Husky 610E did when it wasn't starting. Guess...

All three bikes that the factory entered in the recent Dakar finished, so the underlying concept is correct. The sneering at chinese/asian manufacturing is really out of date, most bikes have asian sourced components and some are asian assembled. The spec. looks comparable to other similar "ral...

Scott_rider wrote: ↑Fri Dec 02, 2022 10:46 am Looks good .

Why do all the manufacturers film videos of 'adventure' bikes to make them seem like they are enduro bikes? I doubt hardly any 790's will be ridden like that in the real world.

Mmmn - lets get RBJ on one...

Richard Simpson Mark II wrote: ↑Mon Aug 22, 2022 2:52 pm
Even so, 178 kg is still quite a lump for doing what he does on it.

Indeed, but being a 7' tall riding god helps too!

New or not, it's still fugly.

The characterless engine is not for me, but each to their own.

So much for all the T7 owners claiming that "their bike" is ridden by Pol Tarres!

All the important parts have been changed or modified

Climate communism all part of the New World Forum, the Great Reset designed to drive the world into some sort of Marxist State. You can reckon on 10 % of those charging points being out of order and this number will grow as they age and ways of stealing from them are developed. Unless you join the ...