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Feb
11

Project X – part 1

Unlike some decisions this one didn't come out of a pint of John Smiths.  To be fair I am not exactly sure where it came from! Saturday 21st January sees us on the M62 in Penso's van heading to DK Breakers in Staffordshire.  James had been bidding on some H1 parts, won an engine and [...]

Oct
01

Le Mans

With Le Mans moving from its usual springtime slot in the calendar to September, Les sets his sights on another trip, some 15 years after his last visit, his business, Short Stop Tyres ( 01704 573022 ) keeps him busy early in the year fitting tyres and fettling bikes for the summer. I could hardly let [...]

Aug
13

Timbuktu – It does exist………

by Bob Scott Bob Scott is semi retired living in Scotland, running a B&B with wife Olive, a horse called Jackie and the laziest dog I know, Jess.  I hope I have half of Bob's enthusiasm when I reach his stage in life.  In January of this year Bob rode his Honda varadero motorbike from [...]

Apr
02

Burning Petrol

One of the Stag do’s that Jon wanted was to go burn some petrol, specifically on motocross bikes, so a bunch of us trooped over to  Llanidloes in Mid Wales to ride with the guys at  www.yamaha-offroad-experience.co.uk Given some people had never ridden before I reckon we did pretty well not to get any injuries, the [...]