Mr Suzuki probably didn’t envisage their oil boiler GSXRs still being ridden around 30 years after production, we’ve got two here, a near stock N model with some period upgrades, Ohlins, Akropovic… and a bitsa, M frame, ZX7 front end, JMC swinger, Nitron, Akro, etc, and then there’s this…….. Where do I start? GSXR frame, …
This trip started out as the Coast to Coast trip, but that fell over earlier in the year due to travel restrictions and making the trip numbers. Even though this was not the trip I originally booked it did not disappoint, quite the opposite to be fair. Earlier in the year I had been researching …
We’ve done a couple of cool things for Lens birthday, in 2007 we did this – In 2019, we did this –
A visit to Orkney in 2016 on our NC500 trip confirmed we needed to spend some more time on the Scottish islands. With that in mind we book the ferry from Aberdeen to Shetland and have three days making use of the well surfaced open roads on the islands. A couple of ferries from Shetland …
Our practical sports bikes, a pair of Harris Magnum 4s, are tied down in the hold of the ship as we cruise across the Bay of Biscay, heading for Bilbao. We have taken the slow boat from Portsmouth, leaving Sunday night, arriving early Tuesday morning leaving us with a full day of riding ahead. One …
Described as the Jewel in the crown of Kashmir, Dal Lake in Srinagar provides a welcome respite from the hustle and bustle of the main town. We stay on one of the many house boats, reached by water taxi. Every morning there is a farmers market were the locals meet and trade goods, we rise …
With the announcement that the Bol D Or is returning to its spiritual home, Paul Ricard there is no question, we are going. The Bol has in the past been run at Le mans and in more recent times at Magny Cours but Ricard is regarded by many as the true home of the Bol. …
off a mountain and we are airborne above Pokhara with views of the lake, the urban sprawl and Annapurna. Starting 700m above the tow we catch a thermal and climb into and through the cloud before heading out over the lake to loose our height in a series of turns that see’s us above thw …
Have we mentioned we like hills and mountains, seems you can grow stuff on them as well as paddle and ride down them. We visited Cafe Cristina in the hills above Paraiso and took a tour to see how our favourite morning drink took shape. Organically grown at a height of 1300metres, coffee produced here …
by Jo Canoeing in Nepal, in Africa, South America and other far-flung places is an amazing experience, not only for the biggest, steepest, scariest rivers in the world and breath-taking scenery, but also for the vastly different cultures and hospitality of the people we meet river guides become firm friends, families in incredibly remote villages …