old skool kool motorbikes

Friday night in the pits at the Spa Classic in Belgium, a pack of Kawasaki’s, a herd of Suzuki’s broken up by Laverda’s, Moto Martin’s, Egli’s, P&M’s and a host of Harris’. The XR41 was pretty dam cool, an iconic bike built to win the world endurance championship, the forerunner of the GSXR range. Big …

Nepal

My route back to sitting in a kayak has been a recent trip to Nepal.  Kayaking pretty much ruled my life between 2003 and 2009, circumstances change and whilst my head tells me I am a kayaker the truth is that the frequency of trips to the rivers had reduced to such an extent that …

Madi Khola

A couple of hours drive, just east of Pokhara lies a small valley through which the Madi Khola flows.  it’s one of the smaller Himalayan rivers, almost alpine in appearance and is rightly described in the guidebook as a fesity little number and a jewel of a river. The Madi is lower volume than the …

One small step…..

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 …

Project Z

Projext X has been on standby for a while now but today I received all the papers back from customs that should allow the allocation of an age related plate.  Thats been a bit of a headache to be fair and i didnt wnat to commit funds until I was certain that the papers were …

Exotica

I have no idea what this is, not a scooby do, but, we like it.

Wine Smuggling

This is the fourth year that the Le Mans 24 hour race has brought the Word Endurance Chanmpionship to a close.  Moved four years ago to the end of the season finale having traded places with the Bol D Or at Magny Cours, Le Mans is the second of the 24 hour races with further …

Le Mans cars

As I reach the A1 I catch sight in my mirror of my fleece pocket, unzipped.  A quick check confirms my worst fear, my wallet is roadside, somewhere between the petrol station and the A1, 9 miles! Arse. Spinning the bike round I re trace my route checking the verge, I want to go quick …