Everywhere Virtually

Before I write another thing I would like to thank Grant & Susan Johnson and Chris Colling & Dave Lomax at adventure-Spec for making my attendance possible this year. Without them it would not have happened. the 2010 10th anniversary event was much bigger than previous years. As I rode up the driveway to Lumb [...]

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I spent a very pleasant few days in Linz seeing friends and making new ones. Linz is the 2009 capital of culture and has made noticeable strides since I was last there in April and August of 2008. It has an energy and vibrancy which is tempered by the fact it is also a provincial [...]

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The tyres turned up today which left only two more potential problems. Firstly how to fit them and secondly how to balance them. Chris at adv-spec sent me a link to BTS (Bike Tyre Services) I spoke to Matt who owns it and it turned out he had a cancellation in Macclesfield and was quite [...]

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I have been rather remiss of late in updating this blog. I’ve been annoyed at myself because there has been a lot going on. A lot of good stuff going on… a lot of adventure motorcycling goodness I recently attended the Horizons Unlimited UK summer meeting at Ripley in Derbyshire. This is an event that [...]

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I have finally started to get around to processing the video from the Touratech Travel Event in March. by a complete stroke of serendipity I happened to find one of the funniest clips. Austin Vince regails the audience with Viz style hilarity as he talks about his travels through Russia.

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