Everywhere Virtually

I am currently in the process of researching and developing a larger rally style fairing for the DRZ. My goal is to adventurise the 400SM and I realise that the fixings between the S & E are different for each so part of my research is making something that will fit them all or at [...]

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Late last year I took some time out to write a full review on the F800GS for Visor Down magazine. Thanks to Mark Godsland in the UK he made me aware that the article had been published along with all the feedback from my many friends and fellow 800 riders in the UK and beyond. [...]

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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 guys at Horizons Unlimited are the real deal. They are just regular people who share their knowledge and expertise with other motorcycle travelers. I will be attending the lumb farm meet organised by HU in June this year and I also had the pleasure of staying with the head of HU Belgium this year. [...]

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I’m a regular contributor to ukgser.com and no subject is sacred on the forum. Death, politics, bikes, divorce, adventure it’s all there. Of course being a topical site swine flu raised it’s head above the trough (sorry) and I have to say I have never laughed so hard at some of the responses to the [...]

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The next morning I heard aggressive dog barking… every few moments… “woof,woof,woof”. These were nasty dogs, real nasty. I acknowledged the dogs and swiftly returned to my slumber. I should explain that the barking dogs belonged to my phone. It was my morning alarm and I figured I would respond to a rabid barking dog [...]

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Days before my departure I knew I was behind schedule. With work and all the things I knew I had to do prior to my departure I knew I would be late. I was set to depart in the evening after work and spend my first night with a friend in Birmingham. In reality, packing [...]

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I’m riding home yesterday and I spy a retired couple with their placid black labrador dog walking along the pavement. Picture the soft features of a guide dog. friendly, attentive, intelligent, ready to serve. I approach and the dog catches sight of me atop my Honda Varadero. The damn hound goes fucking ballistic. It was [...]

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This time last year we were at the beginning of one of the wettest summers on record here in the UK. At the time I didn’t know what was coming. I’d been bowled over by the amazing April sunshine and thus projected it forward and applied it to the entire summer. Being Britain I should [...]

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