Making it easy
Posted in IAM on Apr 29th, 2011
All I wanted to do this time was get a photo as an example. That was much easier said than done. I had found what I thought would be a great example, but when you take the photo, it just never seems as vivid as it does when you are riding along. The other issue […]
Posted in Rides on Apr 25th, 2011
Following on from the previous rides post, I have been thinking of my favourite bits of road, and again trying to work out how to string it into a ride. This time it was the A272 from Loomies going West, and the B3006 between the A3 and the A31. The latter is a lovely road […]
Posted in IAM on Apr 23rd, 2011
I have been thinking of my next informative post, to follow on from the IPSGA post. I have decided that another really important part of riding is observation. That is not just what is going on about you, but is reading the road ahead, and maximising your ability to do that. In this first part […]
Posted in Rides on Apr 19th, 2011
There are many rides out there, and everyone has their own favourites. The other problem is that most of them involve sections of road, and the trick is stringing them all together to make a circuit. Wacking a chunk of motorway or dual carriageway in there, to join the sections up, detracts from the overall […]
Posted in IAM on Apr 17th, 2011
What a cracking day. Another warm, sunny cloudless day. Even better, I was not feeling half as sore as I thought I would after yesterday’s spill. This time it was a meet opposite Loomies at 11:00. There are two car parks at the pub, and I came in on the one my Observer was not […]
Posted in Bikes, Project XT, Rides on Apr 16th, 2011
A couple of weeks ago, I finally decided to invest in a set of motocross boots. I had been using an old pair of normal boots, but they gave very little support and they had smooth soles. I was going to go for a test ride last weekend, but did not want to be writing […]
Posted in Reviews on Apr 14th, 2011
The Royal British Legion is made up of a number of Branches. On the whole these also include a premises/club, that are usually renowned for selling cheap booze. Not all Branches of The Legion are localised. There are also National Branches that cover the whole country, and the Riders Branch is one of those. The […]
Posted in Rides on Apr 9th, 2011
Some of you know that I am a member of the Royal British Legion Riders Branch Well, we got another invite from the Hairy Bikers to help out with one of their shows. This time they were helping to promote “Meals on Wheels“. It seems that the service is slowly dying out due to a […]
Posted in Animals and Nature, Rides on Apr 3rd, 2011
This Sunday I decided to pay a visit to the local Advanced Motorists “First Sunday of the Month” – Solent Advanced Motorcyclists This time I was out on the TDM850, as it was a bit foggy and I could not be bothered to play musical bikes to get the Hardly out. I was pottering along […]