Making it easy
Posted in Project XT, Technical on Jul 31st, 2011
Now that I have completed, and passed, the IAM Test, and I have finished putting the ST1100 (Pan) back together after it slid out from under me, I can now start work on the XT550. Back in April I had an encounter with a deep rut on a green lane. The outcome was that the […]
Posted in Animals and Nature, Rides on Jul 29th, 2011
Following on from yesterday’s badger blog, I decided to take the same route to work this morning, probably because I am a creature of habit (not sure if there is a pun there). Again, I had misjudged the location of the badger and was in danger of suffocating. I decided to take a breath and […]
Posted in Animals and Nature, Rides on Jul 28th, 2011
I have started to worry that I have a pre-occupation with riding into/over various members of the animal kingdom, what with running over a dog, a suicidal Blackbird and riding up the arse of a bee. Anyways, on my way to work on Monday I noticed a badger on the side of the road. It […]
Posted in Animals and Nature, Rides on Jul 26th, 2011
Well, I think I crashed in to a bee, as that is the only way that I can explain how I got stung. I was riding along a country road when whack, something big hit me in the face. This is not uncommon, as I ride most of the time with my visor up. My […]
Posted in Words of Wisdom on Jul 22nd, 2011
One for the Road/On the wagon There is an old Hotel/Pub in Marble Arch, London which used to have gallows adjacent. Prisoners were taken to the gallows (after a fair trial of course) to be hanged. The horse drawn dray, carting the prisoner was accompanied by an armed guard, who would stop the dray outside […]
Posted in Technical on Jul 20th, 2011
A common problem with earlier VRods is a clunking sound coming from the front of the bike. It is often apparent on braking, and as a result the blame is usually directed at the brake callipers. The problem is actually caused by the fact that the Triple Tree stem is made of aluminium, so over […]
Posted in Reviews on Jul 19th, 2011
My last phone was the Nokia N900. It was a great phone but my eyes are not what they used to be, and I had trouble seeing the keyboard in less than perfect light. Its other disadvantage was that it ran Nokia’s Meamo software that, whilst a derivative of Linux, was not readily supported by […]
Posted in IAM on Jul 15th, 2011
Well, today was the day of my test. I had gone to bed at the normal time and looked forward to another full nights sleep, something that had been happening for the last couple of nights……… ……..so, the day started at 05:30 when I woke up, and could not get back to sleep. Saying that, […]
Posted in IAM on Jul 9th, 2011
So, my test is next Friday, and I thought I better get one last ride in. For the past week I have been trying to put some time back into the principles of advanced riding, and less in to just having fun. I had been concentrating on the weaker points of my riding, just trying […]