Fun at the ace

Yes I know I make a habit of calling London’s bikers – well London people in general – southern pussies when it comes to things like rain and snow…. but even I am considering the sense in going out on the bike today… There’s a main road there somewhere… more photos on my flickr page

Damned if I know… so I thought I’d ask the people who would know… the overlanding community over at Horizons Unlimited.… I asked… Interesting question.. I thought I could answer it pretty well… in fact I’m a bit of an armchair adventure motorcyclist – that’ll change in September – but I’ve read every single book…

I have zero will power and have been lusting after one of these for a while now – so a combination of BA canceling my flight to Nice and the wonderful people at PC World in Terminal 5 having them in stock have resulted in me finally purchasing a baby blue model. It’s really quite…

Yesterday I had to work in Central London, Shaftsbury Avenue to be exact. That meant riding into the heart of the beast, spending 30 minutes finding somewhere to part that doesn’t cost £10 per hour (thank you NCP) and then trudging in my kit to the office. Nothing too bad there at all, appart from…

The last couple of days have seem me desparately trying to do the very simple job of replacing my chain and sprockets. I say simple because it is at most a couple of hours work. For me, it’s turned into a nightmare. 1 – Couldn’t get the bolts off the sprocket. 2 – Couldn’t get…