I went to a truck show on the weekend. Pretty unusual as I'm not really a truck man at all but I did have my reasons apart from the fact that it was a sunny, Spring day. The show was at Port … [Read more]
From an archive
September 11, 2019 By Leave a Comment
I have remarked on numerous occasions over the years that it staggers me that photos from over 40 years ago keep coming out of peoples' archives that nobody has ever seen except the person … [Read more]
Winging it
September 5, 2019 By Leave a Comment
Well I did my first long ride on Goldie yesterday. My club, CEMCC, has a monthly Wednesday ride named in honour of a former member and it is always well attended, at least that's what I have … [Read more]
Never Ready
August 31, 2019 By
At the end of 1967, the FIM announced that it was putting a stop to all of this multi-cylinder nonsense and that road racing bikes would be restricted to "just" 4 cylinders. The era before … [Read more]
Maintenance day
August 30, 2019 By
As the title suggests, today was a maintenance day. There were jobs that needed doing on both the VFR and the Gold Wing so there was no putting it off any longer. I actually intended doing … [Read more]
Important Half of My Life update
August 28, 2019 By
It's over 11 years since I started writing my blog. In that time, I've produced a couple of thousand articles and ranged far and wide over subjects that cover much more than just … [Read more]
