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The American Dream

The American Dream

Not much longer now until I am due to collect the freshly painted Hayabusa! All my colleagues at Swinton Bikes can’t wait to see the end result. Nobody is more excited about this than me though. Not only because it [...]

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Say hello to our Swinton Siren

Say hello to our Swinton Siren

Not long before the bike should be back in my possession – we are aiming for 20th March – tomorrow! I asked if the bike could be ready earlier as I’ve been invited to Hein Gericke’s 10th anniversary open day [...]

Bike paint scheme, BMW S1000RR, GSX600F, Hayabusa, Honda VFR1200, motorbike insurance, motorcycle insurance, Swinton Bikes, Yoshimura exhaust

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Current mileage: 1,690

Current mileage: 1,690

The snow has finally cleared enough for me to use the bike without scaring myself stupid due to the road conditions!

Even though my clothing keeps me very warm, the weakest link I have is my gloves. To be fair they are quite old now and have been good but the stitching has started to fray and as a result after about 20 minutes in the cold my fingers do freeze – new gloves are definitely high on my priority list!

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You’ve found the Swinton Bikes blog - the place on the web where our bike-mad Luke Renton will be posting updates on the journey of the first Swinton Bike. You’ll also find lots of images and posts from Luke on all things bike related.

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