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‘Pathan’ gloves review

‘Pathan’ gloves review

Thanks to the time of year I have been suffering from frozen fingers for the last few rides to and from work. And unfortunately it is only going to continue to get colder!

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November riding

November riding

I have the Hayabusa booked in for it’s service today. Good job as it was due at 11,000 miles, however I’m fairly sure the world won’t end because of this!

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A Close Call….

 Into another new month and I have already noticed the reduction in the amount of bikers on the road. Come on guys, leave the cars at home and stick with it for at least another few weeks!

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Ride out to Hein Gericke Luton’s Open Day

Ride out to Hein Gericke Luton’s Open Day

Recently I spent some time at an open day at Hein Gericke’s Luton branch. Four hours and a three hundred-ish mile round trip seemed to be a good way to spend the day as well as showing some support for Hein [...]

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BMW S1000RR – will I be tempted?….

BMW S1000RR – will I be tempted?….

Something that keeps cropping up everywhere at the moment is BMW’s S1000RR and rightly so too.

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    This will result in us spending less time inspecting our bikes with less chance of spotting any......
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