Tumbling Less Than Gracefully Into Middle Age
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Sight
9th May, 2018 My Ninja 300 with Shane’s KTM 1290 Superduke, hours before I realised something was going very wrong with my vision. I’d had a great couple of weeks. I’d just got back from visiting my Dad in Spain, along with my sister and beautiful niece (whom I had never met). My sister and…
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Fitting The 'ebay' Exhaust to my TT250
N.B. this post originally appeared in edited form at chinariders.net I bought my stainless ‘ebay exhaust’ – the one everybody uses – months ago but never had the chance to get it fitted. These kits almost fit the TT250, but there’s one definite modification required; you have to widen or cut the flange as it’s…
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California Dreaming
…On such a winter’s fall day Back in September I spent five days in Los Angeles at the 2017 Open Source Summit. I’d never been to California before. I wasn’t sure what I’d make of it. My wife thought I might hate the endless, dusty sprawl, but I had a certain fascination with the place…
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As Much As I Hate Winter…
This really put a smile on my face. Do i bring bike in't house at end of November & trim it up for Christmas again 🎄 or keep it on the road & hope for a mild winter ? 🤔 pic.twitter.com/HUpqiyPK1q — Mucky Bandit (@Yorkshirebandit) November 2, 2017 There’s always somebody with a delightfully cheery…
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The Ninja 400 is here
The king is dead. Long live the King! It had to happen sooner rather than later. The Ninja 300 has had a five year run, and now Kawasaki has thrown another 100CC at the formula (in what is apparently a new engine, not the re-sleeved ER-6 650cc that has been around for a while.) Photo…
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All Engines Great and Small
You Always Want What You Don’t Have I spend all of my riding time on small bore bikes, by US standards. My Ninja 300 at 296cc and the CSC TT250 weighing in at 229cc. The Ninja will – realistically – pull to about 75mph easily, above which there’s a tardy roll-on to about a top…
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Our Friends Electric
With apologies to Gary Numan… I’ll make no bones about it: My dream garage would definitely include a Tesla Model S and a Zero SR. I think they’re brilliant. Electric motorcycles are in the news cycle again, thanks to some YouTube and written reviews. Here’s Motorcyclist Magazine executive editor Zack Courts on the Zero SR.…
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Summer Blues
August 8th, 2017 I’ve been riding a lot, but I haven’t been writing a lot. It’s definitely not been due to a lack of things to say; but time’s played a part. I’ve been spending a lot of quality time with my kid, and Summer’s been pretty fun outside of problems with my bête noir,…
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Sebastian Vettel On His Way To Work
Silverstone, England Seb’s a cool bloke. Here he is riding his Suzuki GT750 ‘water buffalo’ to work:
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Be Paranoid
If you think they’re out to kill you, it’s because they behave as if they are. The tunnel monster is real Riding to work this morning on my dual sport, I negotiated this blind corner and came upon a stationary utility truck (the type with the dorsally-mounted crane) head-on smack in the middle of the…