Living on Guernsey, we’re fairly limited with areas to ride off-road, so we have to make the most of what there is. One of the places we can get some practice is a site used by the Guernsey Land-Rover club. It’s not terrible big but that doesn’t stop us having some...
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Aidy has been riding motorbikes since just after he left university in 2003. His first bike was a 1988 Suzuki GSX-R750 bought for £1000. His second bike was a Suzuki GSF600 Bandit, bought for his adventure to Norway in 2005.
Two years later he sold the Bandit to Shane (for him to learn on) and upgrade to a BMW R1200GS... which was promptly trashed one month later by a SMIDSY.
Having had the R1200GS repaired, Aidy has spent the next three year giving it a damn good thrashing off-road. 2011 will see the R1200GS take to the remote tracks and desert pistes of Morocco... will it struggle to keep up with the 650 enduro bikes that make up the rest of the group, or will it eat them for breakfast?
Broken Lugguage Rack Bolts
Nov 1, 2011
A couple of weekends ago I was out on the GS with “Her Indoors”. It was a fun ride with one or two lifts and a quick dash across a beach, all to much squealing and cursing from behind me. It wasn’t until we were nearly home that I suddenly got shouted at to stop. Apparently the top box and grab rails had become loose and floppy. After a...
Guernsey Granite Man 2011
Sep 19, 2011
Sunday 11th September was a busy weekend of riding for me. Not only was there the Oakley Spin in the afternoon but I was also marshalling for the Guernsey Granite Man triathlon. It’s a middle distance triathlon with a 1900 metre swim, a 56 mile cycle ride and a 13.1 mile run. My job for the competition was as a motorcycle marshal for the cycling section...
Oakley Spin 2011
Sep 19, 2011
The Oakley Spin is an annual event hosted by the Full Boar Motorcycle Club in Guernsey. The event is a ride-out for any and all bikers in Guernsey with the aim of raising money for the Oakley Waterman Caravan Foundation, it’s held once a year and is a chance for all bikers to get together and ride around the island on a Sunday afternoon. Prior to the...
Altrider Side Stand Foot… Take 2
Jun 8, 2011
Before setting off for my trip to Morocco I got myself a side stand foot form the guys at Altrider. If I’m honest, it was the part that I was most looking forward to testing in the desert. It worked well on the beaches around Guernsey, however, that didn’t quite go to plan! The first two sections of the trip were over the Riff mountains in the...
Diagnosing Rear Brake Issues
Apr 18, 2011
It has to be said that the BMW R1200GS has had it’s fair share of brake problems. From potential leaks to ABS sensor wires becoming trapped. I’ve previously blogged about two brake related problems on my bike: firstly the hand-guards being discontinued due to a potential interference with the front brake lever; secondly unexpected failure of the...
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