Well I have been back about a week now from the Enduro Himalayas organised motorbike trip in the Himalayas riding on old Royal Enfield Bullets. I have a huge amount of photos and video to go through and had an incredible time. Stay tuned for the full write up coming soon but in the mean time all I can say is visit www.EnduroHimalaya.com and sign up!

Apr 13, 2011

Last year whilst travelling through Germany on the great bucket list adventure tour of ’11 with some of the other Ridearound team I discovered one of those things that new BMW 1200 GS riders find out at some point – the boxer engines, particularly when running in, can go through oil faster than my fellow travellers went through their first pints at...

Apr 8, 2011

As any BMW 1200 rider who has dropped their bike will tell you one of the first things that you tend to do after swearing a bit, thinking of an excuse for dropping it and then struggling to pick the damm thing up again is check the sides of the bike for anything loose, damaged or missing that could be expensive or ride ending.  One of the most breakable...

I just came across this video from the Global Enduro team an thought it was worth sharing here.  The sights on the Enduro Hymalaya trip look stunning.  I just hope that I get used to the foot controls on the Enfield Bullet being reversed before tackling some of those roads with rather large drop offs though!  Only 117 days to go till I’m there!! Enduro...

Apr 4, 2011

With a view to slowly preparing the GSA for next years Ridearound trip to Iceland involving a significant amount of off road riding I had decided to start fitting a few bits an pieces to the bike to prepare it for the Icelandic trails.  After browsing through the variety of Wunderlich parts available through the Nippy Normans website one of the protection...

Mar 17, 2011

Since we picked up the Aprillia Pegasso a couple of months ago for a bargain price with lofty aspirations of tackling off road challenges that we some of us dare not attempt on the BMWs we have been gradually fixing a few faults with it an generally getting it road worthy and ready to have some off road fun on. After a new set of rear pads, an oil and filter change and a new brake lever it was time to take the bike for its inaugural run through the fields that we had permission to use. Despite only having road tyres on the bike coped with the terrain without to many issues.