Nov 9, 2010

Just recently I went on a shopping spree at Ocean BMW Bikes in Plymouth. One of the items I invested in was a pair of BMW ProWinter gloves. At £80 these aren’t cheap gloves by any stretch of the imagination. However, I decided to get them as I knew winter was on the way again and I couldn’t bear having cold wet hands again. The gloves I was...

Oct 16, 2010

Before heading off on the recent bucket list trip I decided to invest in a couple of ROK straps from Touratech as part of a last minute order of stuff that I needed for the trip.  Fortunately they arrived about 45 minutes before heading out the door – nothing like leaving it to the last minute.  These are elasticated luggage straps with a loop at one end...

Sep 21, 2010

A few weeks ago I took delivery of a new Hein Gericke “Rain” Cover. I was struggling to find something that would go over the R1200GSA because of the high screen. I ordered the XL size and to my amazement fits the bike perfectly with all the luggage installed. It is made from thick material that is like a dinghy on the outside but soft on the...

Now that we have the first RideAround.Net trip confirmed it is time to start looking at finding a more reliable way to communicate whilst out on the bikes.  Initial trials with hand signals and wild gesturing led to mixed responses with some very strange looks from other motorists being the least of the issues! Time for some gadgets – it may be more Long...

Mar 26, 2009

Having had an iPhone 3G for about 6 months I thought it was about time to have a go with some GPS Tracking software. The software I chose was the free GPS Tracker which records your location and uploads it to instamapper.com. In order to use GPS Tracker you need to register an account in Instamapper.com, which is also free, and register your device in order to...