Apr 17, 2011

Once in a while you come across a company who exist sole because they have found their passion and want to share it with other like minded people.  The perfect example of this is AltRider.  The company is passionate about bikes and design their products not just for customers but also for themselves: Like you, the members of the AltRider team ride and expect...

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...