Bob’s bought his Triumph Legend new in 1999 from Ideal Garage in Birmingham, it was his first solo bike in over 20 years and over the 2 years and ten thousand miles he covered not only all over the UK but Bob also took his little Leg’end to France a Read more…
Laugharne Castle is a castle in the town of Laugharne in southern Carmarthenshire, Wales and is another location that’s needed for this years Grim Riders Castles Ride, do Bob and Bonzo headed over to Laugharne to bag this castle. Websites: Grim Riders Web Site Grim Riders Castles Ride 2011 Google Read more…
In 2001 Hank decided he wanted something with a little more power and less weight so he replaced his Honda VFR800 with a CBR900RR Fireblade. Accessories Steering damper Performance air filter Scottoiler Rentec rear carrier Scorpion oval stainless end can.
In July 2001 Bob sold his 2 year old Triumph Legend and bought himself something a little bit faster, A Honda CBR1100xx Super Blackbird!. One of the key features that attracted Bob to this bike (apart from the awesome power) was it’s linked brakes. Because of an earlier dismount while Read more…
July 2001 both Bob & Chinny decided to trade in their bikes for Honda’s flagship sports tourer, the Honda Blackbird CBR1100XX. Chinny’s Honda Blackbird is a brand new 2001 model in red and Chinny’s added quite a few accessories along the way.
Dinkys (Diner) Dinah is located within a large lay-by on the A458 just outside the village of Ford near Shrewsbury heading towards Welshpool, It’s a very common stopping off place with people travelling to the welsh cost as there are toilets and parking facilities.
Another great road in the Peak District, The Snake Pass goes from Glossop towards Sheffield via the A57, this road has it all, fast open straights, tight moorland bends, heavily wooded sections and a great view of the ladybower reservoir. I like to turn right on to the A6013 towards Read more…
One of my favourite areas in the UK to ride my bike are the roads around the Derbyshire Peak District in particular the roads around Buxton, Matlock Bath, Glossop & Ashbourne. The most famous road in the Peak District for bikers has to be the A537 AKA the Cat and Fiddle, Read more…
This route is really an extra section to the Ashby-De-La-Zouch to Melton Mowbray route. Starting from Melton Mowbray. find the B6047 (Dalby Road) and head south, after 11 miles or so you will come to a junction with the A47 (another great road to Peterborough) turn right and then left Read more…
Bonzo had just had a new set of tyres fitted, travelling home from the tyre centre in the pouring rain, by a bend in the road he crossed the white painted markings and the bike slid from under him. Bonzo and bike went up the kerb and hit a telegraph Read more…
In 2000 Chinny replaced his VFR with a brand new Honda CBR900 Fireblade, but after a year or so he wanted something that was a little more comfortable for all the distance he was travelling and so in 2001 he replaced his Fireblade with a Blackbird CBR1100XX Modifications: Fairing mushrooms Read more…
This route actually starts just outside Ashby-De-La-Zouch at the junction of the A42, from here take the A512 towards Loughborough and after just over 1 mile take the left turning towards Hathern on the B5324 and enjoy the next 7 1/2 miles (Watch out for the 40 limit). At the junction Read more…
Watch out for crazy taxi drivers when riding your Fireblade! You may write off your bike and possibly even more. This is what happens when you’re forced off the road by some **** of a taxi driver who cannot use his mirrors.
Andy was riding over a manhole cover in the rain and the front wheel went from under him resulting in damage to the right hand side fairing, indicators, footrest, front brake master cylinder, exhaust, rear cowling, clip-ons but Andy managed to get the bike repaired and back on the road Read more…
One of the only problems with my brand new Triumph Sprint ST is it’s plastic fuel tank, now this is not that much of a problem, except for the fact that about 4 months before I purchased my Triumph, my lovely wife bought me a brand new Oxford Ultra Sports Read more…
Hank purchased this lovely red Honda VFR800 in July 1999 and over the next 14 months he had loads of fun, covering over 10,000 miles, the only problem he had with the bike over this time was when the rear shock failed after 10 months but it was promptly replaced Read more…
My Suzuki GSF1200s Bandit was a 1997 model that I bought in 1998 to replace my Honda VFR750, unfortunately, I only kept the bike for just over 13 months before I part-exchanged it in June 1999 for my 1st ever brand new bike, my 1999 Triumph Sprint ST. The Bandit Read more…
We had about 10 or 11 days to complete the trip, we had planned each days riding, worked out where we were going to stay, everything seemed perfect… until we started…Ahhh what fools we are We were leaving Tamworth (near Birmingham) at around 03:00 (yep that’s 3 am in the Read more…