2025 Trip – Total Costs
The Honda Transalp was superb from start to finish. Nothing has broke on the bike and with the exception of tightening the chain on a couple of occasions and using …
The Motorcycle – Good & Bad
A New Tyre on the Transalp – Sweden
One of the first things I did was to repair a slow puncture I’ve had on the front tyre – since Turkey… Yeah, I know but it was only a …
Honda Kolaczek Kraków – Poland
While I was in Krakow I had my bike serviced at Honda Kolaczek Kraków. I had tried to arrange a service in Turkey and Bulgaria but it was difficult, and …
New Dunlop Trailmax Raid Tyres
At Ioannina in Greece I had a new set of tyres fitted. I had emailed a several tyre shops a few days beforehand while I was in Albania and one …
2025 – A New Year and a New Bike
And its 2025 – and a new bike…! Alas, and I’m very sad to say, that the mighty Suzuki V-Strom is no more. There are three lugs on the crankcase …
Breakdown time…
Well, yesterday was a good day. Not…! I was travelling from Scotland to spend Xmas with family in Manchester and I left Glasgow a little after 11. It was a …
Marrakesh – and a Filter Change
Since I left mauritania the back hasn’t been running as good as it usually does. And I think that’s down to the air-filter and fuel-filter, so today I took the …
Nouakchott to Nouhadibou – the Lonely Road…
3 JAN – And I’m back – and I have wi-fi…. Since leaving Senegal I’ve had no data so it’s been radio silence. A few days ago I left Nouakchott and …
New Luggage for my VSTROM…
It’s 2023 and I’ve got new luggage on my VSTROM. Last year I was using SW Motech hard-paniers, which I loved because I could pack them efficiently and they were …
Time for some TLC…
Time for some TLC on the bike… I did an oil-change while I was in Sweden, having brought an oil filter with me from the UK. All I had to …