The reprobates meet for another Brass Monkey Tying down the bikes in the Ferry Glassy smooth crossing. A good sign – we could have forgone tying those bikes as well.. South of Blenheim – it was cold. We live in a beautiful place Posing cattle Bliss Kaikoura inland road Hamner Springs – we stopped for …
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Brass Monkey Time
I’m off tomorrow (Wednesday) on the Brass Monkey – an annual event where… well damn it – let me bow tothe description writen by Mod from the incomparable Mod’s Motors: This weekend some of the more fanatical of New Zealand’s motoring aficionados will begin their annual pilgrimage to Central Otago’s stunning Maniototo plain. Like Saul …
Guilty – but what about the Police organisation?
The Policeman who turned to chase a motorcyclist on Buller gorge, blocking the road and causing two other motorcyclists to be seriously injured, has just been found guilty of dangerous driving causing injury. He is no doubt haunted by the accident – as a professional officer policing road safety the decision to make a 3 …
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When money isn’t enough: Michelin Deserts
Michelin Deserts. I’d love (not even like) to buy each of these right now, but it seems that Michelin are determined to make it hard, or even impossible, for me. So hard in fact that I feel obliged to go elsewhere because I am so annoyed, but the product is so good that I really …
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Getting the KTM 950 ready for safari
So the two giant Safari tanks arrived the other day and so I went ahead and emptied the bike… got rid of the old tanks (there are 2 on a KTM 950 adventure) and installed the new 40+ litre Safari Tanks. Yes -the bike looks pretty ugly now, or as I like to think of …
Great mousetrap, lousy website
These guys (Turtlepac) make petrol and inflation bags. The products seem to be very high quality, and come recommended by a bunch of people. I’m thinking of getting one to add capacity to my bike. It’s a shame that the website is so unusable. Every product page is akin to a paper catalogue – nothing …
What to do next: Crazy idea number 3
So the third (and final in the series) crazy idea is clearly going to be a motorcycle adventure – after all that’s what I keep ending up dong. The question is only where? One option is the Scandinavia and Baltics trip, which is something that I have not done yet as when I was on …
What to do next? crazy idea number 1
I’m finishing up a couple of contract at the end of June, wondering what I shall do next. Being in Colombia sure made me miss South America, and so is it purely coincidence that I came across the route for the 2009 Dakar race? That’s some pretty fun terrain on that map – I’ve been …
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