Motorbiking
"Biker" for me usually means motorbiking, though I also have a couple of mountain-bikes... see Trail Bike
My current motorbikes are a Honda CBR600RR ABS 2017 and a Kawasaki Ninja Z250SL.
Previously I have owned: Kawasaki ZX4-RR (Ninja anniversary edition), Honda CRF300 Rally, Honda CBR600RR 2005, Honda CBR600FW, Honda VF750F, Yamaha FJ600, Suzuki GSX750EX, Yamaha FJ750, Yamaha XJ900, Kawasaki Z750 and I passed my riding test on my Kawasaki KH250.
See also my Motorbiking web links
Stormy weather in June even in Provence. Plenty of green trees and grass on Mont Sainte-Baume, rising above the sub-tropical forest of cork. oak and parasol pine trees near Bras (Var). Great to be back on my own bike but this is a ride I would usually do in winter but even now in June the higher routes are still wet and cloudy.
Nine of us from GBMCC enjoyed a day out at North Weald Airfield in Essex; we started on quad bikes to get the basic actions and reflexes, then moved on to teaching bikes supplied by our fantastic teachers, Stunt Asylum. Some got the front wheel up much more smoothly and for longer than others, but we all did it. Several riders moved up to doing wheelies on their own bikes. Stunt Asylum put on a mind-wrenching show for us at the lunch break...
English sunshine for the GLME 2016 Ascension bike camp. GBMCC were our hosts this year with rides to Stonehenge, Winchester cathedral, the Hardy Monument overlooking Dorset’s Jurassic Coast, the New Forest and many more places of interest. 115 bikers based in two friendly hotels in Salisbury. Many highlights in a packed programme but charity Cream Teas in the garden of the Village Hall in Wimbourne St. Mary gets my vote for the all-time wackiest destination for a bike ride; such was the appreciation of the village-made cakes that our French friends from AMA fitted only eight of them in the nearby red telephone box afterwards! The record appears to still be 14, set in 2003.
And a big Thank You to Jon, Oded and Ernst who took me pillion as the hire GSXR bike didn't make the run due to a breakdown problem.
Faces deliberately low res
Hire GSXR bike being recovered back to owner - battery wouldn't turn over the engine after only a coffee stop in sunny Eastbourne. Diagnosis: battery not charging. Of course the day's weather turned out to be warm sunshine.
Looks like I won't be getting to the Hastings May Day Run tomorrow as well as no ride today.
Thanks to both the recovery guys for their friendly assistance.
Great to have a sportsbike parked outside my front door again. A ride back from Chichester on the rolling roads over the South Downs in West Sussex with a warm welcome at Tiffins Tea Shop in Petworth.
It’s a GSX-R600, 2012 version, Pulls hard, corners tight. Noisy. Fun. Trim: Black Shiny Glaze. Unfortunately only a hire for the May Day weekend and the 2016 GLME Ascension Camp in Salisbury.
Subcategories
Alps Biker 2016
I'm riding light for a week on the mountain roads of the Alps. No laptop, although I do have my SLR camera but photos will have to wait till I'm back in Marseille..
I left Marseille for a long ride north via the Col de la Croix Haute (1179 m.) to Saint-Gervais under Mont Blanc. A bit of rain towards the end of the day which cleaned the Provence dust off my white leathers and boots but didn't soak me through.
