Ready to Race?

Saturday 13 March 2010 at 8:30 pm Shortly after 10:30 tomorrow morning I will line up to start my first motorcycle race - a four hour Hare & Hounds Enduro run by the Trail Bike Enduro Club (TBEC). (more)

Jewellery for Engineers

Friday 12 March 2010 at 9:38 pm This is really rather cool. In my geeky engineer's mind anyway.



Made by Kinekt Design and spotted on driverchris' blog.

Happy Birthday to the Ten'!

Monday 01 March 2010 at 10:09 pm Today, my Yamaha XT660Z Ténéré (to give it it's full name) is one year old.



It was registered to it's first keeper on the 1st of March 2009 by Fowler's of Bristol. I know very little about this chap, apart from inferring that he didn't really get on with it, as he sold it on after only two months to another chap who threw most of the Yamaha accessories catalogue (engine bars, sump guard, Akrapovic exhaust system, top box and panniers) at it, plus a set of Oxford heated grips for good measure.

Then on the 23rd of January this year, 5 weeks and two days ago, I became the third owner. The bike had led a pretty sheltered existance, covering 2,863 miles between March and September, and then sitting in a garage in South Wales for the rest of the year. Today, it has just shy of 4,500 miles on it - meaning that in my short period of ownership I've already done well over a third of its mileage. I covered 1000 miles in the first 15 days, including the Dragon Rally. (more)