As usual, why go the most direct route when the wandering route is so much more interesting....

Just 2 bolts to remove and the batter/tool box comes away. It is in pretty good condition only small bits of rust on some edges. It was cleaned and sprayed with Hammerite....

Great to see. We're starting to get more choice for a good price and good quality....

Included about 25 miles of remote mountain road that, while paved, was very rough, not very wide, and had several small sections with fallen rock and sandy mountain run-off. Nothing on the road except...

Let's start with the graph. The power measurement graph shows the engine's measured power and torque under specified conditions: throttle opening, load, and other parameters set by the dynamometer ope...

I finally got out on the bike for the first time in ages. It felt bloody good!...

Eskdale Green, Hardknott Pass, Wrynose Pass, Little Langdale, Coniston, Torver then back home on the West Coast Road. Glorious until 20 minutes from home when the heavans opened ?...

I'm pretty certain that's Joe Eastmure in 1977 on a BMW R100S. Pic by Kelly Ashton....

BMW did it in the late 80s by chopping a cylinder off their K100 to make the K75, they could do it again, right?...

The GB came with the original chain and sprockets when I bought it. The sprockets were in ok shape but the chain was 24 years old and had close to 10000 miles on it so I decided to change it out. It w...

Here are the pieces of the headlight bucket assembly and front wiring harness.  Installed a new weather grommet.  I used a dielectric grease on the electrical connections.  There...

Worked on the headlight bucket and internal wiring this week. Beyond the fact that I had a cracked headlight lens from some past embarassment, the chrome on the headlight bucket and rim looked pretty...

Found a couple of nice country roads I haven’t been on before and a couple I haven’t been on for many years....