Box Hill

510kms covered for the day...

A nice brisk trip out to end 2020 - not the best of years for everyone, but the year I bought my Hornet and first bike, so on balance, pretty good!...

As the glory days of American board track racing faded, American motorcycle manufacturers looked skyward. Hillclimbing became the venue for the “big three”, Harley Davidson, Indian, and Excelsior....

This is an awesome 16mm home movie I had transferred a while back that has some cool nostalgic motorcycle hill climb footage from California back in the 1930's...

I already made a post about hill-climbing, but I found more interesting photos and restored them in color. I thought it might be interesting to someone...

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

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....

I decided to ride the beautiful back road from Hexworthy to Holne. I'm glad I did as you pass a river, a dartmoor bridge, climb high with beautiful scenery then pass Venford reservoir. Next time I wil...

A great place to practice positioning on bends and looking around a bend and countersteering. #divvymanstravels #yamaha #xj900sdiversion #diversionxj900s #greatmotorcyclerides #beasaferider #ridesafeb...

London’s Ace Cafe opened in 1938, became a legendary hub of rock ‘n’ roll and cafe racer motorcycle culture. The cult cafe was closed in 1969, and 30 years later it was reopened. Recently they open...

Head is away getting same treatment and should be back next week. What do you think??  ...