But I have to change these every 7-8.000km and they are very noisy. Which tires, same class, have better longevity and are less noisy? I spend usually 20-30% on gravel roads, no hard offroad....

Unlike the left switch cluster, the right one needed some internal repair. I had done some resoldering in this switch long ago, and at least one connection didn't hold. Plastic parts respond to a go...

The T100 needs a skid plate……….something like Bast Brothers Welding used to make for the west coast desert racers. I found the photo above at Show & Go Cycle Shop blogspot. I wish I could call up...

Got the fromt turn signals done. The turn signal assemblies on this bike are Japanese units. They aren't the same as what is shown in my parts manual, and I believe I must have installed them for so...

  I never thought the GB500 looked just quite right from the front... All the right elements were there but they just didn't seem to come together properly. The headlight is maybe a bit too big a...

The oil pressure sender (just a switch in this case), and the oil pressure relief are connected directly to the high pressure gallery from the oil pump that feeds the crankshaft. The relief valve is...

Then a visit to Killin to go down a wee road just for a nosey. Rough with grass in the middle, loads of gravel and passing places overgrown right out to the road. Not great on an Ultra . However, foun...

Anti-clickwise round Bassenthwaite Lake over Caldbeck Common then up and over Whinlatter Pass, Cockermouth then home....

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...

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 ?...