Hey Everyone We are having a breakfast run for our charity on the 3rd of July, along with a Braai (barbecue) at The Down South pub. A fiver gets you on the ride along with a free beer at Down South.. It would be nice if we can pull together a good crowd, especially for the ride ! We will set...

get pimping your bike.

Well, I was away at a friends wedding over the weekend and Dean thought it appropriate to give my bike the best Mod yet ! What a surprise when I uncovered my bike on Tuesday morning in the pouring rain to go to work !:think: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLrhscgbqPc Enjoy :wall:

Big thank you to Hexcode for sponsoring us one of their GS911 BMW motorcycle diagnostic tools http://www.hexcode.co.za! I hope I don't need to use it on our trip through West Africa, but it sure is a pleasant thought having it with me ! http://www.gravelroads.co.uk Safe Roads Erich:howdy:

Hi All The Gravel Roads expedition is having a fundraising day at the Walkabout in Wimbledon on Bank Holiday weekend Sunday 2nd of May 12:00 till late. It would be great to see some other riders there ! For more info on the event plus other news, please see our website...

Hi All I have been using this site for a little while and thought I'd inform you all of a trip I am doing with a friend. We set out on the 1st of September 10 and will ride from London to Cape Town via West Africa. We will shortly have some events coming up to promote both our trip and our...

a question for the collective wisdom here........... i have a two day course in Plymouth in June, i am hoping to some spare time for a bimble around. I have family in Redruth so will be looking to wind up there however, i've never been any further than Plymouth/Torpointn so i dont know the...

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/driving/article5864847.ece "THE government is to cut the national speed limit from 60mph to 50mph on most of Britain’s roads, enforced by a new generation of average speed cameras. The reduction, to be imposed as early as next year, will affect two thirds of...

Hi Guys Posted on my local bikers group forum was this Chief Constables attitude to bikers riding through Lake District roads: http://www.north-wales.police.uk/nwp/public/en/blogs/viewblog.asp?UID=2&CID=25 Not surprisingly, he's had literally hundreds of protest e-mails from the group in...

When reading reviews about varoius tyres that people use on their Fs, I read our American cousins talking about "Fire roads"....errrr, wha dey talkin bout den eh? Sean

Interesting this... I've been riding for almost 30 years and never really given much thought to salt corrosion of my bikes. Probably as these were always quite elderly and either British iron, Guzzi's or R & K BMW's and had the ability to withstand a salty winter. However with the F650GS, I...

Scared to take bike out in salty roads incase of corrosion but keen to get back out there any tips Rob

Hi everyone! After 4 years of being without a bike, now finally having bought a bike and then of course a F650, I am now a much happier person. For the luck to be complete, I only need to find some good gravel roads to play on but living in central London, they are far between and hard to find...