France and Ireland pass hi-viz law

I was just reading Ride Magazine April issue. There’s an article on page 6 saying that the law comes into effect in France January 2013 and Ireland some time in 2014. Quote from the ariticle below: “The…

A Few Shots

Nice photo’s of owners bikes. http://www.flickriver.com/groups/1315930@N25/pool/interesting/  

PR3’s

If any one is in the market for new boots Michelin is giving a discount at the moment, saved £41.66 on the ride in/out at Micheldever Tyre today. Dave

Norton Secret Weapon

   Dancing norton.

BMW Navigator IV/Zumo 660 Lost Routes on K1600

Hi everyone, just to alert any K1600 owners or prospective owners to a problem using the BMW Navigator IV with the K1600 integrated mount. This  probably affects the Zumo 660 also but I don’t have one…

Garmin Map Update Europe 2012.40

I recently received an email about the latest Garmin Map Update for Europe 2012.40, handy for the trip to Austria! So I happily plugged in BMW Navigator IV and started the upgrade, this was the…

BMW Club NCM

On Saturday Geoff Clough and I attended the BMW Club NCM at Appleby Parva in Derbyshire. It was a chilly start, -12C at Newbury and it got warmer the further north we went! The NCM…

David Robb leaves BMW Motorrad

It has now been confirmed that David Robb, head of motorcycle design has left BMW Motorrad. David Robb has been responsible for every BMW design since the R1150RT and is credited with moving the company…

Pro Winter Gloves

I was looking for a new pair of full winter gloves and purchased a pair at NOG which seem pretty good. Although weather protection is comprehensive there is reasonable feel for the controls. It looks…

Bring and Buy Sale

The Bring and Buy sale at Uffington was blessed with good weather and there was a good turnout of members and visitors for the sale. Excellent bacon sandwiches were organised by Dave Hicks and a…