Cheddar Gorge Rideout

First ride out of the year assembling at Hungerford on the way to the George and Dragon at Erlestoke. Meeting at Erlestoke for coffee and bacon sandwiches. In total 23 people turned out for the…

Chisbury Ancient Saxon Town

R1200GSA near to Chisbury Chapel just off the A4 near Marlborough. Chisbury was one of King Alfred’s fortified towns and in Saxon times was very important (Marlborough itself was not even founded until 1220!) Not…

K1600GT Test at Bahnstormer

Yes it is true, Geoff, Bob and Steve have ridden the K1600GT!   Full details to follow but we managed three test rides, one each on the K1600GT, with K1300S and K1300GT accompanying. The K1600GT…

Haynes Museum

Gatecrashed the Southwest Section trip to Haynes Motor Museum at Sparkford on Sunday. A good ride via Devizes, Erlstoke, Westbury, Frome then the B3092 and A303 to Sparkford. I arrived just as the Southwest group were getting…

BMW K1600GT Riding in South Africa

The sound of the six cylinder K1600GT is reckoned to be one of it’s strong points. This youtube video has a good onboard video and sound of the bike in action. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6vGJkrQpLU]

BMW Off Road Skills Course

BMW Off Road Skills Course Steve and I have signed up for the BMW off road skills course to be held on the 22/23 July 2011. It’s something that I’ve always fancied doing but never had…

Bob at play

Two wheels or four as long as it’s got an engine

K1300GT on the Way to Bahnstormer

The Rain in Oxford falls mainly on your motrorcycle!

Well the bike certainly did not look like this at the end of the ride. It seems every trip in this weather means the bike needs cleaning, lets hope spring is early this year!

BMW Off Road Skills

I’m probably going to book the 2 day course 22/23rd July. Same course as Ken did. Anyone interested? Bob