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Scooterrific!
Crazy times here at IB Towers with a silly amount of work to crack through. None of which has been helped by the arrival of the latest addition to the fleet!
I started my motorcycling career back in 1997. I was totally fed up with watching bikes pass me in commuting traffic so decide to get [...]
The Big Four-Oh: Been There, Done That
Great day on Saturday with the kids to celebrate my birthday. Started with cards in bed and then a nice big breakfast together, took Orla to ballet (equals me drinking latte and reading Kate Muir) and we all went for lunch at the Spencer Arms in Chapel Brampton, very nice. Then a drive in the country with [...]
Mostly In Praise of eBay
Looking through the various bike boards, it seems there is a growing discontent surrounding the eBay process versus the rewards, with more than a few people advertising stuff below expectations, to avoid ‘having to do the eBay thing’.
I’ve been doing the eBay thing for quite a while and for me, the buzz is still there. OK there [...]
More Ducati Action
Have been using my new 750 Monster quite a bit lately, despite the foul UK weather, and I have to say it is a really great little machine.
The riding position is not as scrunched up as you would imagine when first sitting on the bike at a show or in a dealership. It’s very comfy, though it [...]
Ducati for Dad
Three weeks from that birthday and a purple Ducati arrives in the garage, my first bike in six and a half years. It can’t be my mid-life crisis as I had that last year (and the year before, now I think about it). Unbridled enthusiasm for the new arrival is matched only by the happiness of having an [...]