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- Quick Spin: Enfield Himalayan 400
- Dawn-to-Dusk: Fishguard to Kintyre via Belfast
- Review: Aerostich AD1 Light Pants
- How to weigh your motorcycle
- Honda CRF450L – the new DR-Z400? [not really]
- XSR 700: fork springs; pipe; screen
- BMW G310GS: 600km in Morocco [video]
- Tested: Adventure Spec Linesman jacket
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Quick Spin: Enfield Himalayan 400
In the 1990s, long before retro-looking bikes became a thing, buying and running the real thing, a locally built Bullet around the Indian subcontinent caught on with Western tourists. It was a proper adventure all right, tinged with a certain … Continue reading
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Tagged Bullet up the Khyber, Enfield Himalayan, royal enfield himalayan
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Dawn-to-Dusk: Fishguard to Kintyre via Belfast
It’s about 900 miles from Hay-on-Wye on the Welsh border back to Ullapool with a detour via Tiree and the Outer Hebrides. But go via Ireland and it’s about the same, thanks to Stena’s handy Irish Sea ferries, including Fishguard and Rosslare, … Continue reading
Posted in AMH News, Project Bikes, Project XScrambleR 700
Tagged Argyll Coast, HUBB UK, Ireland, stena lines, uk ferries, xsr700
Review: Aerostich AD1 Light Pants
Tested: Aerostich AD1 Light overtrousers. Where: Spain, Morocco, Ireland; wherever it’s cold and wet. Price: $367 from Aerostich. Weight 1220g + armour. Available in grey, black and tan. See also: Rukka PVC onesie. Fyi: Aerostich supplied the AD1s for review What … Continue reading
Posted in AMH News, Gear Reviews, Jackets & Trousers, Project XScrambleR 700
Tagged Aerostich, Aerostich AD1 review, don't say velcro, Overtrousers, velcro!
How to weigh your motorcycle
Unlike most riders, I am curious to know what my bikes actually weigh – especially before and after a makeover. For years I’ve used the bathroom scales trick; balancing the bike with the scales under one wheel, then the other then add … Continue reading
Honda CRF450L – the new DR-Z400? [not really]
October 2018 Update: The US gets a barely-road-legal, ‘red KTM’ dirt bike The UK and elsewhere get a detuned, better equipped 25-hp Euro 4 version. More here Thanks to several people who pointed me towards Honda’s announcement of their upcoming CRF450L last week. … Continue reading
XSR 700: fork springs; pipe; screen
• XSR 700 Scrambler index page My XSR came with a great-sounding Akrapovic twin-pipe system (right). OK, it was pretty scratched, but so was the rest of the bike. For Morocco last year I was expecting the engine’s low sump … Continue reading
BMW G310GS: 600km in Morocco [video]
In a line Great-looking mini GS that’s not at all bad for what it is, but don’t kid yourself it’s anything other than a 30-hp motor packed into a 170-kilo bike. Note: this was a brand new bike but … Continue reading
