Cracking blast today! I'll digress at the start of the blog today. I'm having a great day! We all met up early for a fastish blast t...

  Originality... The original shock on the FZ, as could be expected, was well and truly past its sell-by date. I would have loved to use the...

The Frame is Back! True to their word, less than a fortnight later and I got the call that it was ready to pick up. I was slightly apprehens...

Blown away... Carlsberg don't do projects, but if they did, they'd probably be the best projects in the world.  Quite frankly, if a...

Shut it! I can't... Before I start, I love quiet pipes, and wish I had the standard can for the R1. Better for my ears and attracts a lo...

  Cutting out and doing my head in...

  Tidying up the wiring... So far, the most painful part while knocking up the streetfighter has been the wiring or, more importantly, where...

  The Tailpiece... Finding a secondhand tail for the R1 was becoming a pain. Cheap enough in the States, rocking horse shit out in Oz. I dec...

I love a bargain... or punishment! Gumtree and Marketplace are taking up my life. Both sites are out of control! Where commonsense once led ...

As the lever fades... With a few miles, or years, under its belt, most bikes start to feel a little bit lacking when it comes to the feel a...

A wise man once told me... That fifty brake horsepower was enough for the road. And I agreed with that... to an extent, but just like forty...

Transformers , or bikes in disguise? I guess I wasn't that impressed, initially, with the photos I'd seen of the new (all-conquerin...