The weather is lovely at the moment here in London, perfect conditions for riding or driving out in the country. I really hope this weather holds into next week as I'm at Brands Hatch again with Tim and Ben on Thursday. Brands Indy in the dry is a serious workout for body and bike
Well I'm fairly angry with the brake light switch in the Kawasaki. The very day that the new switch arrived (the day after I ordered it) the 'faulty' switch started to behave itself and work properly. Now if only busted light bulbs would work the same way.
The weather is lovely at the moment here in London, perfect conditions for riding or driving out in the country. I really hope this weather holds into next week as I'm at Brands Hatch again with Tim and Ben on Thursday. Brands Indy in the dry is a serious workout for body and bike
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I've been having problems with the brake light on the Ninja, despite adjusting it several times, the brake light is staying on, which is less than helpful. So a quick internet search and crossing the sellers palm with £6 worth of silver, will see a new rear brake light switch winging its way to me via the postal service later today.
I forgot to mention that I wrote an article for the Ducati Forum following the Ducati only trackday at Donington last week. You can find the article here http://ducatiforum.co.uk/cms/1721-a-day-with-ducati-at-their-exclusive-track-day-at-donington-may-28th-2013/ and I would love to hear your views An earlyish start this morning saw me heading down to Kempton Park to meet Kevin. By the time I left the house at around 06:15 is was bright and a bit chilly, but the roads were deserted. This means I was able to get across town in around 35mins, which is interesting when you think that the same journey on any afternoon will take nearer 90. After filling up we headed down to Goodwood, passing Sandown on the way, which meant that by the time I got home, I'd seen three race courses. The ride down was great, except for some fool in a Lambo who had no idea what the speed limits were, or what a solid white line meant. What was doubly annoying, was when he was driving down some of the quicker parts of the road, he would slow down to sub 30mph to get a bit of a gap between himself and the car in front, pull into the middle of the road and nail it. Idiot. Nice car thou.
The breakfast club at Goodwood itself was magnificent. It was like a mini Festival or Speed or Revival with the Paddock filled with some lovely machinery. Riding into the paddock on the Ducati, I felt totally at ease, feeling that this was where the bike should be seen. Kev's bike on the other hand needed a clean and is somewhat battle scared. Nice bike thou. After a lovely breakfast and a wander back, we headed home and encountered some serious queues on the A3 heading back to London. It was closed through Guildford, which cause havoc on the local roads. If we hadn't been on the bikes, it could have easily taken three hours just to navigate the queues. Crazy. Thankfully I got back home just in time to watch the MotoGP at Mugello. What a lovely way to spend a Sunday morning. Will I be going back? Absolutely. Its my new favourite bike meet. After being ill for a few days, I haven't been on a motorbike since Wednesday. I could have gone out today for an hour or so, but chose to save it until tomorrow as I'll be heading down to Goodwood with Kev to attend one of their monthly Breakfast club meetings.
The latest issue of Performance Bikes turned up in the post today, which is handy as I've only got a few pages left on my book about the 1932-33 Ashes Test series. See, I'm far from traditional and its not often motorcycles and cricket meet, but if we all liked the same things, I couldn't be able to get any blueberry muffins now would I. |
MeMy name is Matt Brown and I'm a UK journalist formerly based in London, but now calling the South of England home. I've been riding bikes since 2007, but got hooked straight away. Nothing gives me the feeling of freedom, even when stuck in a city. In 2010 I became a RoSPA gold rider, but when it comes down to it, I'm Just a normal man, riding his bikes as often as he can. Archives
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