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Catching up now with this 13 year story and it is April 2024 after a few months break for the bike while the roads were salty. I wasn't sure whether I was going to use the bike but after dragging it out of hibernation it kicked into life much easier than I was expecting! :)

OK, decision made, so ...

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DR down!! :o :shock: :shock: :?


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It was November 2023, and it didn't actually breakdown, but when I plugged in my heated jacket the controller flashed red angrily at me and turned off.

Hmmm. A cold ride followed, and once home I found the the bike was only putting ...

Oct 2023 and I had to drag the bike under this tree! Well, I could have turned round and taken a detour of a few miles, but you know how it is, even when you are old enough to know it will hurt ;)



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Pic below the Devil's Punchbowl, Hindhead. About an hour earlier I ...

Yes I can only agree with you Richard and would buy one in a shot if they were made available new again. I am not ready to risk long term ownership on a Chinese type bike I have to say.

The pic is another from 2023 and a typical scene in southern England. Well, unfortunately it is not always sunny ...

1st August 2023 marked the DR's 30th birthday, or at least the anniversary of when it was first registered.

I know the original owner well, but ironically lost touch for a few years in the early 90's when he bought this. In the late 90's we rode together again when I had bought my first DR350, an ...

March 2023: The next short tale is not about tanks this time but another large(ish) sort of vehicle....

I was out late one afternoon and overtook a dustbin lorry going up a steep hill. It was unusual to see a dustbin lorry at that time of day, and it was going in the opposite direction to the ...

Ah, I have never tried the cable tie trick, I don't recall ever having a puncture near enough to home!


OK, so Into 2023 now, an uneventful year but actually really nice: the weather was good and I was able to split my time well between work, family, and the bikes. The DR was used a lot, and a ...

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Oct 2022 and a Puncture....


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I've mentioned before that I do quite a lot of miles and invariably get a few punctures each year with it. Normally I deal with them without issue, apart from an incident a few years years back when I discovered that the spare tube in my ...

Here's a funny video of some cows and my bike:

Aug 2022 : The year of 2022 threw some more difficult challenges my way and I had to consider whether to sell the bikes and take a new direction in life. But of course, the DR was not going anywhere - I am far too attached, and it is not worth much anyway!

I pondered having it again as my only ...