It's a blowing a hoolie in Glasgow just now, but the sun is poking through. Tomorrow is to be bright where I live so still hoping for a Christmas ride out with the old man.

I like my Transalp XL700. It's my first "big bike" having previously only ever owned a 125cc learner bike. It's ideal for me as its not too powerful and quite forgiving whilst I expand on my new skills, although I do find it a bit heavy in and out of the garage and parking sometimes. (I'm ...

My top two would probably be a 1200 GS Adventure and a Ducati sports bike of sorts.

Thanks for all the replies.

The bug bear is that they don't manufacture rails for the Transalp XL700, but will be available in February for not a lot of money.

Decisions!

Dashcams should be made compulsory, in my opinion. Imagine if that was a motorcyclist maintaining the same speed as the lorry on the inside lane... albeit a motorcycle will be able to avoid the collision more easily provided the rider is paying attention. One of my mates who commutes by bicycle uses...

Thanks Andy, not heard of either of those companies before. I'll have a jiffy at their websites.

Anyone rate this Romanian lot?

I'm looking for a set of new hard side cases in the near future and had my eye on these as they seem a bit of a bargain.

Does anyone have experience with their kit? Build quality etc?

Thanks in advance.

Last time I checked their website it was looking rather bare to be honest!

I have a set of HG Touareg Desert pants/jacket which I rate highly, maybe a good time to get something for the other half at the moment!

Hows the weather looking for this weekend? I might have a day ticket Sunday morning for a wee scoot to kick some tyres.