Originally trained ... and worked as a head chef for many years. Then retrained in IT and rose to global IT infrastructure manager for a major Finnish company, eventually found the intense global...

Found some pics :D for K1 and 2 valves models

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Hi Nick on my K1 it's on the left hand side near the battery, tucked under the side panels. On the earlier 2v engines it was on the right hand side above the brake fluid reservoir ISTR

BTW if anyone wants the Garmin GPX it's here

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GM7bGjbgce-5r33htqtjBICQAopxcW2m/view?usp=sharing

I think last time I checked howmanyleft showed 8 on the road in the UK :)

I'm hoping they'll be seen as a future classics, certainly doesn't seem a bad way to spend my pennies :D

Been using the K1 quite a bit recently …. and I love it. Despite its 30 years of age I find it surprisingly modern riding, comfy, good brakes, good handling with a surprising turn of speed.

I...

Well … trip done, just shy of 1500 miles and everyone, except for the motorway slogs, a joy.

The weather Gods were mostly kind :)

Paul Davies and I stopped for coffee at Charnock Richard before...

sorted now :)

BMW Softbag 2 Small Straps



I've searched high and low and appear to have lost the straps for my BMW Softbag (they "may" have been left in a top case I sold)

They're not shown as...

Every year I pop up to the Lobster Pot Seafood Restaurant in Church Bay, Anglesey for a lobster lunch :)

Pulled the Boxercup out of the garage this morning, will be riding up to the A5 to meet a...

it was the only place nearby to get out of the extremely heavy rain, a coffee there was as good as a coffee elsewhere (given the real reason for the stop was to get out of the rain) :)

Took a few days off to visit Islay but in a roundabout way, ok not on my F8GS but on my RT :) It meant lots of ferries, which made it all feel more of an adventure somehow :)
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Nowt wrong with the GS ... it's just having the 12RT means it gets the touring duties :D

http://www.ridethehighlands.co.uk/rental-prices/

This year’s trip started on the morning of the 20th August. Only three of us this year, me (Steve Parry …. On an R1200RT LC), Andy Gear (R1200GS Adventure) and Ian Bidwell (Triumph Tiger 800XCX).
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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/118875

As an example of an economical modern bike engine my F8GS runs

Greenhouse gases: 88.2 CO2 g/km. (CO2 - Carbon dioxide emission)
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more exploring Clocaeneog and the Evo Loop :)

http://www.greatestdrivingroads.com/great_roads/The_Evo_Triangle.html

lovely afternoon exploring the Clocaneog forest

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Up on the Horseshoe Pass, North Wales

This years tour was a little different for our group as a couple from Indianapolis, who'd seen last years pics on the K1200GT page on Facebook asked to join us and hired a Honda 1200 Crosstourer.
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Green with envy. My daughter is in Auckland for a year at the moment would love to go and visit

Looks neat Richard, I'd love to try one I guess it's the future of motorcycling right there :)

Well the Indian summer has ebbed away and been replaced by that early autumn chill, leaves are starting to fall off the trees and the colours are changing.



There was a triathlon in Snowdonia...

Try it, it complements a "Full English/Welsh/Scottish breakfast" perfectly adding a lovely twist to the tomato's and the saltiness of the bacon and spices up the fried bread :)

oh and as a heads...

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