A quick note for you ear plug users, have you ever thought of listening to music or the radio or your favourite podcast?

I’ve tried a few of the better quality in-ear headphones and by far the best combination of sound quailty and comfort are the Sennheiser CX 300 II….

The soft rubber creates a seal to your ear cutting out as much noise as ear plugs, although at motorways + speeds, the wind noise can make it little hard to hear voices but music is still fine.

A few of us have been using them for a couple of years now, they are really tiny, I have no problem when taking my Aria off, where every other pair I have had get yanked out.

Loving “The FrogMans” Rocket Trike

On the way home last night I saw a poor guy that had dumped his bike on the A10 roundabout, he was ok, but the bike was dead. It reminded me of my accident last year.

Evidently slightly earlier the same night two guy’s racing, north bound on the A1 near Stevenage, came unstuck undertaking a BMW “at speed”. One bike hit the car. Both the car and one of the bikes left the road. I don’t know the fate of the biker, but I’m guessing it wasn’t good news, as the motorway was closed for well over an hour.
I’m not judging anyone, we all get carried away sometimes. Just remember to take a reality check when things get silly.

A mate of mine has just been on a cruise up to Scotland. Read about his adventures and excellent kit reviews at The Bike Nut!

Triumph Bonneville TT Special

It sounds like the title of a black and white horror! but that seems far from the truth…
I’d never really paid much attention to the Bonneville. A friend of the family had a Triumph Tiger when I was a wee nipper, back in the seventies, and I remember thinking that was the coolest thing I had ever seen, but I soon progressed to dreaming about the lasted machines from Japan.

When the joyous day arrived and my bike test pass slip was handed over, over 25 years ago, its been Jap bikes all the way, and although having the deepest respect for Norton’s and Triumphs etc I never seriously considered one. I commented a couple of months ago on the beautiful and exotic Metisse Desert Racer it was stunning.

But now after all this time, after picking up a friends MCN I saw the Bonneville driven by Evel Knievel, what a stunning bike. I guess after looking at others it was a TT Special.

I feel a classic coming on, there’s plenty of room next to the Fazer.

Well the Fazer has been behaving, just went in for its 20,000 mile service, whilst in the shop we got the dreaded call…. the rear wheel bearing has gone.

A bit of a bummer at 20k, but guess what wheel bearings aren’t covered under the warranty, seems bazaar for a “comprehensive” Yamaha warranty.

Bro replaced the three bearings in the rear wheel, the offending item being red with rust.

Also, the next service (25k) is a bad boy with 5 hours labour.

On a more positive note my balls seem to be growing back after last summers encounter with the tarmac. The sound of the pegs scraping the floor made me jump out of my skin.

Later

It was great this week, it kinda reminds you that one day Spring will be here.

Riding in on dry roads, actually getting the power down during the bends again woo hoo.

Still plenty of crap on the roads, we need a couple of heavy rains to wash it away, then all is good.

Enough snow n ice now, thanks.

On the commute home tonight there was a massive diesel spill from the A1(M) from Welwyn to the Stevenage South turn off.

It runs the whole length of the inside lane and about 6″ wide and runs off up the Stevenage South off ramp.

Nice ha.

I reported it to the police. The number is 0845 33 00 222. Please, aways report spills.

Petition the government to get anti spill devices fitted at their official site…

http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/StopDieselSpills/

Thanks