It’s nice not living in a basement anymore. Living on the river means we get quite a good angle of view. Here’s some stuff I can see. Lots Road Power Station Not the four-stack one down the river but the two-chimney version that used to power the London Underground. In fact, Lots Road used to
Year: 2012
2012 Track Days
2012 was a pretty busy year for me! Started off with CSS Level 1 in March: Then the forum trackday at Cadwell on a chilly April day: Back to Silverstone for a damp CSS Level 2 in May (still waiting for the weather to warm up): Then Brands GP with TripleJimmy: Unfortunately this also involved
Adelaide to Phillip Island (and back again)
A few weeks ago I went back to Oz and hired a bike in Adelaide to ride across to Phillip Island for the MotoGP. Unfortunately, unless I wanted a cruiser, Adelaide literally had a choice of one half-decent bike so I loaded up the Kriegas and headed off on the Yamaha FZ600 with Mark on
Westbound commute 1
The public transport options for getting to work are so bad the pushbike is really the best option. I’m trying to find the best route. This wasn’t too bad although the traffic is pretty nasty in the Farringdon St/Fleet St/Strand area and the shortcut from Clerkenwell Rd to Farringdon Rd didn’t really work because of all
Endurance Racing
This weekend is the Le Mans 24 Heures Moto. I went last year and it was an incredible experience. I really want to go again but I’m not sure I’m ready for that campsite again just yet. I have heard there are slightly less mental campsites than where we were but being Le Mans everything’s
Coal Holes
From the Wiki: A coal hole is a hatch in the pavement (sidewalk, in US usage) above an underground coal bunker. They are sometimes found outside houses that existed during the period when coal was widely used for domestic heating from the early 19th century to the middle 20th century. In Britain they became largely
MotoGP & BSB wallpaper
Both MotoGP and British Superbikes kick off this weekend. So in celebration, here are a few wallpapers from pictures I took last year.
California Superbike School Level 1
Originally posted here. So I did Level 1 yesterday. It was on the Silverstone International Circuit which is the same southern loop that the Ron Haslam School uses; a really enjoyable circuit. It was a long hard day but I had a great time! After scraping the frost off my bike seat outside the Premier
A history of hanging off
I found an interesting forum post by Keith Code from the California Superbike School about how we’ve gone from knuckle dragging to knee dragging. In it he describes an evolution of how racers make bikes go round corners. It’s very interesting but in it he gives examples of riders that typify the five phases of