Anglo-Italian Transalp Meeting 2009. Quality, not quantity! I had seen the original message from Scorpio (Maurizio) waaay back in the wintertime, inviting any xrv’ers who were interested to join with the Italian Transalp owners Summer meeting in the Italian Tyrol. “No way”, I had thought at...

My xr650 and I have just pootled very slowly round the Hafren Rally together, and despite me riding at a pace that wouldn't have threatened an asthmatic ant, I have chewed up my rear Metzeler MCE 6 Day Extreme tyre. A few of the knobs have been ripped off and the front profile (which should be...

Went back to the UK last week. Got XR running. No problems most of the week, except a blocked float valve that I sorted out early on. Loaded the bike and rode from Hook of Holland to Rostock (N Germany) doing about 480 miles at about 50-55mph. The rest on ferries. Again, no problems apart...

with this chest infection:(:(:(:( im sick to the back teeth of barking like mad every couple of mins:mad::mad::mad: and feeling like **** mind you the neighbourhood must think we now have an asthmatic doberman:D:D:D:D:D

Firstly - National Meet - what a laugh! was great to meet loads of faces although to my acute embarrassment i cannot remember who everyone was or wether names i was told were real names or cyber names!! either way was great to meet you all and i'm just gutted i couldn't stay for the rest of...