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You may want to extend your riding season into winter months, but cold weather threatens to cut your trip short when you feel your toes and fingers freezing. Lack of blood circulation in your extremities makes your feet and hands numb, which increases your reaction time making winter riding...

hey all I have a 78 XL100 i had running last season. I had the engine out this winter to put new valve seals in etc. and have recently put the engine back on the bike to fire it up for the season. I noticed it had spark at first but then suddenly no spark. I decided to check for power from the...

Hei, So I just recently bought an AT RD07A, traded up from an older Transalp. I enjoyed the last few months of the season although I knew work needed to be done on her. So new wheels bearing FandB, brake calipers overhauled, new chainset, new tyres and a well needed service all carried out. I...

HI everyone, Had my DRZ400E for a few months now and absolutely love it - it's a UK registered DRZ400E (2001 model). I now need to replace the chain and sprockets and have hit a bit of a problem. The standard sprocket size doesn't seem to fit my rear hub as the spacing of the holes is very...

Took my 2008 Transalp out for it's first ride of the season and started having all sorts of running problems after only a few miles. Cut the long story short, plug cap failure. When I removed it to check the plugs the bit that attaches to the top of the plug stayed attached to the plug...

Hi all, Yet another video.... As the bike season is upon us and our thoughts turn to ADV Riding / Touring, what camera will you be buying to capture the big trip? Don't be buying a DJI Osmo...... sigh..... :(

Hi. New member from Sweden to this forum and a new AT owner. Found a teared down AT -98 through a friend and gave an very low offer that was accepted. During this winter season I have put all the pieces together and toke my first ride today. Everything is working just as it should and I think...

nice little meet up in March... be a few bikes about I reckon.. he is probably doing this both sides of the pond.. but in case anyone fancies a weekend away, or a trip up to it from around Ireland. Motorcycle Cinema & Open Weekend Facebook page, for all you folks who have an account...

A question for the all-seaons-riders: How do you prepare your bike for the cold months? I admit, that I don´love ice and snow riding. Usually I try not to be out on the bike when the conditions are really bad, but nonetheless I spent a lot of time on my motorcycle at low temperatures because...

I have fitted an MRA Varioscreen to the 700 as I thought this would keep rain off my visor! Unfortunately as I rode home from Brands Hatch on the Sat of the BSB end of season and it humped down! The problem quickly became apparent that the Varioscreen actually puts the spray directly onto my...

Hi! I'm new here, and thank you for accepting me in this nice company! I’m from Serbia, and I’m adv and enduro/hard enduro rider. We got here a beautiful nature and almost all year round moto season! We got a beautiful nature, mountains, distant roads and places, trails and offroads and I'd like...

Hallo guys. I'm from Latvia and just bought a Honda Transalp XL650V from a used motorcycle dealer in Germany. This bike had a good price and has pretty much all maintenance done, so I'm pretty happy about it, but unfortunately there is also a dark side to this story. Please help me to...

Last year I did a solo 3000 miles trip on my bog standard 700 Alp around Europe taking in France, Italy, Slovenia, Hungary, Austria, Germany etc. The bike was loaded to the gunnels, topbox, panniers plus tent, mattress and sleeping bag. Where possible I was cruising at about 80 mph. Italy was...

Honda 2003 Varadero XL1000V 6 speed FI many extras £2750 A 2003 Honda XL1000V Varadero Fuel Injected NON –ABS model with coupled brakes. You have the economy of injection (50-55 mpg) but without the added complexity of ABS. Excellent touring machine effortless on the motorways and main roads...

Spent all day Saturday filming with the 'Adventure Bike TV' crew in my local forest. They've been covering the new 'Africa Twin' motorbike which was launched quite recently and they wanted to film the original 'Africa Twin' bike from the beginning of the concept. There were four of us riding on...

Hello AF riders. After I crashed my bike last august and had an early and bad end to my season I'm now trying to find parts. It is an RD04 90 model. I need all the plastic covers and side covers at the front off the bike. Looking for new indicators back and front. New speedometer clock (maybe...

Hi all, well due to work and weather I've not been out much lately so it was great to get out on the bike today. I decided to head over to Carr bridge as it had been in the news lately due to being endangered during the current flooding and I was glad to see the almost 400yr old bridge was still...

Hi all, Hope you're enjoying the festive season. Wondering if anyone has replaced the standard bulbs on the instrument panels to LED? I find my instrument panels quite dark, so I'm considering upgrading the bulbs to bright white LEDs to make them stand out more. Many thanks, Dar

May all of our readers enjoy the joys of the season ! Les :occasion5::occasion5::occasion5:

Hi! I have just rebuild the front brake caliper on my 96 TA.......put it back on, hooked up brake line and bleed the lines........and then after some testing and compressing the dreaded drop under the caliper!! :( One of the pistons must have warped a seal when I pushed them in. :( My question...