fastbob

I think you can get a Pirelli Rosso 111 as well as a Michelin Scorcher .

And that includes Harley Davidson .

Who knows ? Buy a £30 can off Amazon and see what happens .

I've never had an issue so far . It's astonishing how fast coverage has improved over the last few years . I can get internet access just about anywhere now but there are still a few blind spots notably the Red Squirrel campsite in Glen Coe where I spent a miserable 24 hours in torrential rain with absolutely f**k all to do . And then my bike got water in the electrics and went bonkers .

Fair enough , but if the bike in question has a pillion you need to get out of there fast . Bike jacking is real and you don't want to stick around to find out .

Being out of range on certain networks is not uncommon . I can't even get a trace of a Signal on Three ( 3 ) inside my flat despite being able to see a cluster of masts through my window . O2 ( Same as Tesco ) , on the other hand , works all over the place including the remote parts of Scotland ..

One thing of value that I have learned in life is that there is absolutely no point whatsoever in applying your standards of behaviour to any other person . There are no benchmarks for anything at all in modern society and that is why so many people appear to be so woefully adrift . What goes on in one person's head could be utterly unrecognisable to another person and the Niagara like torrent of shit that spews forth onto Social Media is prime evidence of this .

I would have headed straight to the police station or a public place with plenty of cameras .

Join a Facebook group..

If I had to choose one of the bikes you mentioned it would be the Bullet Heritage 50 because it is a replica of a Honda DAX from 1969 and it looks great . However , I would also agree with everyone else who has advised you to pass CBT and get a 125 . Riding a 50 on a Dual Carriageway in peak traffic times is dicing with death . Sooner or later a car is going to try to overtake you while another car is overtaking them . Then you've got the dark evenings to consider when riding a 50 would be almost suicidal .

Recommended you join the ER5 Facebook group .

To busy riding it . Went to the Royal Mail depot this evening to collect a package . Afterwards the bike somehow steered me to the wrong exit on the A45 island and before I knew it I was the other side of Banbury and heading deep into Oxfordshire. Came back via Woodstock and Shipston followed by a bit of Fosse Way . What an extraordinary machine . I used to do this sort of thing on my GSXR in half the time but I couldn't remember any of it .

Some things should be seen AND heard .

Some bikes are just crying out for a loud exhaust , among them the good old ER5 . The GRP one totally transformed the riding experience for me . The standard one on my current ER5 is so quiet and it makes the bike feel so remote that I've no idea what it's doing . Motorcycling is a sensory experience that should be enjoyed to the full .

Alcohol is at the root of all this slobbish behaviour . Some of the scenes along the banks of Loch Lomond are sickening . I nipped into a wood opposite the garage at Glen Garry for a slash and found a brand new tent abandoned with all the contents . Some as*holes probably couldn't be bothered to pack it so they just walked away .

I revisited a wild site that I have used several times on my way up to Scotland a few weeks ago and it's been trashed . Deep tyre tracks everywhere , a rusting firepit made from car wheels , numerous sections of turf cut out and replaced but dead and various rubbish including a pair of nickers strewn around . I won't be going back .

So have I on numerous occasions . Just because it's illegal dosen't mean it's enforceable . I could be wrong but I believe the origins of the English law on camping can be traced back to Margaret Thatcher's paranoia about the emergence of the New Age Travellers and in particular the Stone Henge Convoy . This came to a violent head in the " Battle of the Bean Field " when the bully boys of the Met went in like a pack of savages , beating parents in front of their children , smashing vehicles and taking away dogs to be put down .

I think you've missed the point entirely . It's not wild camping if you have to pay for it . Wild camping is illegal in England and Wales but not in Scotland .

Sleep soundly .

According to a resident , nobody was killed but both cars looked like they had exploded . The police had been there for four hours taking measurements and they very kindly let me through after half an hour . As I said , my fuel gauge was in the red and I was on the wrong side of the River Severn to go looking for a garage .

Went out for a trundle around Worcestershire . Petrol gauge touching red so I divert off towards Tewkesbury only to discover the road closed due to a serious incident . And it is a serious incident that I wouldn't photograph out of respect . The guy doing the measurements has kindly agreed to let me through in half an hour ..

I went to Manchester once .

I wouldn't have mentioned any of those trivial accessories to the insurance company . None of their business.

Like ask the opinion of a load of experienced bikers on a forum ?

I feel that a Malted Milk is the more purposeful biscuit here . Nice biscuits , pronounced Niece by the way , have a slightly effeminate air about them ..