my name is mwd

A look at Raynaud's Syndrome and how I try deal with it.

When I switched from my old Buell Ulysses adventure bike to the Brammo electric sports bike, the idea was that we’d hire a bigger bike occasionally for going longer trips (the Buell having seen us round both Wales and Scotland, not to say countless runs around the Norfolk coast). But in practice we didn’t do that, and we didn’t just miss the epic trips, the Brammo, as fun as it is, doesn’t even allow us midrange trips without logs of logistics around charging....

When we got the Xbox One I thought that that was it for new games for the Xbox 360, I’d play the existing games on the 360, but all new games would be on the Xbox One. And I was kinda right. I’ve not bought any new games for the Xbox 360, but I have got hooked on an old classic, Trials Evolution, which you can see demonstrated here by the chaps at Hat Films:...

It’s a silly advert for the BMW 1000RR, but I must confess it made me go wow the first time I saw it: See, motorbikes have lots of applications…...

If Orange County Choppers say it’s cool, electric motorbikes are probably going to make it past the “oh but it doesn’t rev loud” brigade (to which Fox News’s anchors clearly subscribe). ** Update Sept 2022: video no longer on youtube ** I feel slightly unclean linking to Fox News when they generate such depressing garbage, but even though they try and jibe Paul Snr here, it’s still a nice bike :)...

As a follow up to the Zero S electric motorbike I mentioned recently, there’s now a company, Xero, offering electric scooters, which make another option for commuters wanting an electric vehicle. The prices aren’t too bad at £1500, but unfortunately you can’t seem to just buy one yet, which was the advantage of the Zero S....

Those with long memories might remember that last year I attended the local bikesafe course – a Police run course aimed at teaching bikers how to ride better and more safely. As good as the course was, it was mostly class based, and whilst it’s good to know aspects of advanced riding in theory, it’s very different from being able to put them into practice. To close that gap, over the last year I’ve gone through the training for the IAM Advanced Motorcycling Test....