I had a very busy, stressful, but fun week at work. So work hard, play hard was my motto for this weekend. I kicked it off Friday afternoon on the Enfield: It’s simply always fun to ride that bike, it never ceases to amaze me. Saturday was the last Saturday of September and that meant   Read More …

Overpasses. I just can’t help myself. Sorry. It was the first time ever that I used the BMW for commuting. I immediately smashed my previous record (45 minutes from home to work by car) by 20 minutes. Some more childish behavior might have occurred during that ride….

After many months (years…) of neglect I woke up the Beemer for a change of all fluids. It really is a bit of a spectacle to start it (turn on your speakers). I took it out for a short ride to get the oil up to temperature and changed it. Next is the gearbox oil   Read More …

Roel Scheffer’s extreme CX 500: More on that bike later this week. I am liking that copper stack… It is the same carb as on my Ariel. Maybe… just maybe… Not sure if this is practical, but it sure looked good: a 630 cc maxed out Enfield: Unfinished (the plans sounded great and involved wood):   Read More …

This guys bike really was way too loud. He got a lot of eyebrows raised when he arrived and later left. Apparently the thing wouldn’t idle either, cause he constantly had to be on the throttle. Glad I am not his neighbor.

We took the bikes (Ariel and CX500) on a weekend camping trip this weekend to the Dutch-German border area. It was fantastic!