Author Archives: phil
43,000 miles and still going strong
Fair dos to the old Triumph Tiger 800xc. 43,000 miles on the clock and still in great nick after a good service and a clean, despite the battering I gave it on the way to Bangkok in 2011.
Sportsrider.co.uk and sena-bluetooth.co.uk
A big thanks to Michael and the guys at sportsrider.co.uk and sena-bluetooth.co.uk who rode to the rescue the other day after I’d lost my treasured Sena Bluetooth SMH10 unit just before I was due to set off 0n a trip. … Continue reading
Aunty Gillie’s doing the Moonwalk
My Aunty Gillie is doing the Moonwalk in May in London. Visit her page, and spare a few quid if you can. Thanks http://www.walkthewalkfundraising.org/gillie_evans
Fight For Your Local Live Music Venue
Could you all do me a massive favour, if you’re a fan of live music, check out my latest Facebook post about live music venues being forced out of business and like, share etc. Time to fight back… I thank … Continue reading
Gunther Holtorf does 800,000 miles in a G-Wagen
Check out this about Gunther Holtorf on the BBC web site. 800,000 miles over 23 years and still going. Got me wondering, could it be done on a bike?
Help For Heroes
Support Geoff Warren and the lads as they ride to Dubai on several Triumph Tiger 800 XCs raising money for Help For Heroes. Check out their site at destinationdubai2012.com Donate at http://www.bmycharity.com/destinationdubai2012 Follow them at http://www.facebook.com/destinationdubai2012 http://www.twitter.com/destdubai2012 http://www.youtube.com/destinationdubai2012 http://www.bmycharity.com/destinationdubai2012
Black Castle Hotel
Turns out the place I stated in in Ivano-Frankivsks – The Black Castle Hotel is up for sale. Yours for a mere 4m bucks. If you’re going to the Euros this summer it’s well worth staying there. Read more about … Continue reading
Ace Cafe Adventure Bike Day
Alex Edwards, Nathan Millward and Me Spent Sunday 19th February (a surprisingly warm-ish and sunny day) at the Ace cafe with Dave and the lads from Jack Lilley showing off the new Triumph Tiger Explorer 1200 – I want one! … Continue reading
Oval Motorcycle Centre
For the bikers among you, check out these guys ovalmotorcyclecentre.co.uk Great idea and Matt who runs the place is a proper race engineer and a really knowlegable and helpful bloke
Still Got The Blues
Still got the post trip blues, but looking forward to the next trip. In the meantime Phil at Riders Corner in Chiang Mai just sent me this road report from Laos … awesome. Check it out.
