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By mrfergieman September 29, 2020September 29, 2020 Uncategorized

Yes. I really have bought a Cannondale MX400. Surprised?

I’m happy to get off the ‘mainstream train’ at ‘Quirky Station’ and either do, or have something, that’s just a little bit different to everyone else. I’m certainly not on my own here either. I have bought and sold bikes just because they ‘were’ mainstream, and here’s a recent example.

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By mrfergieman September 3, 2020 Motorcycle project

It might get loud

Have you seen the film that bears the same title as this post? Yes? No? If not, you should. It’s has three of the most iconic guitar players ever; Jimmy Page, The Edge & Jack White, and it travels through their respective guitar times and lives. Whilst they’re all amazing

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By mrfergieman July 26, 2020July 26, 2020 Uncategorized

F@@k Me Pumps

The title to this post maybe familiar because it’s the title of a great Amy Winehouse track. It’s a song that walks through the possibilities of what happens when our shoes lead us down dark alleys and into shady dives. I’m taking a different approach to the title, one that

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By mrfergieman April 10, 2020April 10, 2020 Uncategorized

Scooters

I walk into the pub through the side door and am faced by a busy, but not packed bar room. This pub doesn’t have side rooms called things like ‘The Snug bar’ or ‘The Pool Room’, it is just one big room with a horseshoe shaped bar giving easy access

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By mrfergieman January 9, 2020January 9, 2020 Uncategorized

Heaven & Hell. My local bike shop. Episode 1.

This story starts and ends with the dirt on the ground. This dirt is special. It captures everything that goes on in this soulful place. Get on your knees and smell this dirt, because it smells of a blend of oil, aluminium, steel, iron, welding, fibreglass and maybe a hint

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By mrfergieman January 2, 2020January 2, 2020 Uncategorized

Introducing Bessie

Bessie was born in 1948, in Coventry, UK. She has a 2 litre petrol engine that can also run on TVO (Tractor Vapourising Oil), which is a mix of petrol and paraffin, and she is just one of the many innovations that her Father-designer, Harry Ferguson, came up with during

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By mrfergieman December 24, 2019December 24, 2019 Uncategorized

Tri-Duro; Not just another crap marketing term.

Starting Note: Definition of a trials bike: A specialized, lightweight motorcycle used in slow speed, observed (i.e. somebody is watching for your mistakes) off-road competitions, requiring great machine control, balance and judgement. It is most popular in the UK (nearly always wet and windy) and Spain (nearly always sunny and

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By mrfergieman November 24, 2019November 24, 2019 Uncategorized

Oliver’s Mount – A cure for insomnia. Really?

If you read my previous post about my connection with the Oliver’s Mount race circuit, you’ll know what a special place it is for me. If you haven’t read it, then I suggest you should. In the meantime, let me explain how the place helps me sleep. I do not

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By mrfergieman October 15, 2019October 15, 2019 Uncategorized

Moto relationships

We have different types of relationships with different motorcycles, just like we do with people and animals, and cars, and gardens, and vintage French cast iron cooking pots. OK, so maybe I went too far with the last one, but hey, we’re all into different stuff. Once upon a time,

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By mrfergieman October 11, 2019October 12, 2019 Uncategorized

My Olivers Mount Racing circuit story.

  There are places in the world that remain iconic in our minds and souls. It could be the first shop that you bought your first motorcycle from, or record (vinyl to be clear), or fish and chips, or Dr Martins boots. It could be the place on a wild

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By mrfergieman September 3, 2020                                                

It might get loud

Have you seen the film that bears the same title as this post? Yes? No? If not, you should. It’s has three of the most iconic guitar players ever; Jimmy Page, The Edge & Jack White, and it travels through their respective guitar times and lives. Whilst they’re all amazing

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By mrfergieman September 29, 2020September 29, 2020                                                

Yes. I really have bought a Cannondale MX400. Surprised?

I’m happy to get off the ‘mainstream train’ at ‘Quirky Station’ and either do, or have something, that’s just a little bit different to everyone else. I’m certainly not on my own here either. I have bought and sold bikes just because they ‘were’ mainstream, and here’s a recent example.

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