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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 October 3, 2019October 3, 2019 Uncategorized

For HeadBangers only

When you put your helmet on and go out for a ride or your daily commute, do you ever think about the history of the thing that you’ve just wrapped around your head? Probably not. I bought something sometime ago that does regularly make me think about the history and

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By mrfergieman September 17, 2019September 17, 2019 Uncategorized

My most favourite smells in life, which weirdly, includes my Bultaco.

This post was triggered by the smell of a motorcycle, a special motorcycle, and one which then got me thinking about my most favourite smells in life. However, the first words hit the iPad screen whilst I was on an aeroplane and someone sitting in the vicinity of my seat

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By mrfergieman September 12, 2019September 14, 2019 Uncategorized

A Summer Romance in Barcelona

In case my wife is reading this, it isn’t a one-night-stand type of romance with somebody. Honest. This romance reference is different. I walk down the steps of my personal jet and onto the hot tarmac of the Barcelona International airport. When I say ‘my personal jet’, what I actually

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By mrfergieman July 31, 2019July 31, 2019 Uncategorized

How to ‘not buy’ an old Moto Guzzi and be pleased about it.

Like a lot of bikers, I’m always on the look out for the next interesting or unusual moto-opportunity to either sell on, or alternatively keep for a while, ride it and then sell it, maybe. Anyway, I had spotted an unusual Moto Guzzi in my local Swiss, free selling e-site

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