by Chris Wiltshire | Jun 20, 2019 | Major Posts, Motorcycling
We’re at it again… We’re hoping to raise a thousand dollars or so for ARAN Animal Rescue, this time Stella will be joining me on the bike as we do a Saddle Sore 1600km endurance ride on the year’s shortest day: 22nd Jun 2019. We’ll also...
by Chris Wiltshire | Feb 19, 2019 | Motorcycling
It’s Tuesday morning, we leave tomorrow morning for the South Island trip (~6,000km all up) which includes the much anticipated TT2000 event. Recent days have been spent doing final preparations on both bikes (Stella is riding the R1 down for the main part of...
by Chris Wiltshire | Feb 2, 2019 | Motorcycling
I’m nearing the end of my set of Michelin Pilot Road 4s which I put onto the C14 after the NI1600. This was my second set of PR4s and I’m still very happy with them. Since we’re nearing the end of their life it’s a great time to check the wear...
by Chris Wiltshire | Feb 2, 2019 | Motorcycling
Revzilla stock Saddlemen’s seats and so I was able to order one from them in the hope that it might arrive here in New Zealand within my short timeframe before the TT2000 event which I’ll be leaving for on the 20th Feb. The seat arrived in NZ on Monday...
by Chris Wiltshire | Jan 17, 2019 | Motorcycling
I’m assuming that I’ve not developed a medical issue over the past 6 months and that the discomfort I regularly feel from my tailbone has more to do with the long distances which I’ve regularly ridden. I’ve never suffered tailbone discomfort in...
by Chris Wiltshire | Jan 14, 2019 | Major Posts, Motorcycling
Summer Solstice IBA ride, 2019 (Southern Hemisphere).The IBA have a ‘Four Seasons’ collection of rides, made up of two solstice rides and two equinox rides, the scientific mid-points of the four seasons. Here in NZ, it’s summer during December, and...