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Ep 6: Mountain Madness

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pete
on August 13, 2008
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A special edition of Garage Night as Pete and Trent tackle Mountain Madness 2008 in the Spanish Pyrenees …

You can be certain that whenever Austin Vince (of Terra Circa and Mondo Enduro fame) is involved in organising an event, an element of madness will be involved – and more than just in name.

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Horizons Unlimited Mountain Madness (Humm) is a two-day offroad orienteering event held in the Spanish Pyrenees – a fun, non-competitive but reasonably demanding rally for any type of bike with offroad pretensions. Continue reading ‘Ep 6: Mountain Madness’

Motorcycle friendliness

Published
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pete
on April 21, 2008
in Beer fridge
. 1 Comment

AT on the Shandur Pass Oh my poor Africa Twin (aka XRV 750, or just simply AT). Ever since the KTM 950 came on the scene the Honda has been neglected, abused and reduced to my daily commuter. It wasn’t always like this though; there was a time when it was the best bike I had ever owned and took me to far-flung places many other bikes couldn’t. Good memories, and with 120,000 kilometres on the clock it’s not worth anything to anyone but me.

One of the very few things to ever go wrong on my AT was the regulator/rectifier. It’s one of those electrical components you look at and think “I wonder what that does.” You don’t really find out until it fails. Continue reading ‘Motorcycle friendliness’