Thanks go out to the lovely peeps at Bahnstormer (Alton) for letting me test ride their new BMW S1000RR demonstrator bike. I was hoping for great things, but I was left feeling ….. a bit underwhelmed :/To sum it up ….. its seriously fast …. but bland. On a plus note though, one of the best things that came from my test ride was a greater appreciation of just how good, well rounded and easy the FireWeem is to ride.And it sounds and looks better too (imho) The BMW is, however, an amazing combination of engineering and technology combined and the performance is nothing short of phenomenal. In fact, it’s…

Its funny when you go to different places that have Dyno machines. Every one of them claim to have the most accurate one and poo-poo every other shop that has a dyno 😀 Like theirs is the only one in the world that’s calibrated right …. muppets 😀 This is another wee vlog from the summer archive… It was a hot summer’s day during a bike event over at PowerBiking in High Wycombe when I put the FireWeem on for a dyno run. On this dyno I saw figures of 155bhp and 81lb/ft. I’ve seen it in another shop with 163bhp and 77lb/ft just after it was mapped with the…

A wee vlog from the summer archive… A quick ride up to Box Hill … then back because it started raining (dammit) While we go along I chat a wee bit about the Sena SMH10R I use and the oddest things people have asked me to do. I’ve had some odd requests in the past – have you? ————————- Background Music I Wish – Skee-Lo

“Catch me if you can” he said ……5 minutes later I was on a ferry with a biscuit in my hand and a steadycam in my backpack Yup, I went a Smo huntin’ on the the Isle of White.The ride down was wet ‘n foggy, but once on the island the fog lifted and Badger jumped on board for some … er … two up riding action. I was a great day and the Island was amazing. His videos don’t do it justice (I blame the camera 😉 )Seriously …  GoPro 😀 😀 ————————- OfficialSmo (SMOIOW): https://youtube.com/OfficialSmo ————————- Background MusicNookie – Limp Bizkit