As soon as you unpack this plate you know it’s a serious bit of kit! 4.8mm thick aluminium, it looks extremely well crafted and the finish on every part is top notch. I have quite a critical eye and am often left a tad underwhelmed by the workmanship on these kind of products but I can’t fault this one. It’s quite a long plate, protecting a great deal more real estate that the stock plate. […]
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This has been done before but just thought someone might find this half interesting. Looking at rad guards around the net I did find some of the prices a tad extortionate so decided to manufacture one myself. Started with a sheet of this for £10. I held it against the rear side of the stock fin cover and marked the cut with a felt tip pen. Cut it out with the Dremel and 6 mini […]
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Weather has been dodgy here of late so any sunny break needs taking advantage of!! On a small island you’re always susceptible to high winds and today was no exception! The Isle of Wight is 65 miles around if you follow the coastline. Both of these images were taken at the Culver Downs, overlooking Sandown Bay. Cobwebs duly blown away it’s time to head back to the warm! SUBSCRIBE TO THE OVERLAND RIDER BLOG Please […]
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These are now available to purchase in the Overland Rider Store! Just received and mounted this little gizmo today and I have to say I’m impressed. For 14 Euros it’s actually a steal compared to the more complicated and expensive solutions to a problem I didn’t personally have but thought I’d give it a shot for the price. One thing I did have to do was to comprehensively clean the tank area where the sticky […]
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Well, after John kindly shipped these to me, they landed today and are on the bike! Whatever I think of the company and their shipping policy the product they produce is top notch, good quality materials, fit and finish and these do exactly what they say they will. Installation is straightforward, just fiddly to get the exact right position on the first one but once done it’s all down hill from there. These won’t be […]
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These are now available to purchase in the Overland Rider Store in black, grey or white! These frame blanking caps are a good little mod that cost just a few pounds. They blank off the huge nut either side of the Tenere 700 frame. To stop them filling with water just add grease before you install. You need to order them in thread size 35mm. Each one has three threads or lips. In order for […]
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My butt is old and skinny .. there, I said it. As such, 40 miles on the stock plank of wood would have me moaning to myself and batting back the tears, so I decided to do something about it. Sheepskin butt pads are nothing new, an old tried and tested product but I had an idea on a slight variation. All the ones I’d ever seen were either a sheepskin by itself or with […]
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