PLEASE NOTE – The Seat Concepts One Piece Comfort Seat review is in 3 parts: Part 1 – Unboxing, First Impressions & Quality (pictorial) Part 2 – Installation, Looks & Feel (video) ← Part 3 – Touring With The One Piece Comfort Seat Installation, Looks & Feel Before moving to the video, let me just add a couple of points. Installing this seat takes seconds and is extremely simple to do. I’ve run into several posts where […]
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PLEASE NOTE – The Seat Concepts One Piece Comfort Seat review is in 3 parts: Part 1 – Unboxing, First Impressions & Quality (pictorial) ← Part 2 – Installation, Looks & Feel (video) Part 3 – Touring With The One Piece Comfort Seat Transparency This seat was supplied to me free of charge by Seat Concepts with the understanding that I would honestly test it and post my thoughts in the form of an unbiased review. […]
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When looking at stoves for the upcoming trip into Europe, I came across the Optimus Polaris OptiFuel Stove. Whilst attempting to research and compare it to the Primus OmniFuel II, which is a popular choice on several motorcycle camping social media groups, I found very little useful information and generally the same (poor) stock photos. As such, I’ve spent some time photographing this one properly, in the hope others will find this pictorial review useful. […]
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09/03/2023 First impressions review now posted. This was a very tough decision! On most of the forums and social media groups I’m a member of, the Primus OmniFuel II is the stove of choice. I do like to do my own research, however, and the ability to use multiple fuels, without the need to change nozzles, swayed this in favour of the OptiFuel. Both the Omnifuel II and the OptiFuel will take pretty much any […]
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Back to preparing for Europe, I realised I’d previously been a tad cautious with my sleeping arrangements. A cheap, thin ground mat has sufficed for several decades now and a pillow always consisted of a rolled up jumper or jacket, normally leaving me with a button or zip pattern emblazoned across my face in the morning. Now, at 55 years young, the time has maybe come to be a little kinder to my creaking bones […]
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In further preparation for the upcoming overland trip into Europe this year, it was time to look at my tents. I own a few tents but only two of them see regular use: the Hilleberg Staika 2 man dome tent, which I’ve now owned and used constantly for the last 30 years: and a North Face Trailhead 6 which is now about 9 years old and is the tent of choice for family trips. The […]
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Please note that this review is in 3 sections: Part 1 Unboxing & First Impressions Part 2 On the bike walk around (video) Part 3 Practical Use (this section will be completed June/July 2023 after a 10 day European overlanding trip) Transparency These bags are £530 here in the UK. Adventure Bike Shop (the main UK importers and distributors of Bumot products) supplied the two panniers at cost price, a circa 30% discount on the RRP. The bags […]
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I’ve travelled extensively on bikes all over the world and previously I’ve just strapped a couple of half decent sports bags/dry bags to the bike and off we go. I’m getting a little older now and thought it about time I invested in some decent panniers for an upcoming long haul trip from the Isle of Wight (UK), down through Europe and into and around Austria. I’d already installed the Bumot rear rack, soft luggage […]
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Unboxing & First Impressions After the maths that compared the cost of these Moto-Teks to the 5 times more expensive Rottweiler Arrow kit, I came across a video by Nomad Sweden. He had purchased a kit from the Netherlands costing 170 Euros ($185 USD or £150 GBP). With shipping and import tax to the UK, you’d once again be around £220-250 GBP. Now take a look at the video from the 3 minute mark: It […]
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Lately I’ve been browsing hand guard mirrors. I currently use Double Take Adventure Mirrors, which work very well. My only gripe with them is that they’re quite large and take up part of my natural view of the surroundings. Hand guard folding mirrors do solve that problem as they’re smaller, lighter and tidier in form, but the first thing I want to test is whether I’ll get a similar view of what’s happening behind me […]
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