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) On the bike walk around In this section of the review we take a walk around of the pannier system mounted on the bike. Where To Buy Adventure Bike Shop (UK) Bumot (EU) SUBSCRIBE TO THE OVERLAND […]
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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 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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Following on from the conversion of a Peli case to a low profile top box, I’m now in need of some brackets to fit 2 x 5L plastic jerry cans to the bike. After a lot of head scratching, drawing and measuring, I’ve concluded the best (read: only) place I can safely mount these is either side of the Peli case, but it will take some fortification of the side walls and some custom bracketry. […]
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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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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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I’ve struggled with firm motocross/enduro type seats since an early age. My rear end has always been a tad on the skinny side and things have not improved with age.. Think “Kardashian” and then think of the opposite and you’ll be somewhere in the ballpark. The OEM Tenere 700 seat is not an exception to that rule; in fact, it’s one of the “firmest” (read: excruciating) seats I’ve thus far had the misfortune to perch […]
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I’ve been contemplating a Scottoiler for a while now. Lubricating a chain manually is not a great hardship, nor overly difficult, but as I get older my memory doesn’t seem to improve and I often find myself 10 miles into a ride, thinking I should have lubed the chain before I left. So a system that constantly and automatically lubricates the chain, without me having to put a “post it” note on my seat every […]
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