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NEWS HAS COME IN THAT THE POLICE WILL BE RUNNING A STOP AND SEARCH CAMPAIGN AT THE "ULLDOG "ASH AGAIN THIS YEAR WHICH WILL UNDOUBTEDLY LEAD TO ANOTHER MONUMENTAL POLICING BILL FOR SOME POOR SUCKER TO PICK UP !FTER LAST YEARgS DEBACLE )gM SURPRISED THEY HAVE THE AUDACITY AND ITgS CLEARLY AN OPERATION TO BREAK THE LINK BETWEEN THE SHOW AND ANY ECONOMIC BENEFITS TO 3TRATFORDgS TRADERS 4HE BIG CONCERN IS IN ACCOUNTABILITY WHO IS !## (OLLAND ACCOUNTABLE TO 4HERE MUST SURELY BE SOMEONE ABOVE HIM WHO HAS NOTICED THAT HE SEEMS TO BE WORKING THROUGH SOME SORT OF VENDETTA AND ONE THAT DOESNgT HAVE THE SUPPORT OF THE LOCALS

IS COSTING A SMALL FORTUNE IS BASED ON OUTRAGEOUS CLAIMS AND IS SET AGAINST A HISTORY OF AN EVENT THAT HAS BEEN TROUBLE FREE THROUGHOUT ITS LIFE $ID HIS WIFE RUN OFF WITH SOMEONE WEARING A LEATHER JACKET )gD BEST SHUT UP NOW )gVE JUST REMEMBERED ) TRAVEL THROUGH 7ARWICKSHIRE QUITE FREQUENTLY AND ) DREAD TO THINK HOW HE MIGHT REACT IF HE WANTED TO MAKE AN EXAMPLE OF ME 3TILL IN 7ARWICKSHIRE THEREgS SOME NEWS ABOUT THIS YEARgS .%# EVENT WHICH BRINGS WITH IT A SENSE OF DÏJÌ VU (ARLEY $AVIDSON HAVE PULLED OUT AGAIN /BVIOUSLY FLUSH WITH THE SUCCESS OF THE LAST TIME THEY TRIED IT n THEY MANAGED A COUPLE OF YEARS FROM RECOLLECTION BEFORE RETURNING n THEYgVE DECIDED THEY CAN GET MORE BUMS ON TEST RIDE SEATS BY VISITING HALF A DOZEN PLACES IN THE SUMMER THAN ENTICING THEM ROUND A "IRMINGHAM CAR PARK IN THE SNOW 4HERE IS SOME WISDOM TO THAT AND THE .%# REALLY IS THE MOST SOULLESS PLACE IN THE WORLD TO SPEND TEN DAYS BUT CAN YOU AFFORD NOT TO BE THERE ) GENUINELY HOPE IT WORKS FOR THEM BUT A HUGE AMOUNT OF STUFF IS ANNOUNCED TOO LATE TO BE PROPERLY PROMOTED THE FIRST OF THESE EVENTS IS THIS WEEKEND AT THE "LUEWATER 3HOPPING -ALL THE SAME WEEKEND AS 3OF%2 AND IN THE CATCHMENT AREA OF THE (/' 'ROUPS AND DEALERSHIP THAT WILL BE AT "ISLEY WHICH SUGGESTS THEYgRE NOT LOOKING AT REPEAT CUSTOMERS BUT NEW ONES 7ILL IT CATCH THE PEOPLE THAT THEY WOULD HOPE TO ATTRACT AT THE .%# 4IME WILL TELL ) ONLY HOPE THEY PROMOTE IT PROPERLY LOCALLY SO PEOPLE TURN UP WITH HELMETS DRIVING LICENSES AND PHOTO )$ 7ILL THE .%#gS HALLS MISS (ARLEY ) SUSPECT NOT AS MUCH AS (ARLEY WILL MISS THE EXPOSURE TO A VERY SPECIFIC AUDIENCE AND ITgLL RUN DEEPER THAN THAT 0EOPLE WANDERING AROUND WONDERING WHERE THEY ARE MIGHT DISMISS THE *APANESE CRUISERS BUT THEYgLL ALSO SEE THE NEW 4HUNDERBIRD AND 4RIUMPH ARE AIMING THE INCH 4HUNDERBIRD DIRECTLY AT THE CORE (ARLEY MARKET IN THE 5+ )TgS AN OPEN GOAL 4HE BEST KNOWN "RITISH MOTORCYCLE ICON n BELOVED OF A GENERATION OF FORMER RIDERS WHOgLL BE THE RIGHT AGE TO CONSIDERING RETURNING n AND A FORMAT THAT PEOPLE ARE AS FAMILIAR WITH AS THEY ARE THE V TWIN )T COMBINES NATIONAL PRIDE AND HERITAGE RALLYING ROUND A PRETTY CLOSE FACSIMILE OF A "RITISH MOTORCYCLE n NOT LIKE THE 2OCKET ))) WHICH DIDNgT TUG AT ANY HEART STRINGS n AND IS A "RITISH MOTORCYCLE THAT HAS A HEADLINE NUMBER DOWN THE SIDE THAT CANgT

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(ERE S A TERRIFYING CAUTIONARY TALE FOR ALL OUT THERE RUNNING ANYTHING OTHER THAN A CORRECTLY FORMATTED AND COLOURED NUMBER PLATE $ID YOU KNOW THAT YOU DON T OWN THE NUMBER n EVEN IF YOU VE BOUGHT IT AS A PRIVATE PLATE n BUT YOU ARE GRACIOUSLY GRANTED A LICENSE TO DISPLAY IT BY $6,!

WHO DO OWN IT WHICH ALSO EXPLAINS WHY THEY DIDN T USE THE EXISTING POSTCODE SYSTEM WHEN THEY REINVENTED THE NUMBER PLATE SYSTEM NEARLY TEN YEARS AGO COPYRIGHT ON POST CODES ARE OWNED BY THE 0OST /FFICE BUT THAT S NOT IMPORTANT HERE 4HIS APPLIES TO ALL THE ( 229S AND &!4 9S WHO MASSAGE THE DIGITS TO INDULGE THEMSELVES WHO WERE ENTICED INTO BUYING THE NUMBER BY $6,!

PRECISELY BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE IT SAYS (!229 OR &!4"/9 AS WELL AS THOSE WHO TRY TO THUMB THEIR NOSE AT THE LAW WITH ILLEGIBLE TYPEFACES OR SMALL DIGITS OR WHO PREFER THE OLD FASHIONED CLASSIC BLACK AND WHITE PLATE )T ALSO HAS REPERCUSSIONS FOR THOSE WHO FEEL THAT THE BLUE BIT ON A %URO STYLE PLATE DESIGNED TO HOLD THE %5 S CIRCLE OF STARS WITH '" IN THE MIDDLE IS THE PLACE TO DEMONSTRATE THEIR ALLEGIANCE TO A FOOTBALL TEAM OR A VEHICLE MANUFACTURER n AND NO ) M NOT JOKING 9OU ARE ALLOWED TO SHOW THE %5 STARS WITH A '" A 5NION FLAG THE CROSS OF 3T 'EORGE A 3COTS 3ALTIRE OR A RED 7ELSH DRAGON BUT NOTHING ELSE IS ALLOWED !ND IN CASE YOU DIDN T KNOW EITHER MOTORCYCLES CAN T HAVE A SINGLE ROW REGISTRATION n SO NO CAR PLATES BENEATH AN 5LTRA S 4OUR 0AK OR A TINY ONE AS WIDE AS A 7IDE 'LIDE S TAILLIGHT n AND MOTORCYCLES REGISTERED AFTER ST 3EPTEMBER ISSUED WITH THE NEW STYLE NUMBER MUST HAVE THEM ARRANGED ON TWO LINES MAX WITH THE FIRST FOUR DIGITS ABOVE THE LAST THREE !ND THEN FINALLY THE SPACING BETWEEN AND AROUND THE LETTERS "UT YOU VE KNOWN AND IGNORED MOST OF THAT FOR YEARS WHAT S CHANGED !S OF TH *UNE SYSTEMS ARE IN PLACE TO ALLOW POLICE OFFICERS TO NOTIFY $6,! IF YOU ARE NOT DISPLAYING THEIR NUMBER CORRECTLY APPARENTLY IT S NOT YOURS TO USE AS YOU SEE FIT AND IT S NOT JUST A LEGAL NICETY )N FACT

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7ELL OF COURSE THEY ARE THEY ALWAYS HAVE DONE IT S ONE OF THE BIGGEST MOTORCYCLE MARKETS IN THE WORLD AND WITHOUT 4RIUMPHS RACING ACROSS #ALIFORNIA S DESERTS HOME BOYS ON (ARLEYS WOULDN T HAVE STRIPPED DOWN THEIR 3PORTSTERS TO COMPETE WITH THEM AND THEN WHERE WOULD WE BE "UT THIS IS DIFFERENT 4HEY RE STARTING TO COMPETE ON A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD 4HEY RE PLAYING THE HERITAGE GAME AND THEY RE PLAYING IT WELL 4HIS TIME IT S NOT AN EASILY DISMISSED 4RIUMPH !MERICA n THE NATURAL SUCCESSOR TO THE %XPORT "ONNIE n OR A 2OCKET ))) JUST TRYING TO OUTGUN EVERYTHING AND TO HELL WITH WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE OR INDEED THE FACT THAT 4RIUMPH S REPUTATION FOR TRIPLES DIDN T EXTEND TO SOMETHING SO LARDY OR UGLY .OT SO MUCH A DESERT RACER AS A DESSERT QUEUE JUMPER ) M TALKING ABOUT THE NEW INCH 4HUNDERBIRD WHICH WAS AT THE .%# LAST YEAR AND IS NOW STARTING TO APPEAR AT DEALERSHIPS 4HE VERY FACT THAT IT IS INCHES SAYS A LOT SLAP BANG BETWEEN THE INCH 4WIN #AM AND 6ICTORY S INCH &REEDOM RATHER THAN BIGGER FOR THE SAKE OF BEING BIGGER !ND THEN THERE S THE MATTER OF HOW IT LOOKS LIKE AN %XPORT 4RIUMPH SHOULD LOOK )T ALL BEGS THE QUESTION HOW DOES IT GO !ND ANOTHER ONE IF THERE WERE A "RITISH MADE BIKE WITH THE STYLE GRUNT CLASS AND CHARACTER OF A (ARLEY WOULD YOU BUY IT

'UESS WHAT 7E RE GOING TO FIND OUT HOW CLOSE THEY S COME NEXT ISSUE PUTTING IT THROUGH ITS PACES ALONGSIDE A (ARLEY AND A 6ICTORY THIS ISN T SO MUCH A NEWS STORY AS REASSURANCE THAT WHILE THERE COULD WELL BE A 4RIUMPH ON NEXT ISSUE S COVER IT S PURELY TO SEE HOW IT MEASURES UP IN THE CONTEXT OF !MERICA S FINEST WWW TRIUMPHTHUNDERBIRDCRUISER COM

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YOU COULDN T TAKE IT SERIOUSLY COULD YOU ) SUPPOSE IT WAS INEVITABLE THAT ONE OF THE BIG FOUR WOULD ATTEMPT TO DO SOMETHING WITH THEIR BIG CRUISER ENGINE

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WE WON T BE COVERING IT YOU VE GOT TO DRAW THE LINE SOMEWHERE "RITISH PARALLEL TWINS ARE ONE THING BUT A (ONDA !PPARENTLY YOU MEET THE NICEST PEOPLE ON THEM BUT ) M NOT CONVINCED &OR THE RECORD THE &URY IS A CC DEGREE 3/(# LIQUID COOLED AND LONG STROKE VALVE TWIN PLUG V TWIN X MM RUNS A SPEED GEARBOX

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(ANDS UP ALL THOSE WHO BOUGHT A (ARLEY JUST TO NIP ROUND THE BLOCK EVERY NOW AND AGAIN /KAY WHILE HE S OFF PLAYING WITH HIMSELF NO NOT LIKE THAT THE REST OF YOU WILL KNOW THE BENEFITS OF EVEN A MODEST LITTLE RACK TO STICK A PAIR OF WATERPROOFS DOSSBAG OR TENT AND THESE COULD BE RIGHT UP YOUR STREET !VAILABLE IN TWO BASIC FORMS THERE ARE VERSIONS TO FIT MOST BIKES FROM ON THEY USE THE REAR SEAT BOLT AND THE LICENSE PLATE BRACKET SO DON T INTERFERE WITH THE FENDER STRUTS LEAVING THEM CLEAR FOR PANNIER AND THE LIKES :OD :OD :OD :OD

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4HE WORLD HAS MOVED ON SINCE SHADES FOR BIKERS WERE A PAIR OF 2AY "ANS AT THE MONIED END OF THE MARKET AND CHEAP WRAPROUNDS FOR THE REST OF US !S A RESULT THERE S A MASSIVE ARRAY OF SHADES MOST CLAIMING TO BE BULLETPROOF WITH SCRATCH RESISTANT LENSES IN NEAR INDESTRUCTIBLE FRAMES AND WITH A RANGE OF INTERCHANGEABLE LENSES THAT WOULD ALLOW THE MOST FICKLE FASHION VICTIM TO CHANGE THEIR LOOK MORE FREQUENTLY THAN THEIR RINGTONE 4HE REASON WHY 2AY "ANS WERE HELD IN SUCH HIGH REGARD WAS THEIR OPTICAL CORRECTNESS WITH A PATENTED GREEN MINERAL GLASS LENS THEY WERE DESIGNED TO PROTECT THE EYES OF AVIATORS ABOVE THE CLOUDS WERE ISSUED TO 53 FIGHTER PILOTS WHERE THEY CAME TO THE ATTENTION OF MANY BUT IT WAS THE MOVIES THAT POPULARISED THEM THINK $IRTY (ARRY %ASY 2IDER AND THE "LUES "ROTHERS /PTICAL CORRECTNESS IS RIDICULOUSLY IMPORTANT ON A MOTORCYCLE BECAUSE IT ALLOWS YOU TO ACCURATELY GAUGE SPEED AND DISTANCE WITHOUT HAVING TO THINK ABOUT IT AND IT WAS ONLY WHEN OPTICALLY CORRECT POLYCARBONATE WAS READILY AVAILABLE THAT FASHIONS CHANGED -ODERN DAY POLYCARBONATE LENSES HAVE AN ADVANTAGE OVER MINERAL GLASS IN THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO WITHSTAND MASSIVE DIRECT OR GLANCING BLOWS WITHOUT SHATTERING OR CRACKING WHICH IS A LOT MORE IMPORTANT ON A MOTORCYCLE THAN INSIDE AN AEROPLANE S CLOSED COCKPIT BULLETPROOF MIGHT NOT BE THAT IMPORTANT "UT BEING ABLE TO WITHSTAND A STONE CHIP OR LARGE BUG CERTAINLY IS 4INTS AREN T ESPECIALLY NEW WE VE HAD YELLOW @DRIVING GLASSES FOR YEARS AND THE LENSES IN &ONDA S SUNGLASSES IN %ASY 2IDER COULD POSSIBLY BE AN INCREASED VISIBILITY DRIVING LENS 4HEY WERE PROBABLY DISMISSED AT THE TIME AS BEING HIPPY SHADES BUT ANYONE WHO S RIDDEN WEARING YELLOW LENSES WILL KNOW BETTER

4HE BIG NEW THING HOWEVER IS THE ABILITY TO CARRY ONE PAIR OF SUNGLASSES AND A WIDE VARIETY OF DIFFERENT LENSES TO MEET DIFFERENT LIGHTING CONDITIONS DARK FOR WHEN IT S SUNNY CLEAR FOR NIGHT RIDING WHEN YOU JUST WANT STONE CHIP PROTECTION AND VARYING HUES FOR ALL POINTS IN BETWEEN )T S A VAST IMPROVEMENT OVER WEARING SUNGLASSES AT NIGHT OR STRUGGLING WITH CLEAR GOGGLES RIDING INTO A LOW BRIGHT SUN AS EVENING FALLS n AND THEY ARE MUCH BETTER THAN WEARING NOTHING WHICH IS ACTUALLY ILLEGAL IN SOME 53 3TATES 7HICH IS WHERE THESE "RITISH MADE 3UNWISE h7INDRUSHv SUNGLASSES COME IN ALL COMPETITORS AT 4HUNDERSPRINT WERE GIVEN A PAIR TO TRY AND THE CATALOGUE LOOKED INTERESTING SO ) FOLLOWED IT UP 4HEY OFFER A GOOD RANGE OF FRAMES AND EIGHT DIFFERENT REGULAR LENSES INCLUDING THE POLARISED PHOTOCHROMIC h7ATERLOOv

THE LENSES FROM WHICH HAPPEN TO FIT THE 7INDRUSH FRAMES AND ) VE BEEN PUTTING THEM THROUGH THEIR PACES EVER SINCE )T HAS TO BE SAID EARLY ON THAT 3UNWISE DIDN T ANTICIPATE THEIR USE IN CONJUNCTION WITH AN OPEN FACE HELMET WHICH IS WHY THEY DON T OFFER A PAIR WITH A FOAM BACK TO KEEP THE WIND OUT BUT YOU CAN WEAR THEM AS SUNGLASSES MUCH LESS SELF CONSCIOUSLY AND SPEAKING AS ONE WHOSE EYES STREAM AT SPEED ) VE GOT USED TO THEM AND HAVE RACKED UP A GOOD FEW THOUSAND MILES WEARING THEM 6ERY SLIM IN THE ARMS THEY SLIP INSIDE A HELMET n EVEN ONE AS TIGHT FITTING AS A $AVIDA *ET n WITH EASE AND WITHOUT DIGGING IN TO THE SIDE OF YOUR HEAD OVER TIME SO IT PASSED THE FIRST TEST ) VE SYSTEMATICALLY WORKED THROUGH ALL THE LENSES NOW n HAVING HAD OCCASION TO USE ALL n AND THE BENEFITS ARE VERY REAL

ALTHOUGH THE POLARISED LENSES SHOWED UP AN UNEXPECTED ISSUE #RITICALLY THE LENSES ARE OPTICALLY PERFECT WHICH MAKES IT EASY TO RECOMMEND THEM THEY ARE ALSO VERY EASY TO CHANGE ONCE YOU VE REALISED YOU RE NOT GOING TO SNAP THE FRAMES

AND THERE S NO HINT OF SCRATCHING ON THE LENSES DESPITE RIDING THROUGH ALL WEATHERS WHETHER WIPING THEM WITH GLOVED HANDS OR TISSUE $ESPITE A WIDE RANGE OF ALTERNATIVES

) SPENT MOST OF MY TIME SWITCHING BETWEEN YELLOW AND THE hDARK SMOKE MIRRORv WHICH COVERED MOST USES ) DIDN T REFIT THE CLEAR LENSES HAVING TRIED THEM ONCE BECAUSE THE YELLOW LENS TONES DOWN THE LIGHT FROM APPROACHING HEADLAMPS WITHOUT REDUCING VISIBILITY AND THE BLUE LENSES WERE MORE A FASHION STATEMENT THAN A PRACTICAL OPTION ) ANTICIPATED MAKING MORE USE OF THE POLARISED PHOTOCHROMIC LENSES WHICH WOULD HAVE COVERED MID TO DARK TINTS

BUT THEY DON T WORK WELL WITH ,#$ DISPLAYS n EITHER THE MODERN DASHBOARD ON THE 6ICTORY 6ISION OR IRRITATINGLY

THE SCREEN ON THE BACK OF MY CAMERA TURN IT THROUGH NINETY DEGREES AND ANY DISPLAYED IMAGE DISAPPEARS ) THOUGHT THE CAMERA HAD DEVELOPED A FAULT "UT THEY HAVE CAME THROUGH WITH A CLEAN BILL OF HEALTH n AS DID THE @0ETITE PAIR THAT !MANDA WAS TRYING SHE HAS DIFFICULTY IN GETTING SUNGLASSES AND HELMETS BECAUSE SHE HAS A VERY SMALL HEAD /N TOP OF THAT THEY ARE COMFORTABLE AND STYLISH ENOUGH TO WEAR AS REGULAR SUNGLASSES WHICH YOU CAN T ALWAYS SAY ABOUT THE WINDPROOF ONES 3EE WWW MOTOCOMP COM FOR FULL DETAILS OR RING

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A BOOK TO FUEL IT )AN -UTCH )3". )NTREPID TRAVELLER AND RACONTEUR )AN -UTCH S UMPTEENTH CONTRIBUTION TO THE LITERARY WORLD IS A PILGRIMAGE TO THE PLACE WHERE LONG TIME FRIEND AND FELLOW RIDERS RIGHT

2IDING ON THE %DGE ! MOTORCYCLE OUTLAW S TALE *OHN (ALL )3".

4HIS IS A STRANGE ONE DEPENDING ON YOUR VIEW OF @STRANGE ! VERY COMPELLING PLAUSIBLE AND NOT OVER ROMANTICISED ACCOUNT OF A WORLD THAT MOST OF US WILL ONLY EVER SEE FROM THE OUTSIDE IT DEALS WITH THE LIFE OF AN !MERICAN PATCH CLUB MEMBER IN THE LATE SIXTIES TOLD IN RETROSPECT WITH AN ASTONISHING AMOUNT OF DETAIL THAT SUGGESTS EITHER A COMPREHENSIVE DIARY OR ELSE A LOT OF ARTISTIC LICENSE 4AKEN AT FACE VALUE IT IS A FASCINATING INSIGHT NOT ONLY INTO THE WHOLE BIKE CLUB SCENE BUT INTO THE POST INDUSTRIAL BLUE COLLAR EAST COAST OF !MERICA THAT HAD BEEN BUILT ON COAL AND STEEL AND ITS CULTURAL ORIGINS SINCE THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY $UTCH AND 'ERMAN MIGRATION WHICH CAN MAKE YOU SEE THE 53!

IN A VERY DIFFERENT LIGHT 4HE ONLY THING THAT UPSETS THE APPLE CART IS WHEN YOU LOOK ON LINE TO SEE IF THERE IS ANYTHING TO SUBSTANTIATE ANY OF THE EVENTS DATES AND TIMES AT WHICH POINT YOU FIND THAT THE CLUB n THE 0AGANS n OFFICIALLY DISTANCE THEMSELVES FROM THE AUTHOR AND THE BOOK AND WHILE THEY BEGRUDGINGLY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT SOME OF THE NAMES ARE GENUINE THE IMPLICATION IS THAT THEY HAVE BEEN MISAPPROPRIATED BY *OHN (ALL FOR HIS OWN PURPOSES ) HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE REALITY OF THE SITUATION IS HAVING NOT MET (ALL OR ANY MEMBER OF THE 0AGANS BUT THEN ) TEND TO TAKE ANY BOOK LIKE THIS WITH A PINCH OF SALT

CAMPAIGNER 3IMON -ILWARD WAS KILLED IN A ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENT IN 3IMON HAD BEEN NEARING THE END OF A FIVE YEAR ODYSSEY WHICH HAD STARTED AS AN EIGHTEEN MONTH @SEE THE WORLD EXPEDITION BUT WHICH TURNED INTO A SPIRITUAL DISCOVERY RAISING DOLLARS FOR THE h(EALTH FOR !LLv A CHARITY BASED IN )NDONESIA THAT HE CO FOUNDED AND WHICH DELIVERS PRIMARY HEALTHCARE FOR PEOPLE 3ETTING OFF IN THE COMPANY OF MORE SUITABLY MOUNTED COMPANIONS -UTCH HARNESSED EVERY OUNCE OF HIS LEGENDARY BLOODY MINDEDNESS AND DETERMINATION TO PILOT HIS &8$# 3UPERGLIDE #USTOM THROUGH -OROCCO AND SUB 3AHARAN !FRICA AND NEVER ONCE WONDERED WHY HE HADN T CALLED IN AS MANY FAVOURS AS POSSIBLE TO SECURE A "UELL 5LYSSES FOR THE ADVENTURE BUT THEN HE S ONLY GOT LITTLE LEGS WHICH RULES OUT ANYTHING WITH THE PREREQUISITE GROUND CLEARANCE TO DEAL WITH THE TERRAIN !ND AS IF THAT WASN T ENOUGH HE DID THE WHOLE JOURNEY HOPPING FROM #YBER #AFÏ TO 7I &I HOTSPOT TO PRODUCE h4HE 2OADv THE -!' MEMBERS MAGAZINE EN ROUTE 9OU CAN T FAULT THE MAN FOR HIS TENACITY OR RESOURCEFULNESS ALTHOUGH YOU MIGHT QUESTION HIS SANITY 4HE ADVENTURE WINDS THROUGH PAGES OF TORTUOUSLY DESCRIPTIVE PROSE LITTERED WITH A WIDE SELECTION OF IMAGES THAT FELL FOUL OF THE PRODUCTION PROCESS OR THE PAPER IT WAS PRINTED ON OR BOTH n YOU RE ADVISED TO GET HIM TO SEND YOU A LINK TO THE DIGITAL IMAGES ON LINE SO THAT YOU CAN SEE THEM CLEARLY AND IN COLOUR TO SEE THEM AT THEIR BEST -ARVEL AT THE SOPHISTICATION OF THIRD WORLD BORDER CROSSINGS DELIGHT AT THE TRIBULATIONS OF A BLOKE ON A WHOLLY INAPPROPRIATE MOTORCYCLE

TRAVERSING TERRAIN THAT MOST #HELSEA TRACTORS WOULD BAULK AT AND COME AWAY WITH A NEW RESPECT FOR THE RESILIENCE OF .ORTH ,ONDON -AN AND -ILWAUKEE ENGINEERING )F YOU VE EVER BEEN LEAD DOWN A BLIND ALLEY

BY YOUR 3AT.AV THERE A DOUBLE DOSE OF SCHADENFREUDE TO REMIND YOU THAT IT COULD BE WORSE COUNTERED BY OFT TIMES MOVING ACCOUNTS OF WHAT IT S LIKE TO LOOK THE THIRD WORLD IN THE EYE WITHOUT THE ANTISEPTIC BARRIER OF A ONE EYED GOD IN THE CORNER OF YOUR LIVING ROOM TO PROTECT YOU )F YOU VE EVER CONSIDERED SUCH A JOURNEY YOURSELF THIS BOOK WILL EITHER FURTHER ENCOURAGE THAT OR ELSE SHOW YOU THE ERROR OF YOUR WAYS %ITHER WAY IT S WORTH REMEMBERING THAT -UTCH HAS MANY INTERCONTINENTAL MILES IN INHOSPITABLE PLACES UNDER HIS BELT n SOME SAY IN SEARCH OF THE EDITOR OF A WELL KNOWN CUSTOM MOTORCYCLE MAGAZINE OTHERS THAT HE S LOOKING FOR SOMEONE WHO HASN T HEARD HIS GRISLY TALE OF 3HORTY AND A GAS MASK 4HAT HE GOT THERE AND BACK IS LITTLE SHORT OF MIRACULOUS AND GIVES SOME CREDENCE TO -UTCH S SIMPLISTIC SELF PRESERVATION MANTRA OF hGENTLY "ENTLEYv WHICH IS REPRODUCED HERE AS A COUNTER TO THE )!- S MORE STRUCTURED APPROACH $ON T TRUST SAFETY CLOTHING DON T TALK TO STRANGE MEN IN KNEE SLIDERS NEVER USE A MOTORCYCLE IF YOU RE IN A HURRY REMEMBER YOU RE INVISIBLE AND IF IT RAINS BOOK INTO A HOTEL UNTIL IT STOPS ) WOULD ADD A SIXTH SELECT A BIKE APPROPRIATE TO THE CHALLENGE 'OTTA GO ) M MEETING HIM FOR A GAME OF POOL ) UNDERSTAND HE LL BE BRINGING A BAT #HEQUES FOR a a P P PAYABLE TO ) -UTCH AT 0/ "OX ,ONDON % (& OR 4EL

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#HRISTMAS !LREADY $ON T PANIC IT S A STRANGE CONCEPT ) KNOW BUT WE RE ACTUALLY AHEAD OF THE GAME FOR A CHANGE -OTORBOOKS CALENDARS ARE TYPICALLY SIXTEEN MONTH AFFAIRS SO THEY PUNT THEM OUT EARLY AND WE USUALLY SIT ON THEM UNTIL #HRISTMAS !HEM "UT NOT THIS YEAR 'RANTED THE FIRST FOUR MONTHS n 3EPTEMBER TO $ECEMBER OF THIS YEAR n SHARE A SINGLE PAGE BUT THAT S NOT THE POINT 4HE /FFICIAL !RCHIVE #OLLECTION CALENDAR HAS THE REGULATION TWELVE MONTHS BUT IT D GET LONELY IF IT WAS ON A SHELF BY ITSELF

AND AS A HARDER SELL n MORE SPECIALIST n IT MIGHT NEED TO GET MORE MOMENTUM GOING !LL CALENDARS ARE AVAILABLE AT SPECIAL PRICES TO READERS OF !MERICAN 6 SAVING a OFF THE 220 BY RINGING 'RANTHAM "OOK 3ERVICES '"3 ON AND QUOTING THE '"3 REF GIVEN

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