Chris Cope
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Astride the fire-driven dandy horse!
The proper way to treat a Harley. Ever have one of those moments when you feel you’ve been particularly clever? “Ho, ho. Good one, me,” you say to yourself approvingly. “You really are the epitome of wit.” Then you spend the rest of the day continuing to congratulate yourself and feeling slightly despondent that more…
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What I want: Motus MST (MSTR)
Motus MST I feel a little uncomfortable putting the Motus MST into the What I Want category because it lacks a key feature that is a priority for any bike I would consider spending my money on: anti-lock brakes. But, hey, we’re dealing more with the theoretical here than the practical. There are a whole…
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Winter’s coming. What do I do?
The bike has been sitting in its little spot beneath a cover for about a week now. The last time I rode, it was just a collection of very short jaunts –– from the house to work, work to the city centre, city centre to Cardiff University, the university to home. That’s less than 11…
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Journey to Middle Earth
A 250-mile motorcycle road trip through Wales
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What I want: Suzuki V-Strom 1000
2014 Suzuki DL1000 V-Strom Is this the first Suzuki I’ve put on the What I Want list? Golly, I’m pretty sure it is. I wonder what that says about Suzuki? Nope. Wait, no. There was that minute or two back before I started riding when I was subscribing to the Start With A 250 school…
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Always learning
It’s been relatively quiet on the motorcycle front lately. I’ve been working more and have been really struggling to get things done that are important to me, i.e., write. The knock-on effect is that I don’t find myself too often going anywhere other than work. And, as I mentioned in my previous post, I prefer…
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Bicycles are not the enemy
Motorcyclists sometimes get angry at cyclists. They’re focusing on the wrong thing
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Motorcycle race
In a recent post I mentioned the fact that one of the reasons I like wearing a full-face helmet is that there’s no particularly good way to tell who I am. That is to say, unless you are close enough to peer through my legally-required-to-be-clear visor, you can’t really tell what type of who I…