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The condition will depend on the oxygen/chemical content of the muddy water, hopefully they can be recovered, as there are too few of these iconic planes left.

You can give any bike the cafe racer style, the only difference is the level of work involved, the best frames for cafe racers usually have a flat seat base and upper frame. The obvious things that you can do to this bike are to cut off the rear section of the frame, just after the shocks, and...

On badly pitted chrome I used to use Brillo pads (wire wool impregnated with carbolic soap) then follow up with Autosol, for alloy parts Marine Autosol is fairly good (has abrasive particles in it). Autosol leaves a protective coating and wax polishing can remove it, so unless you live in a very...

There's no reason you can't do both, easy bikes to strip down and the engine is easy enough to lift out by yourself, these early Honda's were quicker than the ones that came later, it will certainly be quick enough around the country roads, good luck.

Along with scanning, try to avoid sitting in the same position of the road for any length of time as you can become invisible to drivers, constantly changing your position, lane changing, speeding up and slowing down may annoy drivers, but they know your there. Take an advanced rider course, you...

Most deaths in the west are linked to high blood pressure, riding de-stresses you and demands a certain level of fitness (depending on how/what you ride), so it could actually save your life, just enjoy, and treat every other road user as a complete moron.

I own a woodland campsite in central France, we try to be as sustainable as possible without reducing comfort, guests stay in tipis which sit on platforms, keeps them aired and prevents unwelcome guests sliding in. The season is from May to September, the rest of the year is spent restoring our...

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Looks the same as the one fitted to my beemer, I got mine from Facs Moto, but there are guys here that make similar styles, take a look at the ads at the side, Roc City I think.

Hi from the limousin, also cold with snow here in central France, the bike is in the garage for the winter, roads around here can be deadly this time of year as many are tree lined and the trees block the winter sun from the road surface, this time last year I wrote the car off on black ice, so...

A mate of mine was in the legion for a couple of years, he was previously in the British paras but after a year of civilian life realised he missed the life, he said for him the hardest part of life in the legion was the French lessons, most members these days are French. Why the Legion, is he...

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Good luck, those GS's are great bikes.

Where it's made is more important to me than who owns it, I'd rather buy from a Japanese owned company making stuff in my own country than buy from a British/European company based in the far east, it's better for local jobs, taxes and the environment. In the US buying a Honda Goldwing must be...