FROM THE MIGHTY MISSISSIPPI TO THE GOLD COAST!
Part One – Dean's story It was the Summer of 1982 in a small mid-western town on the banks of mighty Mississippi River. I had recently...
What's stopping you?
Bespoke Motorcycles recently serviced and tuned a very tidy Triumph 1050 Speed Triple which had just been acquired by the new owner. One...
Shiny, but wrong!
Bespoke Motorcycles has recently been entrusted to service and tune a beautiful CB 500/4 Honda which was brought over from the USA. The...
Cush drives need love too!
For those not sure, the Cush Drive (Cush meaning Cushion) is basically a shock absorber for the chain and lives in the rear wheel where...
Conquering the Himalaya(s) Part 5 - 2,500km Service and a Dead Battery
The bike has now travelled just over 2,500km and the engine feels at peace and, with the tuning adjustments to date, much smoother and...
Conquering the Himalaya(s) Part 4 - Needle jet
Now that the idle mixture screw is responding correctly and with the idle mixture set, it’s time to move onto the mid-range mixture which...
Himalaya 500km first service
500km has now come and gone and, as the book required, it was first service time. A bit of a non-event in this case as I had done most of...
Conquering the Himalaya(s) Part 3 – Pilot jet
As I mentioned in Part 2, having filled the bike with Shell V Power and feeling much better about the bike's potential, I found that when...
Royal Enfield Himalayan - Part 2 What a difference $3.45 makes…
A few more kilometres on the Himalayan and I remain more than a little concerned with the extreme lean harshness to the engine and...
Royal Enfield Himalayan - A long-term project bike
Earlier this week we took delivery of a 2017 Royal Enfield Himalayan, an entirely new motorcycle concept from one of the world’s oldest...