Classic Motorcycle Mechanics

Winter tales and YL1

The winter weather brings its own challenges when riding a motorcycle with ice, wet leaves and muddy country roads, but my trusty Honda ST1100 Pan European is a great motorcycle for all-year-round riding and especially good at keeping me warm and relatively dry behind its large fairing and tall screen.

When I’m riding I constantly think about what could happen at every bend and even down the straights with deer, rabbits and birds often making a dash across the road in front of me on my 75-mile country lane commute. Then the other day I felt a sharp bump through the seat halfway through a bend and I went into an immediate back

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