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Hi Dogs I bought a new 1200 GS in early 2009 and much fuss was made over the LED indicators which I think are pretty neat. They are compact and very bright and arguably less susceptible to damage. Of late however I see the new models have reverted to the large (presumably) filament indicators...

Hi All Three mates and myself are going up to Lake Malawi by bike (3x1200's and 1x990) next week travelling tar most of the way. My mates are all with Discovery and have complete cover including evacuation for the trip. Moi, I'm with Genesis who don't cover anything outside RSA borders. So I...

The wife and kids decided to hop to Gauteng for a weekend sports event. I had work obligations. “Ag shame!” they all cried, “you’ll be all on your own with nothing to do” Not…… I packed the panniers Friday afternoon with plans already in place. None of the riding mates could make it, but that...

I have a set of Trax aluminium panniers which are great, but like all alu panniers they leave metal oxidation dust on your stuff bouncing around inside. So you can either go out and buy those (expensive) bags that fit in the panniers, or you can line the panniers with carpet. (in my case...

I have a set of Trax aluminium panniers which are great, but like all alu panniers they leave metal oxidation dust on your stuff bouncing around inside. So you can either go out and buy those (expensive) bags that fit in the panniers, or you can line the panniers with carpet. (in my case...

I have a 1200GS with the tyre pressure monitors-it seems that somehow the tyre valves are not the same as the standard car valve. Since it's difficult to pump the tyres at the garage (because of the long handle on the attachment thingie)I bought a right-angled adapter, which works fine on my...

Howzit all As a returnee to the sport (art?) of motorcycling it's great to be back! It's more than a few years (ok,ok about 20 then) since my old Honda XT250 Motosport student bike was waved goodbye to after many lekker miles and times (excluding the crash with the local fire brigade, but...