Archive for August, 2023

N-Com B601R Bluetooth headset

Despite my Captain Cheap Charlie Bluetooth headset working fine I splashed out on a genuine Nolan helmet headset. The reason is comfort. My Aliexpress bluetooth headset when installed to my Nolan N70 helmet was not a good fit. Nolan helmets are all designed to have a Nolan N-com headset installed. […]

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Garmin XT2 – what a piece of shit

On my USA tour I got to use the new Goldwing navigator and realised again my navigation setup was dated. Besides my ill fated look at Apple Car Play (which stopped working after one tour) I have been using a 2009 Garmin Nuvi 765 as my navigator outside of Japan […]

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Merlin Shenstone gloves review

After my bad luck with the Dryrider Stealth gloves I bought whilst on my Kaputa tour I ordered what I hoped would be much better quality summer gloves. I searched to try find any stock of the Rough and Road Coolmax lined summer gloves I previously owned but were lost […]

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7 days with the new Honda Goldwing.

I like bikes in the tourer category but there are very few left due to everyone jumping on the ADV bike craze. I’ve looked at the BMW K1600 series but it’s said the cost of valve checks will bankrupt you. I was never a fan of BMW’s boxer engine so […]

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