Category: Nige’s LEJoG 2025

Recent work completed – mainly stripping off more and more parts of the bike! And in typical fashion, at least half of the fixings are rusted stuck, but attached to plastic so unable to use heat to ‘assist’, a perfect example is the rear ‘mud guard’ or undertray, it only has three fixings holding it…

Over 1000 miles in one day! Am I crazy? Many would say yes I am. I have done a lot of touring in my time, I did the NC500 from Manchester and back in 5 days, I recently rode the entire island of Tenerife and over mount Teide in a day. But this is something…

Quite a lot has happened recently. I have managed to get quite a lot of the jobs done that were starting to annoy me, such as removing the under tray (all of the bolts required drilling or cutting out), wiring the head lights in, some smaller parts power coated ready to be refitted once the…

Pinlock, everyone knows who pinlock are and what they do. I have used them for as long as I have had anything other than a fisher price helmet. Well I reached out to them and they supplied me with a pinlock. However more than that, they included a t-shirt and snood, but for me, the…

MSG bike gear, have supported me with this challenge. It is no secret I am a fan of budget but quality riding gear. I have reviewed the MIDA MV-3 and genuinely I am looking forward to the longest day challenge using this helmet. I am genuinely overwhelmed with the amazing support from everyone. Nige has…

Whilst I was in Tenerife, a few supply parcels were delivered. I plan to show you all what generosity has been gifted to me in this project. The first one that I opened was from SMD automotive. I have used SMD in the past for lights on cars and vans. They have sent me all…

I had a weeks holiday in Tenerife, so not much has really happened since the last update. I did order some wheel bearings whilst I was away, and upon return there were a couple of parcels delivered, SMD automotive sent me out the bulbs I needed for the bike and HiFlo sent a set of…

A day of electrical gremlin fixing, all the electrics are now doing as they should (or so we think), the headlight bracket is still not even a design, I don’t know if I am just getting side tracked or if it is just there is that much that actually needs working on with this bike!…

Yesterday was a busy day, having to move bikes around to get one onto the ramp can be a nightmare. Anyway, Dan and myself managed to get the challenge bike onto the ramp and up in the air. The top yoke and handlebar mount has been sand blasted and powder coated thanks to Ant and…

So now the bike has been chosen, what does the GS actually need? So the bike actually has MOT until August (which is a bit of a blessing to be honest), but it is running rough. The pet cock (which is an automatic type) is just pouring fuel into the carbs, the frame has been…