Rear pads

After only 7,000 miles

Sportster off the road....

No riding this week, the first week for months, while cleaning the other day seen the rear pads are down to the discs, only 7,000 miles, got new ones this weekend so weather permitting, back on the road next week, ...

Attempt at repaint Full face helmet

Seeing as winter is well and truly here, decided to repaint a old helmet I got from Lidl a few years ago, it's the only full face I own... so stage one masked up.

Winter Arrives...or Maybe Not

After the last few weeks of very mild weather for November sometimes still 9°C at night, the weather turned this morning right down to 3°C, big shock, first day wearing the thermal leggings under the jeans but not too cold to use winter gloves......
Oh jeez weather has gone mad, back to 11° C today this is seriously very strange...
Started some winter work on the bikes, getting used to the cold out in the garage now..!!

High Winds Wild Rides...

Not posted for a while, think it;s just the shock of winter here already again, been pretty wet wild, and windy, still finding it hard to get out in the garage in this weather but getting used to it, only eight weeks and the days start getting longer....!!!
Been cracking on with the Sturgis getting there looking better every week...take a look here
The Sturgis Project

Winter 2011/12 has Arrived

Well seems that winter has landed with a passion, havent ridden the bike for five days now, high winds and driving rain and hail, even a early power cut here already,

Hope it inst the start of a predicted severe winter.......???

Just a nice photo...

How can you not like this bike.

New Rear Tyre

Fitted a new rear Venom X, the front is holding up well, no need to change yet.
removed and fitted rear wheel myself this time easy job.
Them Venom are an A1 tyre.. well pleased.
Done 11,000 on the last one..

New Tyre + pads

Took the rear wheel off but can't get a new tyre till Thursday, so no bike for a couple of day's ya can bet yer life i'ts gonna be cracking weather, also found rear pads worn "already" only got 5,600 miles out of them, last ones lasted 18,000 miles, will have to look into it maybe they are binding...

Biker Mass in Inishowen Donegal

A Biker Mass for the Fallen, at St Aengus Church, Burt, Inishowen

Me outside the house....

Another rare photo of me waving a Livi my granddaughter ....

Next Generation Bikers

The Grand kids Bikers to be, well maybe

So lucky ....

Hard work, keeping "The Sportster" clean in this shite damp summer, and restoring "The Sturgis" at night.... BUT I LOVE IT..

Naked sturgis

End of year Total Mileage

Well today is two years since I got the Sportster, since this time last year I clocked 8,117 miles, not bad considering the winter we had, snowed/iced in for nearly two months...
Looking forward to the next full year.... January to January so done 5,230 miles so far, hopefully beat my last one.

Roaring Meg Custom Bike Show Derry July 30, 2011

New bike for the Stables 1991 FXDB-S Sturgis

Picked up the Sturgis today needs lots of work

91 FXDB-S Sturgis

Ok the last few weeks weather wise have been just fecking crap, the only good thing that has come out of it is I have acquired a 91 Dyna Sturgis a great bike, a very good friend has made this possible.

Within two years I have realised my dream of owning a Harley, to now owning two..... Just a Triumph and the stables will be complete, never happy hey,  more photo's to follow.

Belfast Harley Davidson

Nice ride down, or up to get a new oil switch, Glenshane Pass was great normally bad to ride through, first time riding it and no snow, fog, or rain.

Stable Blanket

Not a lot been done as in miles on the road, the weather has been as they say changeable, but is getting warmer, so cant complain just instead of cold rain it is warm rain, anyhow pic of
"The Morgster" in the stables with her Dave Mann cover on....

Moville Classic Tractor & Car Show

Went fer a ride out today, yea I know not a biker show but hey who cares, stopped at the entrance where Tractors were going in and asked how much to go in, the guy at the gate said are you showing your Harley , Err I said yes he said follow the tractors in and no charge....!!!





(Great to be riding a John Deere "Harley") me Grandad had a tractor the same as this probably the first vehicle I ever drove, apart from an uncles Ford Anglia., now that shows how auld I am.

Rory Gallagher Festival

Well went down to RGF on the Friday what a fecking great ride down 100 mile just wearing leather waistcoat and t shirt the weather was cracking, yea I know you ATGATT folk will be shaking at the thought of it, but I know the rules I take my chance.
Bit disappointed not many bikers there was led to believe by mates that there was previous years.

After a night of serious cider drinking and a very cold uncomfortable night in a two man ten, which may I add was made in China obviously for Two wee Chinese Men, not a very larger biker, I decided to go home.



First and Last Year at
"The Rory Gallagher Festival"

No Killarney, Change of plan....!!!!

Well not off to Killarney Bike Fest as much as I would like but funds are not good, so Rory Gallagher Festival Ballyshannon, Co, Donegal instead, Gallagher dont do nuffin fer me, to be honest it's SHITE, well good ride out on the bike, it does attract a few bikers, so, CIDER, TENT, JUNK FOOD, maybe Wimmin, fer the next two days, photo's to follow.....

Still Fucking rain, wind rain, wind

After my most miles in one month a while back the past few weeks have been the lowest out of winter months, Week and a half later nothing but wind and rain, the odd spot of clear to get a dry run out, but crap weather, the ash trees and hedges are burned with the wind, weather people, who get paid far too much money fer the job they do say we are gonna have a really hot summer, we will see......

Will it ever Feckin stop....??

We had the driest April since records began, now seems we are having the coldest and most wet May..???
Ya cant plan a decent ride out or even take a chance ride into town, went today, sun, blue sky when left the house showered on the way home, SOAKED.
Sun, Clear, Shower, over and over ALL FECKING DAY AND NIGHT, EVERY DAY  err and night....!!!

Sun and Storm

Nice and Sunny outside the garage, but one hell of a storm five minutes after this...!!

Great day ride out.

Today was one of them days I didn't plan a ride out but decided on one, and turned out to be great just a slow wee cruise around 40 KPH well most of the time, no traffic "easy like Sunday morning", just really good fer the soul......

1,409 miles in a month

Done my highest mileage in one month 1,409 miles and only April / May the weather has been great.
And the Morgster is running as good as the day I got her in fact she is running far better, the older she gets the better she gets, hope I have many more miles yet, Killarney the end of the month, 4th June weekend should be a bigger mileage record for me, I calculate maybe 800 miles just the weekend, if I don't go down to Cork.

Cleaning Session - three weeks no rain...

No rain for three weeks, (Driest April since records began) well about a ten minute down pour but that was it, decided to give the Sportster a good clean, a couple of hours on the engine, and a bit of elbow grease, don't look too bad...!!!

Garage Full of Sportsters

Mine and a mates project 91 Sportster...

Sunday ride out The Hills of Donegal

Google Maps, loc: 54.88985339,-7.96110682

Greencastle Ferry

Normally on the ferry in the background.

Garage Heaven

Sun beaming through garage doors, cleaning bike and sipping cider, listening to ZZ Top Trez Hombres on CD why can't all days be like this...

Cracking day pics say it all......!!

20,000 miles

Speedo flipped 20,000 mile today a lot of bikers would see it as a bad thing for resale value, but seeing as I have no intentions of selling I think it's great, next stop 30,000.

Just under four weeks ago we had snow..... !!

20,000 mile service

Cant believe I'm doing a 20,000 mile service on the bike, I can remember waiting with impatience for the bike to be delivered well over a year and a half ago August 11th 2009 with 9,500 miles. now I have done nearly 10,500 mile on her, and have enjoyed every single mile, she is running better than when I got her and  the next 10,000 and 20,000 will I'm sure be as good we have a lot of places to go and visit .

Great day

I really cant understand why folk don't ride motorcycles, if only they knew what they are missing....

March Madness- Sun blue Sky 17C

I hope today is a reflection of how the summer is going to pan out the morning started out with blue sky and sun but a heavy sea fog drifted in, I took a ride over the mountain road above the fog, down the other side it had cleared so carried on to Buncrana and into Northern Ireland, rode through Derry and on towards Greysteel and Ballykelly, briefly stopping at Crindle near Limavady, then carried on the coast road and caught the ferry back into Inishowen where I met the sea fog again, the ferry was surreal blowing its horn every few minutes, by the time it reached Greencastle it was back to blue sky and sun for a warm ride back towards home. "great pre summer ride out"

What a Cracking Day in God's Country

The photo's say it all.... Malin Head, Co. Donegal, Ireland

Snot in breather tube

Finally got round to taking the backplate of, but in doing found a shed load of puss in the breather tubes, more than last time.

Snow in March.....!!!

what the feck is going on, today's planned ride out is cancelled.

Dublin Bike Show

5:00am setting to drive down to Dublin for the bike show, gonna be a long day.
didn't leave the house till nearly six the fog and weather was bad. Three hour drive there two hours at show and three hours drive home, would love to have done it on the bike, Maech is to un-predictable weather wise for such a long ride this time of year.

A few of the best bikes, well in my opinion Sorry for the quality, had a bad camera day...!!

Spring Finally Here

Well a great day today, seems like spring is here at last took a wee ride into town today was warm enough for just the leather waistcoat and a hoodie underneath with summer gloves, it has to be the best ride of the year even if it was a wee one it's been a long winter riding in the freezin weather.

19,000 Miles & I'm 50 today, both getting auld together

Just passed 19,000 miles still running like a dream and even better after fitting drag specialities H-T leads make a massive difference.
I see so many Harley's for sale stating only 1500 or 2000 miles never seen rain, well since I got mine with 9,500 on been through two winters now and running even better than the day I got her, roll on 38,000 miles and more, I aspire to post here one day 90,000 miles or more check back for updates... God willing.

Dave Mann, ...More Than A Bit Strange..??

Bought this off an auction site,

This is the odd bit, I was thinking on buying it for a while but didn't bid, when I was at the Belfast bike show I bought a second hand book called choppers, when I opened the book at a random page feck me it was the same, so I bid and bought it when I got home.




feck was meant to be, it is one of my all time favourite Dave Mann prints...used to have it on my wall when I was a wee biker wannabe., Now it is on my wall again

Belfast Bike Show 2011

Took a trip down to Belfast for the show, It was better than last year with a good turnout from Triumph, Ducati, and HD. The new Harley Blackline looks far better in real life than in the magazines.

Why I'm a Biker......

was asked by two younger people over the weekend why I was a biker and got me thinking apart from the answer "because I am" so remembered this video I had seen on You Tube, and after watching it if anyone still asks, then there is "no" answer,... for them

You certainly can't judge a biker by his ride.

It's amazing how things play out when i set out yesterday for a unplanned ride out I called on a mate who joined me we decided to ride over the mountain road to visit a lidl shop that was selling a bike alarm lock (which turned out as cheap quality as it's price) on leaving a guy with a wee Honda 50 started talking to me I was thinking he was just someone who aspired to get a bigger motorcycle, "wrong" turned out he has multi bikes, he mentioned he might have a KTR 600 Kawasaki for sale, great I've been thinking on a cheap enduro for a winter bad weather bike, when we got to his garage he had a Indian Chief he was rebuilding and a great looking BMW R1200C great looking bike, he also had a few vintage cars, so the moral of the story,
"Don't judge a biker by bike he is riding" (going back in couple of weeks to maybe buy the KTR)

New year new roads

Well Xmas has been a blur snowed in a couple of weeks but managed a few
good ride outs.

Some roads have acquired deep pot holes after the ice and snow.

One bad incident got home after a ride out stopped by the hose to get all the sand and salt off the bike, but put my foot down on the hose, it rolled and had to lay the bike down, no real damage clutch lever now has a wee dog leg shape but lifting the bike on my own, jeez she us one heavy bitch.