To Dorking in Surrey on Saturday, to attend the opening of Azcari, a new adventure motorcycling shop. The owner, Craig Zocher, has created a superb showroom in a Victorian building, showcasing the very finest quality motor cycles, clothing, luggage, tools and navigation gear. Craig's lent me a device called a Satmap, which is essentially all the Ordnance Survey maps you can imagine in the palm of your hand, which I will be using to find my way around the coast of Britain. Top bloke.
I took the Yamaha to try out the new Givi luggage system and to generally get myself back in the biking groove. It's easy to forget that riding a motorbike is a bit more involved, and involving, than jumping into a car and turning a key...
I had modified the slightly plank-like seat by cunningly inserting a couple of bits of sleeping mat under the original foam- result, I managed about 500 miles over the weekend without ending up walking like John Wayne!
This week's going to be busy, getting the graphics done and sorting out the communications gear, then figuring out how to use it all. Quite tricky for somebody who grew up in a world powered by pistons and cordite [and that's where I come in - Ed.]. More soon, folks...
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