Socially Distant Trails
The level 5 lockdown has been taking it’s toll, the clocks are well changed to winter time now and there’s a wicked chill in the air. It’s also been raining for 3 weeks solid .. . but the forecast is for 2 or 3 days […]
Category: KTM 500 EXC
Dingle and Slea Head
Wild camping trip # 5, but without the wild camping this time. This time around we splashed out on a B&B, and it was amazing!!! There were pints. Many many pints. We left Clare at 10:30am on a bright Monday morning and ate road to […]
West Kerry & Cork
Another chance to get away on a wild camping trip presented itself, and it was an opportunity to not go wasted. I quickly loaded up the 500 and made tracks, this time travelling solo, and in a different direction too. The route was a bit […]
Wild Camping in Connemara
After all the talk of adventure riding, and planning and building the bike.. it was more than a little disappointing to have this Coronavirus scupper all our well laid plans. Over the past few weeks I’d been slowly toying with the idea of a more […]
About Time
Finally, after months of waiting.. after the departure date of our planned offroad tour of Spain had come, and gone, and still never happened. We should have it done by now, and be home a week already, but we’re still in lockdown. Phase 3 of […]
Choosing and fitting your oversize KTM tank
The 500 EXC doesn’t have particularly bad tank range, and I don’t really suffer from fuel anxiety.. but as smarter guys than me have said, “the only time you have too much fuel is when you’re on fire”. The reasons for my oversize tank are […]
Viral Trails
Pondering mortality? The never ending social distancing? The efforts to protect ourselves and our families from the terrible sickness, and at the same time thinking the queue for Lidl is possibly worse than the sickness could ever be, and we’d nearly rather try our luck […]
Ringing in 2020 with a bang
Christmas and New Years.. time for family and friends, some nights out, some blinking lights, and some broken bikes. In between all the festive events, a little time was found for some essential bike maintenance, and a couple of rides too. The end of year […]
KTM 500 EXC-F
I very nearly bought a brand new KTM 500 EXC-F just a couple of months ago. The deal was all but done, but it wasnβt to be in the end and it all fell apart. The story is long and boring, having no offroad KTM […]