Category: Hobbies & Interests

  • Motorcycles Sales & Beyond

    Well to the bikers amongst you this will not be a huge surprise, but, motorcycle sales are up! Now sales have been rising generally year-on-year for most manufactures while the flood of cheap Chinese models have also helped. Yet this year will probably see an even greater boost thanks to the rising costs of fuel…

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  • Firefox 3…Rise Of The Fox

    After 3 long years of development and being in beta testing since last November, while introducing some 15,000 improvements we finally will have the latest release of Firefox! Firefox 3 is due for release on June 17th and they are hoping to break a Guinness World Record by having the most downloads of new software…

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  • Test Ride: Buell Ulysses XB12XT

    I was lucky enough to get a test ride on the new Buell Ulysses XB12XT recently thanks to the nice guys at Dublin Harley Davidson, so I thought it only right to give a brief opinion of what I thought. First though I must admit that I have always liked the Buell motorcycles, but due…

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  • Restricted But Not Out

    When I heard I was getting the Kawasaki Er-6n as a hire bike while my Karma was getting repaired I was both excited and disappointed. Part of me was hoping for something like a Honda Deauville as my routine would go unaffected with its built in luggage, I know, sounds like a strange hope but…

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  • Iron Sky – Teaser

    Well, I must admit that bar my unhealthy anticipation of the upcoming Batman movie ‘The Dark Knight’ this trailer I came across below had really set my pulse rushing. The movie is ‘Iron Sky’ and you can get further information from going to their website by CLICKING HERE. The trailer seems to sum up fairly…

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  • Castles, Tombs and Open Roads

    Today the summer touring season began with a quick Sunday tour around some local sights, namely Trim Castle and Newgrange, both in County Meath, Ireland. My current ride is still the Kawasaki ER-6N hire bike while I await my ER-6F to be returned to me. So to start with I should point out that the…

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  • Motorcycle Bloggers Unite!

    My postings have been slack of late, busy time at university and having my bike in the workshop have left me running around trying to meet deadlines and submit ‘volumes’ of insurance paperwork…if the accident had been disputed or my fault then I dare not imagine what they would put you through. Some good news…

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