Tim's Motorcycle Diaries

Tim's Motorcycle Diaries is a blog about motorcycle travel, photography and mechanics written by former millwright & IT technician who's now a technology teacher. This is not your typical motorcycle blog. If you're looking for cruisers and biker life, this ain't that. If you're into thinking about motorbikes in technical, dynamic and creative ways, Tim's Motorcycle Diaries will take you there. If you like a post, please do share it on social media.

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Sunday, 18 November 2018

Sabbatical Rides: Riding the Americas

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Previously I've thought about various ways I could do a four years pay over five years and then take a sabbatical year off work and stil...

Tuesday, 6 February 2018

Dangerous Dakar

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I know hyperbole sells papers, especially in the infamously hyperbolic British press , but with Dakar winners whining about how hard it i...

Friday, 19 January 2018

Why On Earth Would They Do That?

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A conversation with one of my students at lunch today: Lyndon demonstrating, 'it's hard' "What are you watching?...

Monday, 1 January 2018

Lyndon Poskitt and an inside look into the 2018 Dakar Rally

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If you're new to the Dakar Rally and you love motorbikes, I've got a way in for you. Lyndon Poskitt has raced in the rally a cou...

Sunday, 29 January 2017

Dakar Dreams

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I just finished this year's Dakar and it always starts the itch. As a bucket list item it's well beyond my ken, but I still someti...

Sunday, 8 January 2017

A Dakar Rally With Teeth

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I've been watching the Dakar Rally with great interest once again. It's always a wicked competition that has more in common with t...

Thursday, 17 March 2016

Dream Racer

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Triumph included a link to this on their email newsletter, so I gave it a whirl on Vimeo . At nearly $9 it's an expensive (48 hour)...

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Timothy King: An art student in college, I dropped out to apprentice as a millwright and then an I.T. technician before going back to school for English and philosophy degrees. Now a published writer, award winning educator, relentlessly curious digital explorer and avid (though atypical) motorbike rider.

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