Och Aye Up the 'Noo

Five tips on how to survive a BMW motorcycle owners club AGM in Scotland.

Go for a walk along the Moffat riverside to clear the hangover from the malt whiskey tasting session.

Get a £4 pre meeting haircut to use up some of the Scottish bank notes that the cash dispenser dished out.

Make a decision not to purchase a 6 cylinder motorcycle on the basis of limited leg room and not on the fact that it costs more than a medium sized family car.

Eat biscuits.

Discuss the merits of carburettors with a friendly local Ural owner who happened to be passing.

Coming up this month on Nikos World:

How to rewire a BMW R1200GS panel for a power socket, GPS and Teasmade

30 years on - my Ottoman Greek family remembered

Oh, oh What a Lovely Shower

My Postilion has Frost Bite - Easter Special

The first Taunus ride of the year so I wore Summer gloves and discovered that my jacket thermal lining was 800 miles away in a wardrobe.  Super.

So here we are high in the Taunus mountains, a minor mecca for bikers, and somehere to stop to warm up hands.

 

Here is the hand warming device - simply insert hands below "J1" symbol.

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Three Wheel Power Drive!

Apologies to Bruce Springsteen

The Music of Life

Seagull!