Minutes of a Motorcycle Addict

The dogs are out. Knut showed me how to take apart the gearbox. Actually he did the whole job...

Racing tech Knut Holte at his work bench.

It took racing tech Knut only a couple of hours to dismantle the SP 1000 gear box and take out the gears that are about to be de-dogged. In that time he even mangaged to p...

This is probably one of the coolest and craziest overlander bikes ever made. Naturally, its core is a Guzzi.

Karen and Kevin Brown (UK) are living their dream, travelling around the world on a Guzzi SP 1000. Or rather, what used to be a SP 1...

I've started to tinker with the SP1000 racer again. Next week the gear box is off for some de-dogging.

The gear box ready to be taken to Knut for de-dogging.

I was supposed to work hard on the Guzzi racer this winter. Strangely enough it has been a winter with a lot of riding activities and maint...

Yamaha presented its new contender in the travel enduro maxi class, the 1200 Super Tenere. A maxi disappointment...

I was one of those who was looking forward to seeing the new Super Tenere, being heavily inclined towards off-roaders and maxi enduros like my Quota, the Stelvio and the likes. When Yamaha la...

Now what's in a name anyway...?

In Italy, there lives a guy called Picucci Ruggero. I don't understand much of his homepage, but he displays a fine selection of bikes. Among tho...

Berit and Tor Seim knows how do interiors in their house. This 1972 Ducati 250 Racer has taken center stand in their living room.

Tor and Berit Seim

It was originally a 250 street bike, but has been transformed into a 250 classic racer. It used to be raced by...

The first weekend of February sees me off to the UK to go to the Dragon Rally. I'm so looking forward to it I can hardly wait!

For the first time I'm going to the Dragon Rally, which has been around since 1962. So actually it was about bloody time. I'm going with my bud...

I decided at the last year's New Year's Rally to attend also the 2010 edition. Even with some bike problems I cannot say it otherwise: It was GREAT!

My good old, but this time a bit quarrelsome, Guzzi T5

Let me first say this: I had a great Christmas celebration with most of my fami...

So I've started to get hold of the necessary bits and pieces to rebuild the SP1000 into the great classic racer I hope it will become. Most noteably I've got hold of a tank from a V7 Sport.

I bought the tank off fellow Guzzisti Rolf Johansen who also brought me a couple of fairings, including a Le Mans 1 fairing. M...

I've started to tear the Guzzi SP1000 apart again.

Me tearing the SP1000 further apart.

After the gear box jobs on the Quota and the T5, the Guzzi SP1000 has taken centre stage on the work bench again. As the keen reader will remember, I'm rebuilding it to serve as a classic racer bike for my wif...