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06/09/2026

DAY 7 – ACT DAY 5

A tale of two very different finishes…

Dave made it to San Sebastián and the Atlantic Ocean, while James made it into a CT machine in Maidstone! 😲

After the accident, we drove through the night to get James home. In truth, Andy did most of the driving, but eventually needed Joe to take over and get the job finished with the final stint—which was clearly the most challenging part of the entire journey. 😉

We arrived home at 5.45am, had time for a very quick freshen-up, then went straight to Maidstone Hospital.

James’ CT scan covered everything from his neck to below his pelvis to rule out any other injuries. Unfortunately, it confirmed that the damage to his clavicle—his collarbone—is more serious than we initially thought. There are two clean breaks, leaving the bone in three separate pieces. 😬

He also has severe bruising to his lower-right back and hip, which was actually hurting him more than the broken collarbone. We were worried he might have caused further damage there, so it was a huge relief to have everything else checked and confirmed as OK.

Maidstone Hospital were fantastic. They were extremely busy and there were some long waits, but we really can’t complain about how thoroughly James was examined and tested.

We even had the Kriega luggage fitted to James’ hospital trolley—because apparently even the journey to radiology requires proper adventure luggage. 😂

Oh, and apparently Joe sold the CT scan operator a bike back in our Newington days. 🤷‍♂️😂

James has now been referred to a remote fracture clinic, where they’ll review everything and plan the operation to plate and repair his clavicle. We should know more over the next few days and hopefully he’ll have the operation next week.

Lee also got up and began his journey home early, leaving the hotel at 6am, getting back to the van at 8am and arriving at Eurotunnel at around 5pm.

Meanwhile, Dave continued to San Sebastián using the road sections of the ACT. After what had just happened to James, he understandably didn’t want to risk tackling the remote off-road sections alone. It was absolutely the sensible decision, and it still meant that one member of the team reached San Sebastián and the Atlantic Ocean. 👏

Not quite the ending any of us had planned, but James is home, still smiling, and we’ve definitely got some unfinished business waiting for us in the Pyrenees.

Over the next few days, we’re going to take an honest look at all the bikes and equipment we used throughout the trip—what worked, what didn’t and what we learned:

Day 1: The bikes and tyres
Day 2: The navigation equipment
Day 3: The luggage
Day 4: Our riding clothing and the airbag that helped save James from far more serious injuries

Plenty more to come…

06/09/2026

DAY 7 – ACT DAY 5

A tale of two very different finishes…

Dave made it to San Sebastián and the Atlantic Ocean, while James made it into a CT machine in Maidstone! 😲

After the accident, we drove through the night to get James home. In truth, Andy did most of the driving, but eventually needed Joe to take over and get the job finished with the final stint—which was clearly the most challenging part of the entire journey. 😉

We arrived home at 5.45am, had time for a very quick freshen-up, then went straight to Maidstone Hospital.

James’ CT scan covered everything from his neck to below his pelvis to rule out any other injuries. Unfortunately, it confirmed that the damage to his clavicle—his collarbone—is more serious than we initially thought. There are two clean breaks, leaving the bone in three separate pieces. 😬

He also has severe bruising to his lower-right back and hip, which was actually hurting him more than the broken collarbone. We were worried he might have caused further damage there, so it was a huge relief to have everything else checked and confirmed as OK.

Maidstone Hospital were fantastic. They were extremely busy and there were some long waits, but we really can’t complain about how thoroughly James was examined and tested.

We even had the Kriega luggage fitted to James’ hospital trolley—because apparently even the journey to radiology requires proper adventure luggage. 😂

Oh, and apparently Joe sold the CT scan operator a bike back in our Newington days. 🤷‍♂️😂

James has now been referred to a remote fracture clinic, where they’ll review everything and plan the operation to plate and repair his clavicle. We should know more over the next few days and hopefully he’ll have the operation next week.

Lee also got up and began his journey home early, leaving the hotel at 6am, getting back to the van at 8am and arriving at Eurotunnel at around 5pm.

Meanwhile, Dave continued to San Sebastián using the road sections of the ACT. After what had just happened to James, he understandably didn’t want to risk tackling the remote off-road sections alone. It was absolutely the sensible decision, and it still meant that one member of the team reached San Sebastián and the Atlantic Ocean. 👏

Not quite the ending any of us had planned, but James is home, still smiling, and we’ve definitely got some unfinished business waiting for us in the Pyrenees.

Over the next few days, we’re going to take an honest look at all the bikes and equipment we used throughout the trip—what worked, what didn’t and what we learned:

Day 1: The bikes and tyres
Day 2: The navigation equipment
Day 3: The luggage
Day 4: Our riding clothing and the airbag that helped save James from far more serious injuries

Plenty more to come…

05/09/2026

Day 6 of our trip. Day 4 of the ACT Pyrenees.

It was all going so well… until it all came crashing down. Literally.

The day had already started with a diversion because of a closure—and this one actually was properly closed. We checked. 🤷‍♂️

It meant missing out on a long off-road section, although the workaround did give us a fantastic road ride instead.

Replanning when you’re using the Caretta with DMD2 is so easy. This kind of unexpected change can be a nightmare with a traditional satnav, but with the Caretta, you simply zoom out, see every available road and track, touch a point on the map and navigate straight to it.

James summed it up perfectly: “It’s like having a cheat code.”

We eventually got back onto the ACT and enjoyed another brilliant stretch of riding through the Spanish Pyrenees—until James had an accident on the Kove 625X.

He approached a drainage channel across the trail and gave the brakes a little squeeze on the loose stone. The front wheel locked and skidded for five or six metres, the bike veered left and the back end spun around, throwing him off hard enough to deploy his airbag.

Unfortunately, we’re almost certain he’s broken his collarbone. There’s a very obvious lump where the bone is pushing against the skin and his right shoulder is sitting nearly two inches lower than his left.

We were near Jaca in Spain, around two hours south of Pau, and first had to get James and the bike down off the mountain to the main road. From there, it was either two hours to our planned hotel in Ochagavía or two hours back to the van.

After some painkillers, we got his riding gear back on and helped him onto a bike. He had to lift his right hand onto the handlebar using his left, but once he was in position, he could actually ride.

Somehow, he rode the bike all the way back to the van.

We also discovered a fairly serious slice in one of the rear tyres. Thankfully, it never got the opportunity to become a problem—the accident had already brought our riding plans to an abrupt end anyway. Small mercies, we suppose.

Lee and Dave carried on to the hotel in Ochagavía. Lee is cutting his trip short and heading home tomorrow, but Dave is going to push on to San Sebastián alone—so at least one part of the team will get the job done.

We loaded everything up and left Pau at around 5.30pm. We’re now driving through the night, expecting to reach home at around 6am, when James will be going straight to hospital.

For us, the ACT is over and the trip has come to a horrible early end. Right now, the only thing that matters is getting James home safely and properly looked after.

But we’ve got unfinished business with the ACT Pyrenees. We’ll be back.

03/09/2026

Day 5 of our trip — Day 3 of the ACT Pyrenees 🇦🇩🇪🇸

We left Arinsal, Andorra, at around 8.30am and covered roughly 185 miles before arriving at our hotel in Villanova, Spain.

It really is a small world. When we arrived in Setcases on Tuesday evening, we got chatting to some other bikers at our hotel. We asked where they’d travelled from, only to discover they were from Detling and Maidstone! 😂 They’ve been following us along the route for the last few days.

Then, while we were getting ready to leave this morning, we met another couple of bikers who were part of a group of nine touring the Pyrenees and the Alps. One of them had been following our ACT trip on Facebook—then saw us posting photos from the very hotel he was staying at in Andorra.

And where were they from? Kent, obviously. 🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️😂

Is there anyone left in Kent this week? 😂

A big hello and good luck to all the other riders we’ve met out here. We hope you all have a fantastic trip—enjoy it and ride safe! 👍

Another fantastic day of fast, dusty trails, mountain roads and absolutely enormous views. We had very few stops and, thankfully, no mechanical problems. Lee’s Husqvarna clutch has been perfect all day following last night’s hotel car-park repair. 👍

We did, however, finally have the first drop of the trip. Andy stopped the Kove on a cattle grid, put his foot down and watched it disappear straight through the gap. There wasn’t much chance of saving it after that! 🤦‍♂️😂 Thankfully, there was no damage to Andy and nothing more than a few scratches on the bike.

When we reached the hotel, we discovered it didn’t have a restaurant—so it was back on the bikes and into town to eat where the locals eat.

MX boots with shorts… nice! 😂

Another brilliant day finished off with terrible food and a few well-earned beers.

Two more days of the ACT to go. 😎

02/09/2026

PYRENEES TOUR – DAY 4 🇪🇸➡️🇦🇩

Day 4 of the trip, Day 2 on the ACT Pyrenees, and another absolutely fantastic day in the mountains.

We left Setcases in Spain at 9am and rolled into Arinsal, Andorra at around 6pm after a brilliant day of riding, both on and off road.

Blue skies, incredible mountain tracks, spectacular views and plenty of stops along the way just to take it all in. This really is an amazing part of the world to ride a motorcycle.

All five bikes continue to take everything we’re throwing at them too — the KTM 690, Husqvarna 701, Kove 625X, Moto Morini AlltrHike 450 and X-Cape 700. The Morinis and Kove are getting exactly the sort of real-world test we came out here to give them, along with the Caretta navigation systems and all the other kit we’re using.

And once again, very little drama.

Lee’s Husqvarna did develop a misbehaving clutch towards the end of the day, which meant a clutch fluid change once we arrived at the hotel.

So, tools out and everyone mucked in down in the hotel car park.

Dave particularly excelled at teamwork by keeping the beers coming. 🍺😂

I don’t think any of us have ever drunk beer while bleeding a clutch in an Andorran hotel car park before.

That’s adventure travel. 😂

Day 4 done. Tomorrow we go again. 🇦🇩🏍️💨

01/09/2026

Day three — and a very early start.

We left the hotel at 5.45am and headed out to Cap de Creus before beginning our journey west into the Pyrenees.

After two days of predominantly road riding to get us here, today delivered a fantastic mixture of both on and off-road riding, with brilliant tracks, incredible mountain roads and some spectacular scenery along the way.

Progress wasn’t always quick, though, with goats, cows and horses taking turns to block the tracks. Just another part of riding through the Pyrenees. 😎

We finally rolled into Setcases at 4.45pm after eleven hours on the move — tired, dusty and very happy.

Tomorrow, we continue west and head for Andorra.

31/08/2026

Day 2 done ✅

Left the hotel at 7.30am and clocked up 265 miles before rolling into El Port de la Selva at 5.30 this evening. What a route.

Mixed bag of weather this morning — a couple of showers chasing us up into the mountains — before it flipped to red hot once we crossed our first Col of the trip. The coast opened up as we came through Perpignan, and we crossed into Spain hugging the coastline at Portbou. Proper riding, proper scenery.

Two days down, more to come.

30/08/2026

PYRENEES TOUR – DAY ONE IN THE BAG… SORT OF! 🇫🇷🏍️

Today was all about getting ourselves and the bikes into position for the first proper day of riding tomorrow.

There are five of us on the trip: Lee on his Husqvarna 701, Dave on his KTM 690 Enduro, with Joe, James and Andy jumping between our three demonstrators—the Kove 625X, Moto Morini AlltrHike 450 and Moto Morini X-Cape 700.

It’s been a seriously long day. We met at Eurotunnel at 2.30am and finally arrived at our hotel at around 8pm, more than ready for a well-earned beer and pizza! 🍺🍕

Tomorrow, the adventure begins properly with a full day of fast, fun riding across the south of France before we cross into Spain along the Mediterranean coast.

We’re also using the trip to put some key products from our range through a proper real-world test. Our demonstrators are equipped with Michelin Anakee Wild tyres, Kriega US-40 luggage and hydration packs, Cool Covers seat covers and the brilliant Carpe Iter Caretta motorcycle navigation system.

The Caretta units will be working hard throughout the trip, giving us the opportunity to gain valuable hands-on experience and learn everything we possibly can about what this incredibly capable system can do.

We’ve got six solid riding days ahead of us, some fantastic roads and trails waiting—and we absolutely cannot wait! 😎

27/08/2026

JULY SALES UPDATE – 36 BIKES SOLD! 🏍️💨

Another busy month for us, with 36 bikes finding new homes during July.

As always, it was a proper mixture too – new Koves alongside used adventure bikes, sports bikes, nakeds, cruisers, retros and just about everything in between.

So, a huge thank you to:

Barry – Kove 800X Rally
Robert – Kove 800X Touring
Bart – Kove 800X Rally
Simon – Kove 800X Pro
Alan – Kove 800X Pro
William – Kove 450 Rally
Adam – Kove 800X Pro
Corey – Kove 450 Rally
Dean – Kove 800X Rally

Paul – Suzuki GSX-S1000
Timothy – Indian FTR
Louis – Triumph Speed Twin 1200
Roy – Kawasaki Z900 Performance
Roy – Yamaha YZF-R1
Mark – Triumph Rocket 3 GT
David – KTM 790 Duke
Dan – Harley-Davidson XL1200CX Roadster
Russell – BMW F850GS Sport
Troy – BMW F750GS
Tiana – Honda CBR600F

Liam – BMW S1000R
Ian – Yamaha XV1700
Robert – Honda CB1100EX
Mark – BMW R1250GS TE
Paul – Triumph Tiger Sport 1050
Benjamin – Triumph Tiger Sport 660
Charlie – Suzuki Gladius SFV650
Andy – Triumph Tiger 1200 GT Pro
Thomas – Yamaha R6
James – Triumph Street Triple R
Harley – Yamaha MT-07 ABS
Mick – Triumph Trident 660
Stewart – BMW R1250RT LE
William – Yamaha XSR900 Abarth
Paul – BMW R nineT

And where does that leave us for the year?

We sold 36 bikes in July, compared with 32 in July 2025, so we’re slightly ahead month-on-month.

More importantly, by the end of July last year we’d sold 199 bikes.

This year we’re at 220 – up 10.6% year on year. 📈

That growth has been helped enormously by the arrival of Kove, with 41 brand-new Koves sold so far this year, while used bikes continue to make up the backbone of what we do.

220 bikes sold in seven months.

A massive thank you to everyone who’s bought from us, come back to us, recommended us to somebody else or simply continues to support what we’re doing.

We genuinely appreciate it.

Onwards into August! 😎

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