http://www.reviewspermonth.com Real World Bike Reviews Sat, 05 Apr 2008 11:24:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I had a journey to go on recently: Google Maps reckoned the outward leg should have taken 3 hours. The Garmin i3 (aka Psycho SatNav Bitch as 'she' tends to taunt me with unrealistic targets, even the way I drive) reckoned around 2¼ hours. My Nokia N95-8GB with Nokia Maps, ... http://www.reviewspermonth.com/2008/03/07/satnavs-compared Yes one year and a few days after I bought the Garmin i3 satnav unit, it's effectively knackered. The USB connector is also the port for charging the unit on the move and unfortunately the connector is only located by four tiny soldered points and as it's plugged in when in ... http://www.reviewspermonth.com/2007/10/07/garmin-i3-dead-just-over-a-year-too It appears that another website is re-publishing content from this and other bike-related blogs apparently as its own by taking the RSS feeds and importing them as posts, so this one will be harvested and republished in due course. Right at the very bottom of the posts, it does say "Original ... http://www.reviewspermonth.com/2007/01/28/motorcycle-techcom Once upon a time, there was a Road Racing & Superbike Show held at the Alexandra Palace in London. This was different from the 'main' motorcycle show held at the NEC (and Earl's Court before that, for those of us with long memories) in that it was mainly for racers ... http://www.reviewspermonth.com/2007/01/28/2007-ally-pally-motorcycle-show On Thursday, 27 October, I went to the 2006 International Motorcycle & Scooter Show at the NEC Birmingham. Photos of the event can be found in the Gallery or by clicking that collage above. The Thursday was Trade Day which is the day when the photographers, journalists and all the industry ... http://www.reviewspermonth.com/2006/10/27/2006-international-motorcycle-scooter-show I picked this unit up today. Halfords and Woolworths had the unit priced cheapest on their web sites, but neither would actually allow an order. When I rang Halfords, I was told the i3 was being discontinued, which would explain the price discounting I'd seen. Lawks! It's tiny: see the ... http://www.reviewspermonth.com/2006/08/25/garmin-streetpilot-i3 Just added is a new online store to promote this site, operated by us using amazon.co.uk. There's a link over there in the sidebar or you can access it directly using this URL: http://astore.amazon.co.uk/rpmrevipermon-21 http://www.reviewspermonth.com/2006/08/21/rpm-reviews-per-month-online-store OK, here are some comments I have on the July 2006 issue of SuperBike.  Launch Test: Bridgestone BT-002 Racing Street Tyres It appears that, despite being sold alongside the BT-012SS and the BT-014, the BT-002 is actually going to replace the 012SS. I'm on my third BT-012SS at the rear and my ... http://www.reviewspermonth.com/2006/07/31/superbike-july-2006 When Kawasaki launched the ZRX1200R they wrote: Today they call it World Superbike, but back when the whole show got started it was the bikini-faired Green Monsters from Kawasaki that power-slid their way into the record books. Now Kawasaki flexes its performance muscle once again, bringing you the direct descendent of ... http://www.reviewspermonth.com/2006/07/03/kawasaki-zrx1200r So back in January 2005 a nice man from DHL arrived with my shiny new bike trailer on his lorry and I moved the boxes into the garage where they were in the way. I decided that I would assemble that night whilst Mrs. RHM was at work, so at 6.30pm I headed ... http://www.reviewspermonth.com/2006/07/02/erde-trailer