What we check before a bike leaves the garage

Every bike goes out on fresh engine oil, a chain cleaned and set, brake pads with more than half their life, and tyres we would ride the Kunzum on ourselves. Cables, bearings and every bulb get a look. The spares kit is packed for the trip you are doing, not a generic one: clutch cable, tubes or a plug kit, levers, fuses, a chain link and the tools that fit that bike. You sign the sheet with us and take a copy.

Written from the verandah, with a cup of chai going cold.