I’m off to do two days motorbike training in Yorkshire next weekend, so I’m beginning my preparation. I think I am going to switch back to the standard lids on my R1100RS system cases – I have been running with the narrower city lids for over a year as I don’t go away on the bike, and the narrow lids look better and hold enough anyway.

I’ve got excellent wee things called Kugler Klamps on the cases which allow me to easily swap the lids, so I got the standard lids out of the shed to check them but discovered the bolts I need have disappeared off. So I’m hoping the bag of M4 bolts that I’ve ordered off eBay arrive before Friday so I can get the panniers sorted.