With a base price of $11,995 this 110hp bike comes a lot cheaper than its brethren, and it seems to be worth every penny. The horizontally-opposed twin engine sounds the way it looks: pure 70s and 80s BMW and the overall feel is also typical German quality. Although the Pure comes with alloy wheels, for only $500 you can get cross spoke wheels. Read more here at popularmechanics.

This week, I’d like to find out how much you can get out of your tires, using the right kind of tire pressure. Tire pressure is essential to the handling, thread wear, comfort and stability of your motorcycle. While measuring tire pressure is a boring job, it’s quite essential to do this every couple of weeks. The only thing you need is a decent tire gauge – down here in Mexico, they only use pencil gauges at the gas stations and they’re rubbish. Something like this should do the trick.

Remember to always measure tire pressure when the tires are cold, and check your bike’s owner’s manual for optimal tire pressure – I like my tires high-pressure as I almost daily ride with a passenger.

Do you check your tire pressure often enough? How many PSI is the sweet spot?

Many of us bring our motorcycles to the garage for basic service, but many of my friends are avid DIY’ers. There are thousands of different tools out there, but some of the most reliable and sturdy stuff I’ve been working with is from a Swedish brand called Teng Tools. A regular wrench and socket set will set you back at least one hundred dollars, but if you want to make a good one-time investment, I recommend a tool set like this one.

I recently came across this rather old article and found it quite entertaining. All of these motorcycle fashion ‘crimes’ are still true today and my guess is that many of you will recognise them. With a small risk of provoking reactions and opening the response floodgate, I give you the 10 crimes against motorcycle fashion. If you recognize yourself, remember, this is all in good motorcycle fun :).

Scenic 2 is a big update to the current version, Scenic 1. Once available, Scenic will simply update through the app store like any other update. It will feel like another app though. The design is completely different, new features are added and improvements are made. Purchases done in the current Scenic version will remain usable in Scenic 2. I might change pricing and the premium/credits model a bit for Scenic 2, but I will make sure existing purchases will keep their value or get more value in Scenic 2.

Many great pictures were submitted this time, making it more difficult than usual to choose a ‘winner’. Unfortunately ‘there can be only one’; This picture was taken by Richard at the top of Stelvio at 2758m. Here are all pics we received, trust me, it’s worth a look.