For many months now I've been trawling the web, looking for comprehensive information on DIY Bike Resprays. Although I did find lots of valuable information - mostly hidden inside Forums and message boards, I felt that there's still space for another resource. I really enjoy reading about people's own experiences with this sort of thing, and suspected I'm not alone. So welcome to RideHard - where I'll be documenting my progress on the DIY Paintjob on my Honda CB500, as well as aim to provide other Motorcycle related information...

The main areas of this site, which I aim to update regularly, are as follows (can also be found in the menu bar above):

Biker Gear and Must-haves

Custom Paint & Airbrushing (DIY!)

My CB500 Project

Motorcycle Restauration & Repair

Motorcycle Travel

Over the bank holiday weekend, we went on a nice ride to the Peak district. Just 3 days of riding, enjoying the scenery and crisp, fresh air. For this occasion, we decided to take out the Guzzi, which hasn’t seen extended action since Easter, when we took it for a ride around France. So it [...]

As I’ve got an old bike, and things tend to need replacing on it, it’s important that I know where to purchase spares. From spare footpeg rubbers to the thermostat switch I needed last week…  I’m too lazy to drive over to the nearest Honda dealership (Chiswick Honda), although I give it to them that [...]

After my Honda CB500 was (mis)diagnosed to suffer from a blown headgasket, I trawled the net looking for more information on the topic.
What’s a headgasket
The headgasket is the seal between the cylinder head and the engine block. It ensures the pressure stays inside the cylinder(s), coolant stays inside the water sleeve (and doesn’t seep into [...]

Unless you’ve got some sort of treasure cave filled with car / motorcycle restauration and bodywork related products somewhere close to your house, chances are you’ll need to buy a lot of stuff from Halfords for your automotive projects. I’m no different. Almost all my materials have come from Halfords at this point; from sand [...]

As people who have read previous posts on this blog are aware of, I’m trying to respray my 1996 Honda CB500 to make it look a bit less aged. You might imagine that if I repaint the body panels and make them look all shiny and new, the rest of the bike will look even [...]

Last week we had to pick up our Guzzi California from the dealership after servicing. After making that trip once on the Tube, we decided even if the Honda is unreliable and spraying coolant all over the place, it’s still less painful than being stuck inside an underground toothpaste tube. So off we went, in [...]