Riders’ Lives – Andy Kershaw
1.What was your first motorcycling experience? Riding a friend’s Italjet around a field when I was 11. 2.What is your current bike? Harley 883 Sportster, which I’ve owned since 1990. Continue Reading
Image of the Month ~ 181
Barnstorming Britten ~ © Paul Nicholas Blezard
The Boy Biker
All fun and games… Recently I have been trying desperately to ride in a manner that doesn’t attract unwanted police attention, that doesn’t cause car drivers to get angry or Continue Reading
Six & the City
Wednesday For several months now, I’ve been asking Hornet Boy to get Blinky, my R6 out of the shed for me. I haven’t ridden it since September last year! I Continue Reading
Never too old to lean – or – Don’t give up
I sat on the floor in the Gents with the hand dryer blowing on my head and realised I had a big problem. In late September, I’d left Dieppe in Continue Reading
Juke Box Jury
Many years ago when I was just a callow youth, I worked with a bloke called Trev. He was a decent sort but couldn’t resist taking the Mickey out of Continue Reading
A Pan Asian Pan Euro
It would be easy to start a review of a Chinese bike with some disparaging remark about a funny name, or the existence of a poorly executed copy of a Continue Reading
Seriously Super Motard
Super Motards are what they are; they’re a little bit uncomfortable and have very little fuel range but they’re great fun to ride. Think of a Yamaha WR450 with a Continue Reading
Men and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (Or Plus ca change)
In 1976, the closest that I got to a Moto Guzzi Le Mans was the framed poster on my bedroom wall. Actually, it wasn’t a poster but a page, carefully Continue Reading
The Clever Girls and Boys’ Club
In my report on the Posh Boys’ beano in the railway arches (issue 179), I admitted that thirty odd years earlier when I was a courier with a keen sense Continue Reading
From the Editor ~ 181
It’s been the same thing every summer for as long as I can remember but the din seems to be getting exponentially louder year on year; in fact sometimes I Continue Reading
Book Review – Of Tourists and Travelers
As I sat down to write this month’s selection of fun and forensic book reviews, George Zimmerman was found not guilty of murdering Trayvon Martin. The verdict sparked a handful Continue Reading
Ask a Policeman
The 17th Annual Barton Bike Night On Wednesday 3rd July 2013 between 5 and 10pm, a small market town in North Lincolnshire was overwhelmed by thousands of motorcycles. Barton Bike Continue Reading
ARE WE OUR OWN WORST ENEMIES?
Despite my advancing years I like to think I’m still the same hooligan on two wheels that I used to be – give me a quick bike and I’ll wring Continue Reading
Blood Runner ~ 181
The received wisdom says you should never go back; LP Hartley famously said “The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there” and who am I to argue Continue Reading
THAT phone call – a parent’s perspective
I had a day off today so I took myself, the silver fox (my 750 Honda shadow spirit) and my camera to Harewood House where I spent the morning taking Continue Reading
Riders’ Lives – Anthony “AKA Dutch” van Someren
1. What was your first motorcycling experience? Around the age of 15 my older mates put me on a Suzuki PE250. I opened up the throttle and the bike just Continue Reading
A View from the Group W Bench
Waving and nodding. I try to do one of these to all bikes of any size, shape or hue, but there is one bloke on a Jap multi I pass Continue Reading
Nuts & Bolts
As I’ve said any number of times elsewhere, I think the most important part of a bike is the engine. So how does it work? Well you put some fuel Continue Reading