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
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
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
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
Image of the Month ~ 181
Barnstorming Britten ~ © Paul Nicholas Blezard
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
The Art of BMW Photos
Here are some of the luscious photographs that we couldn’t fit into Jonathan’s review
Book Review – The Blunting of the Snark
The two books this month raise questions of when to be or not be contentious. One goes out of its way to be controversial as it can be, but comes Continue Reading