The Rider’s Digest issue 192 – Spring 2016
The PDF of issue 192 of The Rider’s Digest is available to download absolutely free from our online shop HERE and as usual it is rammed full of the best Continue Reading
Bargain Basement Biking from Aldi
I have been waiting for the Digest to provide me with some gear for testing for some years and I must admit I wasn’t jumping for joy when it was Continue Reading
Megamoto Mega Trip
The universally accepted truth about supermotards is that you can’t ride one for more than a few hours at a time and you certainly can’t tour on one – that Continue Reading
Elefant Escapades
On a whim I call my fellow conspirator Andy and ask him if he fancies doing the Elefant Rally. Typically, he replies that he can’t see any reason not to Continue Reading
A View from the Group W Bench ~ Feb 2014
As an addendum to my last first paragraphs I remembered too late that it was the driver drawing on a fag that alerted me to the unlit Mini’s presence. Who Continue Reading
Six & the City ~ 185
Thursday The mercury has plummeted, the clocks have gone back, mornings are dark and evenings roll in quicker than a Marc Marquez lap of Valencia. All this can only indicate Continue Reading
The Boy Biker ~ 185
For Queen and Country. I have done engine cleaning work for The Barons Speed Shop for a while now but it is only over the last year that I Continue Reading
A View from the Group W Bench ~ 185
The standard lament come end of October, why do so many drivers not feel the need to put their lights on in the dark. I was waiting to turn right, Continue Reading
Six & the City ~ 184
Tuesday It’s a small world but I wouldn’t want to paint it (or depending on how much of a Goth you may be/have been, it’s a small world and it Continue Reading
The Boy Biker ~ 184
Good vibrations Life has been good to me this month. I have managed to keep all the balls in the air and even find some time for a bit of Continue Reading
A View from the Group W Bench ~ 184
Obsession. Woffy obviously has an obsession with MK1 Le Mans. This is definitely a good thing, especially as he is obviously a rider not a polisher. I on the other Continue Reading
Six & the City ~ 183
Tuesday Confidence is a strange thing. I guess it’s not unlike trust; it can take time to gain it but even just the hint of doubt and it vanishes like Continue Reading
The Boy Biker ~ 183
Self-assessment, it’s not just tax that’s taxing. Someone asked me a very poignant question this week, it stuck with me like knee skin to a kerb. “Do you think your Continue Reading
A View from the Group W Bench ~ 183
So it was off to Lommel in Belgium to use up some of my left over Euro’s. Jan Beyers had sent me the address for my satnav so it should Continue Reading
Blood Runner ~ 183
One of the things I enjoy about riding a blood bike is the dichotomy between it, and ‘normal’ biking. At an objective level – seen from afar – there’s little Continue Reading
Six & the City
Saturday It’s happened. Luca at Sondel Sport and Rev’it have all delivered on their promise and I now stand clad head to toe in skintight black leather! It’s a very Continue Reading
Paddy’s Perspective
Self-flagellation Most discussions about motorcycling are dichotomous. Bikes make sense as efficient personal transport; they don’t congest, are easy to park and they don’t wear out the road. They’re generally Continue Reading
The Boy Biker
Boy Biker inspires the next generation I have had the pleasure this month to get involved in a totally different world. Rather than blinging cylinder heads and re-vamping vintage shock Continue Reading
A View from the Group W Bench
I tried to change the front brake fluid on my lil’Breva Christmas day whilst servicing it but couldn’t get the filler cap screws out. Eventually a couple of weeks ago Continue Reading
Blood Runner ~ 182
With several months’ experience of riding a blood bike behind me now, my perspective has changed a bit – for starters, it brings a whole new meaning to the phrase, Continue Reading
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
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
Boy Biker
Slow Going in My world Let’s start with the excuses! Ed leaves me to myself usually, expecting me to be on the ball and get my column in by the Continue Reading
Six and the City
Tuesday Still not on the R6 yet, as it’s languishing in the shed on a trickle charger just waiting to be called back in to action, so daily commuting is Continue Reading
Boy Biker
Although he’s generally an incredibly insightful young chap and his writing occasionally verges on the brilliant, the Boy Biker has never quite managed to get his head around the fact Continue Reading