Reasons To Be Cheerful
The 10th Anniversary edition (i.e. new wraparound cover) of The Carin’ Sharin’ Chronicles Available from The Rider’s Digest shop, The Ace Cafe, Amazon or by order from any good bookstore Continue Reading
Precious Children Revisited
Towards the end of April a mum from Texas found herself at the centre of a veritable Twitter-storm after this photograph appeared online showing her boyfriend carrying her seven year old daughter on the Continue Reading
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
A CAR!!!
When I informed the editor that due to a series of unforeseen events, I would be substituting a Saab convertible for the BMW/Ural combo that I described in “The Grand Continue Reading
Top Mountain Cross Point
A Rider’s Digest Exclusive In spite of a rock solid reputation for straight talking, honesty and integrity that stretches back to 1997, The Rider’s Digest rarely seems to pick up Continue Reading
Fatal Attraction
The original working title for this month’s offering was: “Women… D’oh!” However I decided that while the Homer reference (that’s Simpson, not the Greek geezer) gave a clue to the Continue Reading
Falling Head Over Heels
Manoeuvring the Aprilia inside the small front garden was tricky. It wasn’t difficult in a way that was likely to convince the smiling woman in the doorway that I was Continue Reading
The Grand European Tour Revisited
I’ve noticed that irrespective of whether or not they subsequently make it into print, travel stories often seem to start over a few large whiskies, half a dozen pints, or Continue Reading
Me & Harley McDee
The title of this piece is an affectionate nod to the ‘road’ classic most famously — not to mention most emotively and passionately — delivered by Janis Joplin. Although “Me Continue Reading
From the Old Editor
The heading of this editorial, as with so many things I write, can be taken more than one way (well the way I see it, there’s no point in having Continue Reading
Horsepower at High Beech
Being a cultured sorta chap, I instantly recognised the ad for Miller’s Tea Hut as the first line from The Teddy Bears’ Picnic, so naturally I assumed I was in Continue Reading
Chasing Sunsets – A Faerie Tale Tour
My Ireland trip proper was due to begin in Anglesey at 09:20 the following morning but before I could roll onto Irish Ferries Swift Service to Dublin, I needed to Continue Reading
Twist & Go, Go, Go!
Many commentators have questioned who the current crop of larger capacity super scooters are aimed at? Well, rather than providing a definitive answer, the GP800 – replete with its 839cc V-twin Continue Reading
More American Motorcycles
What’s the difference between the editor of The Road and the editor of The Rider’s Digest? While Mutchie gets to hang with the HOGs in the South of France, I Continue Reading
Fear & Loathing in LA LA Land
Everyone knows that we live in dangerous, lawless times; so anybody who rides an expensive or highly desirable motorcycle has to deal with the reality that there are hordes of Continue Reading
Spaceship Awareness
It’s all too easy to dismiss that thing you do on your bike, as nothing more than a traffic-choked, soul-destroying grind; particularly when you consider that for what seems like Continue Reading
From the Editor ~ Feb 2014
The day after the mini January issue went live at the beginning of the month, my wife and I spent a surprisingly balmy, occasionally barmy, but absolutely delightful day strolling Continue Reading
Rev’It Avenue GTX Jacket
Rev’It Avenue GTX Jacket As anyone who’s up on their country lore will tell you, a single swallow doesn’t make a summer. By the same token any all-year-round motorcyclist will Continue Reading
On Yer Bike
It was a little after 11 o’clock on Friday morning, when I pulled off the North Circ heading for the M1. I gave the GPZ1100 its head and we hit Continue Reading
From the Editor ~ 186
As has become the tradition here at Digest Towers (well we did it last year), once again the January edition has been cut to the bone to allow everyone involved Continue Reading
A Posh Night on the Kings Road
Here’s an extra little seasonal bonus. A week ago The Rider’s Digest joined Brough CEO Mark Upham and a host of motorcycling luminaries for the classic marque’s Christmas Beano at Continue Reading
From the Editor ~ 185
If I’m honest – and I do try to be – I really can’t be arsed with sifting through the constant stream of vaguely bike related drivel that seriously savvy Continue Reading
From the Editor ~ 184
I found it fascinating reading Stuart’s interview with his friend Andy whose riding career started in the nineteen seventies (Time Travel p.130), not least because while mine began at around Continue Reading
True Colours
An Arthurian Brit in the court of Connecticut Yankees Given that they’re as American as the World Series and mom’s apple pie, the obvious choice for a US trip would’ve Continue Reading
From the Editor ~ 183
Whenever I was writing my editorial for the printed version of The Rider’s Digest, there was always the thought at the back of my mind that quite a few people Continue Reading