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Appalling!
This story has caused barely a ripple in the mainstream media but there’s been a fair bit of chatter within the ‘biking community’ and although the responses have varied widely – largely dependent on the kind of group who were Continue Reading
The BMW R5 Hommage
Motorcycle manufacturers commissioning one off specials is nothing new, in fact judging by the amount of PR blurb that we see in our in-tray it would appear that it has become 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
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
From the (New) Editor
There’s a big difference between contributing to a publication and editing it; between adding a voice to the choir, and conducting it. Maybe I hadn’t thought it through during the 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
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
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
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
From the Editor ~ 182
Travel, it’s said, broadens the mind and it’s difficult to imagine how it could fail to do so. Having said that I know there are plenty of tourists who’ve been 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
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 ~ 180
Greetings, I don’t know how the weather’s been down your way but I’ve got to tell you it’s felt pretty damn summery in London for the last few days. Unfortunately Continue Reading
From the Editor ~ 179
Earlier this month I read “Sons of Thunder”, which is a fine compilation of motorcycle writing assembled by Neil Bradford and showcasing twenty-six top-notch contributors including Roald Dahl, L.J.K. Setright, Continue Reading
From the editor ~ 178
It’s interesting that Oldlondog should choose a Steinbeck reference to illustrate an article about his local bike shop because the American Nobel Laureate was very much to the forefront of Continue Reading
From the Editor ~ 177
As many of you will be aware, I tend to leave me editorial until the very last thing. This is partially to lend it a degree of immediacy in recognition Continue Reading
From the Editor ~ 169
The floor in our kitchen and all the way through to the back door is a sea of shiny black granite. It was one of the things that attracted us Continue Reading