Brenda’s Bike
I am not a biker. I am a retired GP from Bristol who is part of a small development project in rural Ethiopia, helping out with worthy aims such as Continue Reading
The Tale of Harry the Bastard
I’ve become known as a patient person, with a lot of spare time on my hands, so people often come to me with their problem cases in the hope that 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
A Fine Romance
I worked for a campaigning charity in whose office Sheila stood out like a swan amongst mostly ducks. Most staff at best, shopped at M&S, but frequently wore T-shirts and Continue Reading
Bikes for softies
We started printing pictures of indoor motorcycles in the letter pages of the last issue and it’s clear from the response we received that there are quite a few of Continue Reading
Paul Sample ~ The Interview
Whitchurch in Shropshire is one of those places that encapsulates the essence of Englishness with all its half-timbered houses, red bricks and stone-built churches. It’s a theme I want to 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
Profile of a Collision 2.
The East Riding Of Yorkshire has a selection of fabulous roads ranging from easy to challenging, the riders that use them are equally as varied. This collision happened on a Continue Reading
Image of the Month ~ 185
Photograph ©Gary Margerum Chris illman’s methanol fuelled matchless outfit on Pendine Sands CLICK TO ENLARGE
Paddy’s Perspective ~ 185
The More the Merrier – and the Safer. In about 4 weeks – depending on when you read this of course – you will be celebrating the start of a Continue Reading
Moped Madness
It’s not a race – That’s what they told us anyway. No timing or lap scoring, just a 6 hours endurance race, sorry, event on mopeds. Ways to make life Continue Reading
Winter Hacks (With Spokes)
If we all lived in a climate like Arizona or Australia there would be no need to consider buying a different motorcycle to use during the long winter months. Unfortunately, Continue Reading
Culture ~ Jupiter Travels, Jupiter Co-Brands
Fascinated as I am by motorcycles and popular culture, I shouldn’t have been surprised. But I was. I opened my mailbox and found the first of the fall J.L. Powell Continue Reading
Image of the Month ~ 184
© Dave Gurman Click on the photo to enlarge.
The Busy Bee Reunion
The Busy Bee Motorcycle Club held their annual reunion at the Hilton Hotel at Watford on 1st September 2013. While you could perhaps be forgiven for thinking that the club Continue Reading
The Roundabout Rickman
Sometimes a person gets what they want by sheer determination and force of will. So it was in the summer of 1974 when Wisconsin motorcyclist Mike Engelhart set out to Continue Reading
Mondo Sahara
If you’ve never heard of Austin Vince, or Mondo Enduro, you’ve been missing out. Way back in 1995-1996 Vince was the driving force behind a completely unsupported, unsponsored ride around Continue Reading
Ask a Policeman ~ 184
Blade Runner Electricity, we can’t do without it, especially if you want to read The Riders Digest, but it always comes at a price, not just to our pockets, but 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
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
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