An upbeat farewell: in a motorcycle hearse…
Have you ever wondered what sort of people make their final journey in a motorcycle hearse? Before I first spoke to the Reverend Paul Sinclair, way back in 2006, I’d Continue Reading
Playing Blackjack
Back in the 1960s, I had an Isetta ‘bubble car’ made by BMW, which was great fun but I wrote it off on black ice, so I moved on to Continue Reading
Riders’ Lives – Hazel Drury
1. What was your first motorcycling experience? As a teenager of 14 when my older brother bought an AR50. I thought it was so cool but my parents thought otherwise. Continue Reading
Book Review – What did happen to the British motorcycle industry?
British motorcycles – British iron, or Britiron as it is known by many – possesses a legendary, near sacred, status in my country. The craving for Britiron was once so Continue Reading
Riders’ Lives – John Rushworth
1. What was your first motorcycling experience? Picture the character known as Kilroy, Mr Chad in UK or Foo was here, from down under. There I was hands on the Continue Reading
Riders’ Lives – Nik Samson
1. What was your first motorcycling experience? Umm, think I was about 12. My uncle had a C50 (or 70 or 90, dunno) and he let me have a quick Continue Reading
Love & Biking
A love affair with tarmacadam ends in battered souls I’m not on my bike today. I’ve drawn the curtains and wander moodily from room to room – Charles Aznevor plays Continue Reading
Riders’ Lives – Paul H. Smith
1.What was your first motorcycling experience? Learned to ride in the snow and ice on a 1964 Yamaha YG1, without front brakes. Learned a lot about crashing, too. 2.What Continue Reading
Image of the Month ~ 171
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Riders’ Lives – Mark Williams
1. What was your first motorcycling experience? Rigid frame BSA Bantam, considering that I learned to ride it around a Northumbrian slag-heap, it was rather unwisely hand-painted white. 2. What Continue Reading
Book Review – Of Tarmac and Tourists
A young African-American in leathers snaps a photograph of his KTM alongside a Triumph and a Suzuki parked on Jones Street in Greenwich Village. He is probably unaware that he Continue Reading
Riders’ Lives – Harri Fossett
1.What was your first motorcycling experience? One of my earliest memories was my dad taking me out on his Norton commando. But the first solo rider I had was on 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
Book Review – Riders and Roadcraft (Part II)
Whenever I examine a book about riding motorcycles, the image of a beginning rider with the book resting on the handlebars comes to mind. When the rider comes to the Continue Reading
Riders’ Lives – Dan Walsh
1. What was your first motorcycling experience? Sixteen, pillion on a K75 BMW ridden by Ian, my then-best-girl’s dad, into the Macclesfield hills. It felt impossibly, terrifyingly fast. After ten Continue Reading
Book Review – Riders and Roadcraft (Part I)
One of the great pleasures of collecting and reading old motorcycling books are the glimpses into riding in years, if not decades, gone by. The Rudge Book of the Road, Continue Reading
Riders’ Lives – Llewelyn Pavey
1. What was your first motorcycling experience? I suppose it was being placed on the front of the seat on my dad’s Honda CRE 250 enduro bike when I was Continue Reading
Book Review – Books and Bikesploitation
Before we begin to ride, we imagine ourselves riding: in the dirt; to a far off place; as fast as we can; or even just across town. Perhaps it started Continue Reading
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Riders’ Lives – Plonk
1. What was your first motorcycling experience? Approx 10 years old on a neighbour’s Frances Barnett on the wasteland near my parents’ home. I later bought it off him and Continue Reading
Book Review – Spies and Samurai
Critics and reviewers get asked a lot of questions. The range goes from the absurd – do you actually read the books or see the movies you review? (Yes) – Continue Reading
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The Treble Express
A 2300cc powered wheelchair motorcycle sidecar by Motopodd Ltd. Summary: A custom built motorcycle and sidecar to give a young disabled motorcycle fan the closest possible experience to riding a Continue Reading