Reviving the live site!
The editor suffered a rather nasty infection at the tail end of last year and although it was sorted out eventually with a great deal of support and assistance from Continue Reading
The Rider’s Digest Live
We are very proud to announce the arrival of our all new web site The Rider’s Digest Live! We’re aware that there are many regulars who eagerly await a new issue of Continue Reading
Race on over to our ‘Live’ site
Because that’s where you’ll find all of the new stuff; there’s an amazing archive here that you could spend a lot more time than you might have intended exploring but Continue Reading
The Rider’s Digest issue 193 – Summer 2016
The PDF of issue 193 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 motorcycling writing anywhere on the 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
The Dark Side
Tom battles rain and London gridlock on a diverse pair of Dark Custom Harleys “In a world of the bland leading the bland, Dark Custom motorcycles are for those who 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
The Rider’s Digest Issue 191 – Winter 2015
Issue 191 of The Rider’s Digest is available to download absolutely free in Adobe PDF form from the online shop right here. In this 154-page issue we road test the Continue Reading
The 2015 Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride – London
It’s late September and while Maggie May’s toy boy really should be back at school, hundreds of motorcycle enthusiasts across London and the South East of England were spending their Continue Reading
Thanks for the Imagery
To kickstart this little article, I ought to declare that as a non-biker of forty years standing, my knowledge of motorcycles is non-existent. I know nothing about bikes whatsoever, absolutely Continue Reading
Looking For Adventure and Whatever Comes Our Way…
More than 700 outdoor types attended the Adventure Travel Film Festival (ATFF) recently at London’s Mill Hill School. The school, whose alumni includes one Austin Vince, (former army officer, former Continue Reading
The Rider’s Digest Issue 190 – Autumn 2015
Issue 190 of The Rider’s Digest is now available absolutely free in the usual Adobe PDF format from either the online shop right here, or from the links in the 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
Royal Enfield’s New London Showroom
Royal Enfield has continued with the planned expansion of its footprint in the UK by opening a second exclusive store in London. The store, in Mitcham, South London, will stock Continue Reading
The Rider’s Digest Issue 189 – Summer 2015
Summer is here and everybody is out riding, so here are 188 pages of top-quality inspirational motolit via Issue 189 of The Rider’s Digest, available via [free] Adobe PDF download Continue Reading
Riders’ Lives: The John Surtees Interview
When you get a group of motorcyclists together discussing racing heroes, the same names tend to crop up, all richly deserving of the accolades that follow: Geoff Duke, Mike Hailwood, Continue Reading
The Rider’s Digest Issue 187 – Winter 2014
This is it! After nearly a year away, the brand new Issue 187 of The Rider’s Digest is now available to download for FREE via the online shop either here 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
Globe Girdlers Six
Hard to believe, but circling the world on a motorcycle goes back more than a hundred years. It did not start with Ted Simon, despite what many still believe (Simon, 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
Uncomfortably Numb
With the increasing popularity of adventure bikes and an ever shrinking globe, it’s becoming more and more difficult for tales of momentous two wheel journeys to capture the public’s attention. Continue Reading
Hey, I’m With The Team
Club-level motorcycle racing has an odd relationship with the media. You’ll see race reports and lists of results, but not much else. Some of it has a regular slot on Continue Reading