Who’s to blame?
10 Jan 2019
When someone else’s accident causes you to crash, what should you do about it?
Tinted Visor
03 Jan 2019
When I left home the sun was shining so I duly put on my lid with my black tinted visor (race-use only).
Rear Enders
27 Dec 2018
I went out for a blast to the coast on my TZR250 ‘smoker’. I joined a dual carriageway and was cruising at about 65-70mph.
Filtering squeeze
20 Dec 2018
Zipping home on my Yamaha YZF-R125, I was on a mission to dump my motorbike, then swing out to the pub with the guys off my college course for a celebratory drink.
Scooter Gang
14 Dec 2018
I live in London and have had a scooter gang come after me twice to try and nick my Husqvarna 701. Thankfully I managed to outrun them.
It’s no Yolk
13 Dec 2018
I have a Yamaha MT-125 to get to and from college as I live about 15 miles away and the bus journey goes via Jupiter.
Should I appeal a parking fine?
06 Dec 2018
I had to take my motorbike into Westminster and after shackling my motorbike down with every lock I own. I went to pay the motorbike parking fee.
Fighting off the bike gangs
29 Nov 2018
This may be a tiny bit London-centric, and if people being pushed off their motorbikes to have their bikes stolen is not yet a problem for you, in your local area, then I am genuinely happy.
Fastest Takeaway
22 Nov 2018
I make deliveries for the local Chinese takeaway on their moped. I was dispatching sweet and sour chicken with noodles to one of my regulars when I got something sour but not very sweet myself. A ticket from the Old Bill.
Extinguish the insurers
15 Nov 2018
I was on my Ducati Scrambler (my first ever new motorbike – I am weeping while I write this) following three chaps who were setting off on a tour around Wales.
Bike Recovery & Storage Charges
08 Nov 2018
When it comes to costing an accident, motorbike damage might be the least of your worries
Motoring accidents caused by pets
01 Nov 2018
What can you do if you have an accident caused by someone’s uncontrolled dog running in front of your motorbike?
High and dry in the Highlands
25 Oct 2018
I was following a coach along some single track roads in the Scottish Highlands. Eventually the driver braked to give way to an oncoming vehicle, but then put his coach into reverse and backed up and in the process, ran both me and my motorcycle over.
Flip-up helmets and the law
18 Oct 2018
If you have a modular or flip-up helmet warm weather can tempt you into riding flipped up, as it does most of the Metropolitan Police in the summer. But is it legal?
Never a lender or a borrower be
11 Oct 2018
If someone you don’t know asks to take your motorbike out, don’t be a plum.
Dodgy Solicitors
04 Oct 2018
I was riding my AJS Tempest 125 and went through a red light by mistake, hitting a car.
Stuffed Crust
27 Sep 2018
I work for a well-known pizza chain and was delivering a 12in pepperoni on a works scooter when I got a delivery of my own… a ticket from Mr Plod.
Lord Chief Justice Facebook
20 Sep 2018
My ‘old man’ threatened to castrate me if I got caught riding like a dipstick.
