Mud Slide
17 Mar 2022
What legal recourse do you have if you injure yourself, or damage your bike, after sliding on mud left in the road?
My Irish cousin used my bike. Police say he had no insurance. What can I do?
10 Mar 2022
I lent my spare bike – a tough old Fazer 1000 winter hack – to my cousin who came over from Ireland in May.
Keep it real
03 Mar 2022
It’s easy to get tricked into saying or writing something you shouldn’t after an accident honesty and diligence are the order of the day.
Wrong side of the track (day)
24 Feb 2022
As a starting point every track day provider will ask any rider to complete a form which will set out how they would like you not to crash. But if you do, it is on you.
Can I put my bike in a van or on a trailer and travel to France?
17 Feb 2022
I am planning on taking my bike into France later this year – it’s a street-legal trackday bike.
Question: all the gear all the time?
10 Feb 2022
Among other things summer riding triggers the annual debate between the All The Gear All The Time (ATGATT) advocates and riders taken by a more relaxed approach, who will moderate their riding to account for the reduction in their kit.
Ifs and Buts
03 Feb 2022
Legal cases are seldom straightforward and outcomes can be hard to predict, especially when there’s an injury involved.
The Perils of Countryside Riding
28 Jan 2022
Riding on country lanes requires a whole different set of skills, and offers different dangers for obvious reasons…
Should I accept the compensation?
27 Jan 2022
I was born with one leg (below the knee) and at about the age of seven my old man sat me down and said: “Son, with one leg, I’m not going to lie, it’s going to be tough. If you want anything in life, you are going to have to do it for yourself coz […]
What Police really do at an accident
20 Jan 2022
If you find yourself pinned under your motorcycle or involuntarily parted from it, the emergency services will promptly arrive.
Brexit and reasons not to crash in EU
13 Jan 2022
It is safe to say Brexit hasn’t been the Armageddon some pessimistic commentators anticipated, at least so far as travel to the EU by motorcycle is concemed. Yet there’s one very large change in the law which needs addressing before we flock to Dover. And it is this…
Buying bike gear from EU countries
06 Jan 2022
Does Brexit mean the days of buying discounted motorcycle gear from EU countries is over?
You wait for a bus…
30 Dec 2021
I was riding my supermoto along a Cornish single-lane road which had high hedges on both sides. I am Cornish, and I know how the roads work.
Follow the leader
23 Dec 2021
If you ride outside of your limits, don’t be so quick to blame others for crashing.
Autofill Insurance Calamity
16 Dec 2021
I currently have an old CG125. I was hoping to get my full bike test done this year but then the dreaded Cov struck the country and put the mockers on that idea.
The farm trailer I hit had illegal tyres – can I claim?
09 Dec 2021
I was riding my old dual-sport bike along a narrow single-track road. Ahead of me was a farmer on a quad towing a big livestock trailer.
Cycle of Life
02 Dec 2021
On a relatively straight stretch of road I could see a small pack of cyclists cycling two abreast.
14 days expired, can I ignore the NIP?
25 Nov 2021
I have just received a Notice of Intended Prosecution for allegedly speeding at 43mph in a 30mph limit on my Kwak Z1000.
