MoT Crash Chaos
12 Jun 2025
I am not a fan of our Lycra-clad cousins on two wheels Last summer I had taken my old Pan European (I know it’s not the sexiest bike in the world, but it is bloomin’ reliable!) for a pre-booked MoT.
Cigar-Rigmarole
05 Jun 2025
I was aiming to blast up the motorway for two hours, then turn left and get lost in Wales for the day, and then head home for tea and biscuits.
Untaxed Bike Backlash
29 May 2025
I have always wanted to live in Spain so after the dreaded Covid-19 malarkey, I decided to take the plunge.
KTM Ablaze
22 May 2025
Whilst I know KTM have been in the headlines for all the wrong reasons recently over their problematic cams and then money woes, etc.
10 Years Too Late
15 May 2025
There is a video doing the rounds on social media of some poor squaddie driving a Land Rover and trailer in lane one of a dual carriageway.
Gold Wing Woes
01 May 2025
I have been a biker for the last 40-odd years and had all sorts over the years from BSAs to VFRs.
Unpicking a bunch of clowns
10 Apr 2025
Me and my husband met through the love of biking 10 years ago at the world-famous Super Sausage café on the A5!
Split filtering
05 Apr 2025
Last month I went to trial at Court. Briefly, I was filtering through traffic past a bus when a car pulled out from my left and I hit the side of the car.
Just a ding…
27 Mar 2025
I was out with a group of mates a week ago. We had parked up on a local high street and gone for the obligatory sausage roll.
Wacky Races
13 Mar 2025
I live out in the sticks so it’s currently like Wacky Races with the tractor boys and girls whizzing about getting their crops in, etc.
Up the creek without a paddle
06 Mar 2025
Am I up the proverbial creek without a paddle regarding my case? I had spent a week on the NC500 astride my KTM 1290 with a couple of mates and my son. It had been an amazing week trundling and exploring around the top of Scotland and, as is normal, we decided to take the […]
Burst trailer tyre
27 Feb 2025
I am both a car driver and a biker. Two weeks ago I was overtaken by a car with a trailer on the motorway.
Clean hands
20 Feb 2025
I’ve been thinking of getting my MT09’s ECU ‘flashed’ to release a bit of horsepower and smooth out the throttle response, and wondered what effect this might have on my insurance premium.
Wheelie bad idea
13 Feb 2025
Me and a couple of friends were pulling wheelies and doing burnouts in a car park at the local business park, i.e. with a sofa shop and a KFC.
Carbon fibre crazy
06 Feb 2025
I am a Ducati man through and through. I love everything about them so when I turned 50, I decided to spend the kid’s inheritance and bought a Ducati Panigale.
Bring back National Service
30 Jan 2025
Some young lass drove straight out of a car park and into the side of me whilst I was on the main road.
