Bike Accident? Know Your Costs
23 Oct 2025
A couple of weeks ago, I was out riding my CRF300L to some local green lanes, but I managed to miss my turn from a tarmac road onto a byway. As such, I decided to do a quick U-turn. Unfortunately, I completely misjudged things and turned in front of a car, which hit me. I […]
Lost Letter, Found Trouble
16 Oct 2025
I have had my Triumph 1200 Explorer for two years now and I love it. Tina (yes, I named my bike) has taken me everywhere from as far south as Morocco and as far east as Slovenia. Now, I need to stress that I’m the only one who rides Tina. I’ve lived in the same […]
Paternal Pillion Palaver
14 Aug 2025
Who should be helping my son? I had him on the back of my Fireblade as a pillion. We were heading down a narrow country lane last autumn when we had a head-on with a tractor on a bend. I can’t remember what happened and neither can my son.
No Conspiracy
07 Aug 2025
I believe there is a conspiracy against me by all those involved. Around three years back, I broke my leg after some absolute imbecile in a van pulled out of a junction and straight into the side of me whilst I was riding my Ducati Multistrada.
First Ride Breakdown
31 Jul 2025
My teenage daughter started college this year and has been catching two buses and walking the last mile to get there.
Is the MT07 Y-AMT an automatic fit?
24 Jul 2025
That was a question I asked myself after I took a phone call from my local Yamaha dealer, Flitwick Motorcycles, inviting me to come in and test ride a new automatic in the MT range. Automatic bikes with top flight features are no longer the stuff of the far flung future – and for Yamaha it probably […]
Time of the Sign
I am part of a local vintage Japanese motorbike group that meets at the same pub on a Thursday evening through the winter months for a chinwag, and we do a Sunday morning ride out in the summer. They always laugh at me because, whatever the weather, I always turn up on my trusty CB900.
Subrogated Claim
17 Jul 2025
As a perk of my job, I get health insurance. Two years ago I got knocked off my SV1000 and shattered my elbow, and liability was admitted straight away, and we are now at the stage where we are trying to settle my claim.
Iced Bump
10 Jul 2025
I live out in the sticks and have never owned a car so I ride motorcycles to get to work whether it’s sunny, raining or snowing.
Test Ride Insurance
03 Jul 2025
It’s been a pretty poo year for my family after we lost my Dad. Thereafter, my husband and I split up and are just finalising the divorce.
Rainbow Warrior
26 Jun 2025
Whilst summer is now a distant memory, me and the Mrs are not against a bit of winter riding, even in the rain (and sometimes the snow!) despite it being wet, me and my wife were making a trip to a nearby stately home to see the Christmas lights.
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.
