Insurance Diversion
22 Oct 2015
I decided to be a good Samaritan and leant my old Diversion to a ‘mate’ as he had binned his GSXR1000 on a track day. My ‘mate’ told me that he had insurance and I took him on face value. No problems I thought.
Construction site calamity
15 Oct 2015
I was riding on my new R1 past a building site when the front wheel just washed out from underneath me. Thereafter, it was a shiny R1 down the road, trashed kit and a broken arm.
Brightona Charity Riders Show
09 Oct 2015
Chef is at Brightona Charity Riders Show this Sunday. Look out for our show van, drop by and have a chat and pick up a prize draw card. See you there!
Video online? Wheelie bad idea
17 Sep 2015
I got a Notice of Intended Prosecution for dangerous driving after me and a couple of mates were seen pulling wheelies and doing burnouts. I read on the internet that if you don’t ID yourself and give someone else’s name then the CPS can’t do you so me and my mates all gave each other […]
Operation ridiculous
Sometimes you have a “yes” moment! “Operation ridiculous” was a success. Our 2500 mile round trip for the weekend saw us riding from everything ranging in blistering heat to snow capped mountain passes. The hi-light was Col du Galibier at over 2600m. Simply breathtaking.
Second-hand bike seized up
10 Sep 2015
I bought a second-hand motorbike from a dealer. About a month later I was riding along a motorway and went to exit up a slip road when the bike seized up in 5th gear.
Missed medical appointments
06 Aug 2015
Some silly old bint knocked me off my R6 after she drove onto the wrong side of the road. Liability was admitted. I hurt my neck and fractured my ankle. Her insurer agreed to pay for some physiotherapy but then I forgot to go twice and they cancelled it.
Crash & Burn
30 Jul 2015
This is random and I wonder if I am the most unlucky biker in the world! I am a courier in London and was riding my old rat of a CX500. As usual traffic was rammed so I was filtering but as I passed an HGV the driver dropped a lit fag out of the […]
Failed bike repayments
02 Jul 2015
I bought a brand spanking new Ducati Panigale 1299 a couple of months ago ready for the summer. I couldn’t wait to go and do some track days. A week later I got wiped out by some snotty nosed teenager in his mum’s Nissan Mica.
Dealer woes
25 Jun 2015
I got a new scooter about six months ago but I have had nothing but grief with it.
Fireblade Track Day
18 Jun 2015
I’ve trashed my new Fireblade and bust my arm after I fell off on a track day; I lost the front-end after I tried to overtake the instructor on a bend.
Hit by a bus
27 May 2015
Last November my Yamaha R6 was knocked over by a bus driver while it was parked. He admitted doing it, and his insurance company paid for it to be repaired by a shop it recommended.
Speeding on a provisional
16 Apr 2015
My wife insured me to ride her old Kawasaki ZZR600, but I recently got clocked for speeding, doing 35mph in a 30mph limit.
Motorway madness
09 Apr 2015
I have commuted into London every day for the last five years on my Honda Blackbird.
Bike too big for my house
02 Apr 2015
I have been biking for many years, and decided to treat myself to a new Triumph Explorer with all the gear on it – the side boxes, racks, engine bars… the full works.
Broken Brakes
26 Mar 2015
I have a Honda CBR600F, but I’m not that mechanically minded. I have been using my local dealer for years to service the bike, and I’ve always found that he does a really great job.
Stag Do Trials
19 Mar 2015
My brother was getting married and I arranged his stag do in Wales. The plan was a day out at an off-road motorbike school, and then a night out on the beer.
Poodling Around Town
12 Mar 2015
I have a few bikes, but I use a classic Vespa scooter to pootle – or poodle – to work on. The word is fairly apt because it was actually a poodle which ran out in front of me, knocking me off my bike.
