When what looks like insurance isn’t
12 Oct 2023
Before you think I’m wandering into fantasy land, this bizarre scenario is happening with enough frequency for me to note it.
What should I look for in motorcycle travel insurance?
05 Oct 2023
I read Richy Howland’s letter about travel insurance in the March issue of RiDE with interest.
Is recovery cover worth having?
28 Sep 2023
If you ride a complicated bike as most of us do and it breaks down it’s the AA, RAC, Greenflag, or whoever, time. Simple. Well, not so fast.
There’s a chance I might lose part of my leg. Should I settle this now?
07 Sep 2023
I have had a serious motorcycle accident. Liability is all agreed. I have taken a 20% hit because witnesses and various engineering experts have put me at about 80mph in a 60mph zone, which I accept as probably correct.
Visibility: the motorcyclist’s biggest threat
31 Aug 2023
I hear strange justifications from drivers who knock motorcyclists off their motorcycles, but the common thread is the driver failed to see the biker.
I hit an unlit parked car facing the wrong way
10 Aug 2023
I have had a nasty accident, which has resulted in a spiral fracture in my ankle. I hit a parked car on the approach to a village in darkness.
My insurance company seems to be shafting me. What is going on?
20 Jul 2023
I was taken off my bike in the most obvious no-fault accident imaginable. Because the case is live, I cannot go into details but I was stationary and a car hit me at speed from the rear, sending me over the top of my bike.
Christmas trees and pumpkins…
06 Jul 2023
In November and early January I will get phone calls from those hardy souls who are still riding – the commuters and those whose bike is there only means of transport.
Horse Sense
29 Jun 2023
I was on a ride with four friends a few weeks ago, during which we had a number of interactions with equestrians. When we met up with equestrians on the byways, engines were killed, my packet of Polos came out and the bold horses snaffled them eagerly while the more timid horses took the mints […]
Is a flashing light on my rucksack at night illegal?
22 Jun 2023
I am having a bit of a debate with a member of my advanced group of riders. I commute into the city most days and in the autumn and winter, during the misty mornings, I have a high-intensity flashing beacon on my Kriega rucksack.
Horsing around
15 Jun 2023
After an ABR reader collided with a horse trailer on his bike, Andrew Dalton explains why his insurance premiums should not go up
Saying ‘sorry’ doesn’t mean you’re guilty
08 Jun 2023
It is an urban myth, kept alive by insurers, that you should never apologise at a collision.
Should the dealer have told me about my new bike’s payload?
18 May 2023
I own a large adventure touring motorcycle that I bought from a franchised dealer and when they saw me, they must have been able to see I am a big lad.
Officer someone’s ridden up my chuff…
11 May 2023
It is an urban myth, with a solid core of truth, that if you ride into the back of another vehicle you have got some pretty major liability issues.
When the hospital makes things worse
22 Mar 2023
In my line of work I have to deal with motorcyclists whose injuries have been potentially worsened by ‘sub optimal’ medical care, and this is a problem.
Is it illegal to ride with knobbly tyres across Europe?
08 Mar 2023
An ABR reader, Colin Richardson, asked me if what he was told by a group of Polish riders while riding off road in Portugal was true, namely that they were using road tyres on the trails for fear of being fined, or otherwise harassed, by German police for using knobblies on the autobahn on their […]
There are bad wheelies, and not so bad…
09 Feb 2023
Hoisting a controlled wheelie is really good fun. However, it is also illegal.
Bring the noise: horns, loud pipes & the law
26 Jan 2023
Bikers of my vintage will remember the ‘Loud Pipes Save Lives’ patches from the 1980s, more often than not seen sewn onto a denim cut-off jacket.
