Sprung mattress
16 Jan 2025
Now that spring has sprung, I thought I would drag my trusty CB1000R out of the shed and head out over the moors to grab some air and soak up the sunshine.
Course Advantages
26 Dec 2024
I was out with some mates for a blast around the hills near where I live on my Suzuki GSX-R1000.
Litigation caseworker specialist
19 Dec 2024
Just over three years ago I was out with my local bike group riding the green lanes of Hampshire on my trusty Husqvarna 701.
Nervous witness
12 Dec 2024
I was involved in a really serious accident six months ago, riding my BMW GS1250 along the main road using a bus lane (which I was legally allowed to use).
Mental stress
05 Dec 2024
Last year I went out and bought a brand spanking new Hayabusa. I have always hankered after one since my teenage days when the first generation came out with the legendary 220mph clocks from the factory.
Sibling Anxiety
28 Nov 2024
For reasons that I don’t want to go into, me and my brother were estranged for a number of years.
Legally modified
21 Nov 2024
I am bike and car mad, having owned all kinds of weird and wonderful things over the years from RD350s to Subaru Imprezas.
Pizza Express
14 Nov 2024
I am a delivery rider in Manchester. I buzz around all day picking up lazy people’s food from their favourite takeaways.
Ducati Dipstick
07 Nov 2024
I have been riding bikes since God was a lad and have loads of track experience. I raced when I was a youngster.
A Slippery Ride Home
19 Sep 2024
I had just finished working a night shift (I work in a bread factory) and was heading home. It was around 6am, the sun was shining, and I was just plodding home for some kip.
Goodwood Revival
13 Sep 2024
Andrew Prendergast, Senior Partner, attended his first event at Goodwood Revival last weekend and watched some great racing including the Barry Sheene Memorial Trophy which is a 25-minute, two-rider race for bikes of a type that raced up to 1954.
Finance Surprises
29 Aug 2024
I do not know which way to turn. Eighteen months ago I went and bought my lad a secondhand Yamaha MT-125 for his birthday.
Cotswolds Adventure Turns Flat
16 Aug 2024
I have had my indestructible Honda Blackbird (is this the best bike ever built?!!!) for five years after buying it off a chap on Facebook Marketplace and it has been spot on.
Biker vs Boy Racer
08 Aug 2024
Last summer I was plodding along on my AJP PR7 on a road section between two green lanes in the Peak District when I got wiped out by a boy racer who had drifted too wide on a left-hander (for him).
How a pillion affects your insurance premium
16 May 2024
My insurance is up for renewal. I am properly paranoid as I don’t trust them as far as I can throw them after they refused to pay out for a claim years ago when my old FZR600 got nicked.
Court for chap who taxed wrong bike
09 May 2024
We are very fortunate and both I and my partner have a bike each in the garage (we bought matching MT-09s a few years ago).
A rainy motorway filtering fiasco
02 May 2024
I had my missus on the back and was heading down the motorway on my Ducati Multistrada 1200 S. It is a big old red bike so there is absolutely no reason for someone not to see me.
