Taxing Times
21 Jul 2016
I’m lucky enough to have four bikes in my stable including two old Fireblades. Anyway, long story short is over the winter I made a Statutory Off Road Notice (SORN) declaration on all the bikes.
Pigs on the run
14 Jul 2016
I was on my daily commute to work on a dual carriageway when a pig (yes a pig!) escaped through the farmer’s old broken fence and ran straight out in front of me causing me to swerve, crash into the central reservation and fall off. Not my best day out ever.
Break the ice
21 Apr 2016
Sky, road, sky, road, sky, road… hedge. That was my view after I hit ice and clattered off my CG125. This trashed the bike and broke my arm. Now imagine an upturned tortoise laying on his shell with his legs moving, trying to right himself. That’s how I looked as I am a portly middle […]
Wheelie stupid
14 Apr 2016
Am I knee-deep in the proverbial? I went to a track day last September on my new R1 with a couple of mates. When we left we were all feeling a little lively and set off home ‘enthusiastically’.
Brake calamity
25 Feb 2016
I got a puncture on my ZZR1400’s rear tyre. My local garage said he could fix it and duly did for £30. Bargain! All was well… or so I thought.
Foggy Copper
18 Feb 2016
I was out with four mates riding our bikes and I was number two in the line-up. It was foggy so we weren’t speeding along when some dipstick copper jumped out from behind a parked car in a layby directly into the middle of the road to stop us.
Foreign Roundabout Claim
03 Dec 2015
Some spoon drove straight into me while I was on a roundabout in Swindon and smashed my leg to bits. Looks like surgery, metal work and about 18 months of rehabilitation for me. Nice one! Not.
The Dog’s Danglies
26 Nov 2015
I hate insurers. I have always wanted a Ducati 916 since it came out. After saving for years I bought one last summer. To say I was chuffed was an understatement. I “tricked it up” with some carbon cans, a carbon mudguard and a custom paint job. It looked the dog’s danglies.
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.
