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.
Trailer: The Truth About… Amputation Part 1
22 Nov 2024
No one expects to leave home on a ride and return in any other state than the one in which they left . But for many of our clients they are left to deal with the terrible reality of amputation and facing life with new challenges.
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.
Will I be compensated or not?
25 Apr 2024
At the beginning of April, I decided to take my old FJR1200 to the supermarket as it got a huge top box and panniers. I loaded up the old girl with the essentials to get through lockdown i.e. bread, milk, eggs, beer etc. So far, so good.
Brake Checked
18 Apr 2024
Am I piddling into the wind with this one? I have gone to work in Manchester city centre pretty much every day for the last few years on my trusted Honda NC750X.
Hire bike hell…
11 Apr 2024
Twelve months ago, I was filtering between lanes two and three on the M25. A van just pulled out from lane three into two and took me out.
Surf’s up
04 Apr 2024
I was taking my bike in for a service. On the way I ended up behind a VW campervan which appeared to have everything including the kitchen sink inside it, and two surfboards tied on top (subsequently I found out they were heading on a camping/surfing trip).
IAM Instructor Vs Lorry – who was at fault?
28 Mar 2024
I am an IAM instructor and have also done my ROSPA gold so I know how to ride and have great observational skills, even if I do say so myself.
