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!
How will my European claim end?
08 Oct 2015
I was knocked off my motorcycle in Austria last summer by a young man who immediately admitted fault to the police, paid his fine and sent me a note of apology written in perfect English.
The Pain in Spain Causes A Strain…
01 Oct 2015
I was involved in a motorcycle accident in Spain three years ago. In their report, the local Spanish police confirmed that the Spanish driver had gone for an overtake on a blind bend and had forced me into the rocky side of the road where I crashed.
Staying on the safe side of the law
24 Sep 2015
My 16-year-old daughter is about to start riding a motorcycle. We’re all too well aware of the sometimes horrible aftermath of motorcycle collisions, and I now have to think about what my daughter needs to protect herself.
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.
AJP240 Prize Draw Number w/c 4 September 2015
04 Sep 2015
We had some website technical difficulties this week so are keeping last week’s number as well as drawing a new number. The winning number is displayed on our website from 5pm every Friday and changes each week. The number(s) for the week commencing 4 September 2015
As one door opens…
03 Sep 2015
…it doesn’t mean to say that another one closes. Get the right people on the job and you can get the justice you deserve
Summer kit: the legal ins and outs
27 Aug 2015
In our north Atlantic climate we are not often bothered by temperatures which make regular riding gear too hot to wear. But on those rare scorching days when your bike kit boils you and you have a real risk of heat stroke, what does the law say about minimum protection levels?
Package tour or adventure tour?
13 Aug 2015
If you come off while riding on an organised tour, do you have the right to claim against the tour operator?
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.
AJP240 Prize Draw Number w/c 31 July 2015
31 Jul 2015
The winning number is displayed on our website from 5pm every Friday and changes each week. The number(s) for the week commencing 31 July 2015
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 […]
AJP240 Prize Draw Number w/c 24 July 2015
24 Jul 2015
The winning number is displayed on our website from 5pm every Friday and changes each week. The number(s) for the week commencing 24 July 2015
Too much hi-vis isn’t a bright idea
23 Jul 2015
I have an acquaintance who rides an ex-police bike. He has reflective patches on his bike, blue and green, in squares, and he wears a plain white helmet and a full-on Dayglo jacket complete with epaulettes and black shoulder slides. He is now going to buy a “Polite” reflective sticker in blue for his back […]
Beware the lure of insurance add-ons
16 Jul 2015
Most insurers have to compete hard on the headline premium, but the general rule is you get what you pay for.
