Billing Bike Fest 2013
19 Jul 2013
Wayne and Martyn are both at the Billing Aquadrome (NN3 9DA), Northamptonshire for the 2013 Billing Bike Fest over Saturday and Sunday
Beaulieu 2013 Motorcycle muster ride-in day
15 Jul 2013
Wayne and Martyn were at a very hot Beaulieu for the 2013 Motorcycle muster ride-in day
Ludgershall Bike Night 2013
04 Jul 2013
Gavin, Martyn and Chef headed off to the Ludgershall Bike Night near Aylesbury on Monday. Gavin got some excellent photos of some of the machines that turned up to the show…
Cassington Bike Night 2013
26 Jun 2013
Chef, Martyn and Gavin took an impromptu ride over to Cassington near Oxford on Monday night for the Cassington Bike Night. Thousands of bikers descended into Cassington for the event to raise money for the village primary school, playgroup, sports and social club. Gavin had his new Drift HD Ghost (review coming soon) to take […]
Dealing with the dealers
17 Jun 2013
When it comes to your bike’s warranty, must you get the dealer to service your bike?
Ace Cafe Margate Meltdown 2013
30 May 2013
Martyn and Gavin were both at the 6th Annual Ace café Margate Meltdown on Bank Holiday Monday. The show was very busy which the weather helped with and we gave out plenty of prize draw cards and White Dalton snoods. We’re going to be at the Beaulieu Motorcycle muster Ride-In on the 14th July so […]
Ramming the point home
17 May 2013
When a thief knocks you off your bike, how do you go about getting compensation?
Under Pressure?
01 Apr 2013
Inflation can be a good thing, especially when it comes to tyres. Best not screw it up
Not going swimmingly
01 Mar 2013
Like medical advice, when it comes to legal issues a second opinion doesn’t hurt…
Solid white lines and hatched areas
28 Feb 2013
Unravelling the legal aftermath of Mark Stone’s riding calamities. Rather too keen to collect Cindy’s overly violent birthday present, Mark now risks feeling its devastating effects first hand
Don’t be a stoner
30 Jan 2013
If you’ve been taking some hits from the bong then the law may not be as generous
Urban myths, speeding and the law
23 Jan 2013
Specialist motoring solicitor and ZZR1400 rider Andrew ‘Chef’ Prendergast demystifies a couple of bits of riding folklore
Londons Air Ambulance
Our recent prize bike winner, Dan Davis, is a HEMS (helicopter emergency medical services) paramedic for the London Air Ambulance.
Filtering and/or overtaking and claiming for injuries
16 Jan 2013
Even though a biker may not be criminally liable for filtering and having a collision, it is a long established legal principle that a biker who is out of the ordinary flow of traffic by overtaking or filtering places themselves at potential risk and therefore has to take extra care. If they do not and […]
Filtering and/or overtaking slow moving or stationary traffic
08 Jan 2013
A great advantage of riding a bike is that you can often avoid getting snared in slow moving or stationary traffic with our larger, wider motoring companions by filtering or overtaking. I have been riding bikes on the road since I was 16 years old and have owned many, from my trusty Honda C90 to […]
Community Service?
01 Jan 2013
I was zapped by some community do-gooders. As I rode passed a huddle of semi-retired wombles in dayglow jackets, one of them pointed a speed gun at me and a sign flashed up warning me I was doing 43 in a 30.
Winter Motorcycle Riding Tips
31 Dec 2012
A little infographic on our winter riding tip series on Twitter