Don’t ride a bike unfit for road use
Your bike must be roadworthy to MoT standard. Defects to tyres, brakes, steering etc, all carry a three point penalty if the cops spot something wrong.
Don’t ride like a bike journalist
We do it to, ahem, examine the capabilities of our test bikes (your honor). You do it and you’ll get nicked
Storm in a Teacup
05 Sep 2006
I was riding my Firestorm back home from a rideout with my mates, just as dusk was falling. I have a smoked visor, with no BS mark on it, but I could see most things. As I came round a bend, I found a grey Fiesta parked half on the pavement, half on the road, […]
Prize bike winner
12 Apr 2006
Susan Naylor of Aylesbury has won the KTM 640 LC4 Enduro and collected it on 12th April.
Prize Draw Winner
03 Feb 2006
Marc Forsyth of Banffshire, Scotland won the KTM 660 Supermoto racer and collected on 9th February.
Sliders R Us
15 Nov 2005
I have been pulled by the police for putting my knee down on a local roundabout, which is effectively disused on a Sunday. It is on an industrial estate. The police turned up, blue lights going and pulled me and a couple of my friends over. They warned us that we should expect a summons […]
Prize bike winner
24 Oct 2005
Another KTM has been won by Mr Rodney Underwood of Lincolnshire, he picked up a card at the 2004 Birmingham NEC show and has checked the site religiously since for the number.
Stupid Stunt
23 Sep 2005
I was at an informal bike meet when we noticed a guy on a Honda Africa Twin hoisting wheelies. I didn’t pay him particular attention until he lost it and threw his bike into my bike, which in turn knocked my mate’s bike down causing £2,000 damage to my bike and £3,500 to my mate’s.
Race and Chase
16 Sep 2005
I was riding with a group of friends on sportsbikes in distinctive race leathers when we passed Captain Sensible on a stationary R 1200 GS, with a white helmet and black Gore-Tex, but no dayglo.
Illegal Visor
15 Sep 2005
I have been pulled in broad daylight, for having a dark iridium visor. I wasn’t carrying a spare and the police officer, who couldn’t find anything else to nick me for, told me that he was confiscating my visor as evidence. I’ve now got a summons and I am going to plead guilty. The visor […]
Scameraderie
02 Sep 2005
I rode into London on my FZR1000, when an old boy pulled out on me at the head of a queue of traffic. He apologised, I wasn’t badly hurt, but my bike had a lot of plastics damage.
Prize draw winner
26 Aug 2005
Former school teacher Duncan Vizor of County Durham was the lucky winner of the orange KTM 640LC – only the black one is left but another KTM is on it’s way!
Speed King
21 May 2005
I am being prosecuted for an accident where I was riding along a major carriageway, when an old dear in a car pulled out on top of me. I do not want to give away too many of my details, because the case is still live and ongoing but I was riding a brightly coloured […]
Slip Off And Rip-Off
07 Apr 2005
I bought a standard Honda CBF1000 GT from my local dealers in September 2008.I bought the GT version because I wanted the extra bodywork, screen and panniers.
Prize draw winner
11 Feb 2005
Lucky Biker (his mates call him something different) Bryan Gartside rode his GSXR 1000 home to Manchester following the March registration of his prize bike.
Sign Of The Times
07 Apr 2004
I was riding my GSX-R 600, which I’d trailered down to Cornwall so I could go out and about on my bike when the rest of my family were doing family stuff.
