Small Soldiers
07 Mar 2007
My bike was bumped from behind while waiting at traffic lights, and it was knocked out from underneath me. I wasn’t injured, but there was plastics damage to my bike.
Diligent checker wins new bike
09 Feb 2007
Steve Rands from Bucks, runs his own Health & Safety company, “Different Strand’s“.
Prize bike replaces stolen bike
02 Feb 2007
Geoff Senington – Car Publicity & Hospitality worker, from Somerset, won the bike – a replacement for his stolen GPZ750.
Prize Draw Winner
11 Dec 2006
Peter Readman of Bridlington, North Yorkshire who has been following the winning card numbers for two years took away his prize bike.
Banged to Rights
01 Nov 2006
What do you do when you’ve been pulled by the Fuzz? When are you looking at doing porridge and when can you expect a slapped wrist? Worry no more, Superbike’s very own freelance jailbird Bertie Simmonds, goes into the showers, drops the soap and then gets tooled up to find out the answers.
Courting Disaster
You’ve been pulled. The copper is glaring at you and you’ve got that sick feeling in your stomach. But fear not. There are always ways and means to turn points into pardons. Sometimes. SuperBike finds out when You’ve been pulled over. Don’t panic. Maybe you’re angry, maybe you’re upset, probably nervous too, or a mix […]
Don’t ignore a summons
That’s plain daft. Do ask for expert help. White Dalton are probably the finest firm of biking solicitors in the country and with them on your side you may avoid being bummed by Bubba when you pick up the hairy soap, but as Andrew says, sometimes it can work if you defend yourself: “It can […]
Don’t ride with a dark visor
If he’s pulled you for an illegally smoked visor, the offence is unendorsable, but you can get a fine.
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 […]
