Can I swap my company car for a company bike?
22 Jan 2014
I work in the print trade and spend a lot of time on the road, usually over 30,000 miles a year. I could work a lot more effectively by travelling by motorbike, but before I raise it with my boss (also a biker) I want to know if I can legally chop my company car […]
Can I use a bike as my business vehicle?
15 Jan 2014
I’m considering getting a bike for my work. I’m a self-employed mobile auto electrician working in London, with most of my work in the City and West End. I can carry all my tools and kit in one large toolbox. With a bike I avoid the Congestion Charge, delays and sitting in traffic burning diesel.
Can wearing a dark visor invalidate my insurance?
08 Jan 2014
What are the insurance implications of a tinted visor? I’m interested in a light tint visor, with less tint than a ‘normal’ pair of sunglasses.
A nasty surprise awaits
01 Jan 2014
I recently acquired a 1998 Triumph Daytona 955i so my 50 year old mate with a California license could ride it for a three week trip around the UK and Europe. After phoning multiple insurance companies, only one seemed to be able to do this simple task.
Hit and don’t run
26 Dec 2013
If you’re in the wrong, you’re in the wrong, there’s no getting away from it…
Badly injured while riding on Mad Sunday
18 Dec 2013
I was seriously injured on the TT course two years ago. I am not a racer, but on Mad Sunday I was riding at a speed I thought was fair enough. I have done a few trackdays and I was riding a high-performance sportsbike when some lunatic, approaching a tightish bend, shot past me as […]
Festive opening hours
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Old dispatch rider’s survival tricks
11 Dec 2013
RiDE’s legal expert draws on his courier past to lead a group of colleagues on a two-wheeled tourist trail around the capital
London by motorbike – What to wear
27 Nov 2013
RiDE’s legal expert draws on his courier past to lead a group of colleagues on a two-wheeled tourist trail around the capital
7 top tips for a group sightseeing ride round London
20 Nov 2013
Courier riding secrets, combat biking in London. RiDE’s legal expert draws on his courier past to lead a group of colleagues on a two-wheeled tourist trail around the capital
London by motorbike
13 Nov 2013
RiDE’s legal expert draws on his courier past to lead a group of colleagues on a two-wheeled tourist trail around the capital
Not wheelie very good
06 Nov 2013
I have just got back into biking (I used to have a Triumph Tiger 500 back in the 1970s – good times) and bought a new Yamaha Rl on which to head out on rides with my mates. I had only had it for a few weeks when I had an incident.
Mobility stupidity
30 Oct 2013
I was riding my bike down a main road near to where I live. At a junction to my left there was a stationary white van and as I came closer I could see the driver waving his arms about like a mad man. I slowed down thinking there must surely be something wrong.
Lies, damned lies and outright fraudulent claims
23 Oct 2013
Honesty is the best policy. I received one of those lovely calls telling me that as a result of my entirely non-existent road traffic accident and my even less real whiplash injury that I was entitled to £3300, and all I needed to do was sign a few pieces of paper and be seen by […]
I sold my bike but didn’t cancel my insurance
16 Oct 2013
I sold my bike through a classified ad. The guy bought it, didn’t test ride it and took it away in a van. I sent off the log book and didn’t think any more about it. I have now heard from my insurers. I had not informed them I had sold the bike and had […]
Testing times
09 Oct 2013
I am new to biking and was on my way to the test centre for my full bike test. My instructor was in front and I lost sight of him. However, as we were using radios he told me to exit off the roundabout using the second exit and accelerate up the hill.
Blow our own trumpets
04 Oct 2013
Andrew Dalton has been rated by Chambers 500 as a leading individual in his field of law in Chambers 500.
Deer, oh deer
03 Oct 2013
White Dalton are branching out into gamekeeping and badger culling. In one week, Gav kills a pheasant and Andrew meets a suicidal deer. Urban riding is easy. It’s in the country where everything tries to kill you.
