High speed tyre
05 Jun 2014
I had a new tyre fitted to my GSXR1000 by a small garage local to me. About a month later I took my bike to my main dealer for a service after I got back from Germany. While in Germany I had ridden around the Nurburgring at speeds of up to 180mph.
Off-road with no tax?
10 Apr 2014
I have just bought a DRZ400 with road tyres It hasn’t got an MoT or Tax, but instead of spending money on this I’m thinking of spending it on some knobblies and going ‘off-road’ for some giggles There are loads of local woods, parks and farmland, so I figured as long as I stick to […]
Muppet Solicitor
13 Mar 2014
Do I have to stick with my insurer panel appointed solicitor? He is a muppet. Some ‘spoon’ banged into the rear of my bike at a junction.
Road tentacles
06 Mar 2014
I was riding on my old CB750k2, and there were some of those rubber tubes across the road that measure the traffic, attached to a metal box chained to a lamppost.
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.
Can’t see the wood for the trees
14 Aug 2013
I was riding home on my R6 one night a couple of weeks ago. I went around a left-hand bend on a country lane when the front end of my bike just let go and I fell off. I slid across the road and ended up in a bush. Thankfully, the oncoming car did not […]
Motorcycle courier caught in the act
07 Aug 2013
I am a motorbike courier in London and was in a rush to pick up a package. The traffic was really heavy so I hopped up on the curb, rode about 100 feet past all the traffic and turned left onto the main road. I then got pulled by the police.
Powerbronze Rear Hugger
06 Apr 2011
Because I ride all year round my bikes take a bit of a pounding. As I want to try and keep the ZZR1400 in good nick I decided to invest in a new rear hugger.
Kawasaki ZZR1400 Motorcycle Review
30 Mar 2011
So its been about 4 weeks after taking ownership of the ZZR1400 and I thought I write a review on my new 2 wheel machine.
Think spring is finally here…thank goodness!
24 Mar 2011
Is spring finally here? I bloomin hope so. It seems like this winter has gone on forever.
