I wonder if any of you have experienced a strange phenomenon that seems to be sweeping the country? I had actually heard of this via the ramblings of the fascinating Mr.Clarkson (unlike a lot of bikers I don’t mind the chap as anyone who punches

of the benefactors so their ambassador Randy Mamola joined in on a Ducati Diavel accompanied by Bradley Smith on an Yamaha RD400 and a certain Taylor Mackenzie on a 1979 Suzuki X7. The sight and smell of dozens of Japanese classics brought back memories of days when

2010 is going to be one of the most exciting seasons yet for race fans in the UK. We might not have JT in MotoGP but we do have double GP winner Bradley Smith poised to win the 125cc title (backed up by Danny Webb) and hopefully by now Scott Redding

Whitley Bay is not somewhere you’d ever expect to meet a Grand Prix star in the off season but that’s exactly where I happened to bump into Bradley Smith at the weekend.We were up there joining a whole load of generous bikers in the Trojan Rooms

Click to read: BMW F800ST owners reviews, BMW F800ST specs and to see the BMW F800ST image gallery.The F800ST IS a bike that was built to encourage bikers back on to the road without being intimidated or scared in any way. But it also serves another

F or many bikers, this is a frightening time of the year. For a start 4pm is now 5pm so the commute home from work is dark and therefore more treacherous. Temperatures are also dropping (I just found out when you can see your breath the ambient

. And why not?  I had just as much fun on the H.D. stand being Scott Parker on a XR 1200 flat out at the San Jose mile.I asked my kids what they liked best about the show and unsurprisingly Taylor loved the 125 KTM Duke. It ticks every box for teenagers so

and motorcycling hasn’t been left out. The majority of bikers gathering for sun downers at trendy bars in 2007 were pulling up on top end sports bikes. Now it’s big adventure traillies and cruisers that are parked outside the beach front bars where the beautiful

of extra hazards, both mechanical and physical. More danger is more excitement, perhaps?Another extreme is circumnavigating the globe in 20 days a la Nick Sanders. This involves averaging around 1000 miles per day, which I think is madness as most of us

always hoped I’d be wrong but I have to say from personal experience I suspected a podium place might not be that straightforward. Back in 1990 while riding for Lucky Strike Suzuki as team mate to Kevin Schwantz I came to my home race at Donington