It was good to catch up with my old mate Daryl Beattie last weekend in Misano. Daryl was pushing Mick Doohan hard for the 500cc World Championship in 1995 until he high sided and broke his collar bone in Assen mid way through the year. He eventually

; one click on the side pods and it’s off, a gentle push and it’s back in place.  It seems good value at £159.99 so I’ll keep you posted on how it stands up to the relentless everyday abuse in Mackenzie world.   

Desmosedicis, at least a dozen 1098/1198s and S 1000 RRs plus various immaculate MVs. Who said we were entering a double dip recession?

This picture of me chasing Foggy on the Daytona banking in 1991 brought back some bitter sweet memories recently. I did half a season as his team mate on the Silkolene RC30s before scurrying off to Japan to ride a factory Yamaha Superbike. I

Alongside the most stunning collection of race and road bikes at their Motegi museum, next to some race bikes, Honda also has a step by step guide on most aspects of riding. I photographed the wonderful text on push starting but I also have lots of equally hilarious instructions ...

It was good to see my old HRC team mate Shinichi Itoh making his final Moto GP appearance last weekend at Motegi. At 44 he was a bit off the pace compared to his younger team mates, but that didn't matter as it was a joy just to see him circulating on what I reckon is most stunni...

I know there has been a lack of blogging on my S1000RR recently and that’s because it’s broken, but only a little bit.On July 18th I was at Silverstone looking after some Bahnstormer BMW customers, when late in the afternoon something hit me

has now turned mentor for Japanese female racer, young Yui Watanabe. Nobby-san filled me in: "I spotted Yui riding in the 125 Japanese Championship two years ago and she was incredibly fast in the wet so decided to help her as I think she is quite

If you’re into boy’s toys then a day out at the newly opened Westlands Activity Centre, near Annan on the Scottish border, might just hit the spot while you’re waiting for some better biking weather to arrive.Last week I had the honour of opening this seventy acre, fun filled fac...

on South Parade for a cracking night with the proceeds going to the Faraha orphanage in Kenya.I noticed our Bradders has grown a few centimetres but that matters less now as he has moved from a 125 to the more spacious Tech 3 machine with Mike di Meglio