to their peril. But they're still bums on two wheeled seats so let's live and let live shall we? After all, we could be the born-agains of the next decade, right?One way the old boys could have honed their rusty skills was to take part in one of the millions

1. Choose your styleWendy Hearn is Arai UK’s marketing supremo: “Consider what kind of riding you do. If you spend all your time on motorways you’ll need a helmet that performs in a different way to one that’s designed for city dwellers. If you

How long does it take to rebuild a set of front forks? How about one minute seventeen seconds? Well, K-Tech's Michael Hancock can manage it, but then he has been sped-up 40x by our video-editor.Suspension specialists K-Tech produce their own front

on the road,” says Kevin Healy of Focused Events, one of the biggest trackday organisers and with over 10 years in operation. “It can be a dangerous activity and riders choose to put themselves there. You simply can’t have your cake and eat it.”Kevin admits

of British riding.There is one small point left to be addressed however, because I did manage to somewhat mangle an SP-2 after losing the front halfway through a corner. Ah. Now how do I explain this one? Well, I got so carried away with the grip the tyres

cheaper than modern policies, older bikes can look like a seriously financially attractive option.And as the 15-year limit is a sliding one, there's more and more decent machinery falling under the classic auspices that can be covered for premiums

Starting club racing can be a bit tricky. Let's assume you've sorted the finances, the bike, the transport and found the time to do it. The hard part is choosing a series to enter because this can be the make or break of all your efforts. Despite

-and-coming manufacturer, where would you choose to launch a new model that was designed to give the Japanese a bloody nose? Right on their own doorstep. Which is exactly what KTM did with the RC8. It was unveiled as a radical concept at the ‘big four’s’ own show, a show

Simple rule is: get covered. Given the price and availability of insurance it’s wise to check what you can get and at what price even before you get involved in bike buying itself. Insurance is one of the most significant factors when it comes

'.It seems to me that it's a cyclist's right in the UK to do whatever they choose to and that everyone should be looking out for them. If accidents are on the rise, then it's everybody else who should be looking out for cyclists and not cyclists looking out