, helmets balanced on top of their heads. They're the ones who think protective clothing means an extra hooded top. They are, in short, a menace to society in general and, more specifically, all that is good in motorcycling. Or are they? How many have you

or reflective clothing and follow all other provisional licence restrictions.Accelerated accessRiders who reach the age of 21, while still within the two year period where they are restricted to maximum 25 kW (33 bhp) machines, but who wish to ride larger bikes

lessons; the clothing and safety gear plus insurance and keep it road worthy.So, lets start slowly, lets think small, how about I start with a CBT, eighty to ninety quid can't be that much of a bank trembler?.............In the meantime, I receive another

and micro-fibre mitt on your exhaust. You'll just need to remove the grit and you will finish it off later.DryingIt's important to dry off your bike. Some people recommend a micro-fibre drying cloth over a chamois, but I use a chamois. The main mistake I

the odd appearance of a big bike without a clutch lever, and the fact that I've yet to fully grasp the point of it, I can't wait to see how it performs.The venerable Honda still looks sharp in its four-year-old clothing and retains the confident aura

versions of the SV family) everything else you could ever want for your two-wheeled career is there, including clothing and kit.There's even a special performance centre where you can get all the advice you need about Suzukis as well as a coffee area where

day one, plus the specks of rust appearing on the mirror stalks, but the rest of the bike -including wheels - appears to be bearing up remarkably well so far.I've also discovered the benefits of heated clothing. It got to that stage in November where I

nicely so a layer of clothing comes off at every fuel stop. Unfortunately this amounts to just a waterproof jacket and T-shirt under my leathers – I’m properly jealous of Tim and Rob’s jacket and jeans ensemble in the 35-degree heat.As the sun goes down

the kind of smugness born of having the perfect tool for a job. Fate has conspired to keep me in France for a whole fortnight; a week with the rest of the team and a second at a mate’s wedding near Cahors. Few machines could swallow the necessary clothes

700X is an adventure-styled ‘fun crossover.’ What does that mean, you quite rightly ask? Well, it’s exactly the same bike as the NC700S and the recently launched Integra but with different clothes/handlebars. Honda call this base bike their ‘Mid