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AJS: The Manx Classic
By Mark Graham on 29/05/2003 11:45:54
Rare tales from the 'Golden Age' of British imbecility
and still lives on Mona's Isle working as a guide in the Douglas Waxworks."T. Orfe-Driver (seated on pillion) recounts; "Once we'd realised the game was up and only Clubbe-Barr was going to get a round on the links, we hastened back to Douglas and were lucky
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Isle of Delight - Riding the Isle of Man
By Stuart Barker on 22/11/2010 15:05:11
If the TT is too OTT for you, Stuart Barker discovers there are 48 weeks every year where things needn't be 'Mad Manx'
.It goes without saying that if you want to see the Island avoid the manic TT period, unless partying and watching the races is top of your agenda. Thankfully, my other half is Manx born and bred, so I couldn't have had a better guide to help me find
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Cold Play - Soldiering on
By Tim Dickson on 20/10/2007 18:06:25
Tim's no fair weather rider. Here he explains how to survive winter riding to come out of it a better rider...
times, which means you don't want it misting up. Splash out on an anti-fog device and fit it properly for mist-free, visor shut riding.Continue the guide for winter warriors
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1985 Championship double - Freddie Spencer
By Bertie Simmonds on 26/02/2008 13:25:00
In 1985, 'Fast' Freddie Spencer did something unique in the motorcycle racing arena - the 250cc and 500cc World Championship double
Freddie. They are none other than Stuart Shenton, ex Kawasaki and current Suzuki GP team chief to John Hopkins, who helped guide Kevin Schwantz to his 1993 500 title; George Vukmanovich - a tuning legend who's lack of stature was inverse to his skill as a
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AM to PM: Spending the longest day in Iceland
By John Cantlie on 26/07/2010 11:07:06
Summer Solstice in June means loads of warm weather and daylight to go riding in. But what happens when you go to a place where the sun never sets? 24hrs of non-stop riding in Iceland
through town on a mix of BMWs; Eythor (our guide) on the tiddly 650X Cross Country, myself on Njall’s gloriously light and outrageous HP2 and Hjortur Jonsson on a F650GS. Even after three days and despite endless attempts I couldn’t remember or pronounce
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Advertorial: Ducati Roadshow 2010
By Ducati on 23/05/2010 20:11:22
The Ducati Roadshow continues in 2010 bringing its event truck and demonstration fleet to even more locations around the UK
will be on hand to give expert technical and service advice and trained riders will be there to guide all test rides.The Ducati UK event truck along with a fleet of up to 14 demonstrator and 6 display bikes will make its first stop in Stafford at the Classic
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Shale of the century: This is speedway…
By Mark Forsyth on 12/08/2010 09:15:55
It used to be as big a sport as football in the seventies then faded away to near total obscurity as property developers bought up the valuable city stadia of struggling teams. It hit the TV screens again in the noughties and staged a notable recovery
as a young German rider pummels into the air fence and his bike cartwheels over the barriers into the crowd. Thankfully, it’s a miss on the crowd front. There’s a lot of running and dodging though.I know that conditions are tricky because our guide
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Bonhams Biggest Bike Auction
By John Cantlie on 05/07/2008 17:13:14
On June 30th, the single biggest private collection of motorcycles ever sold in one go went under the hammer. Went with Whitham to pick up a biking bargain, but instead we found ourselves hopelessly out of our depth…
over for a neat profit. He’s been to many a bike auction in his time (although admittedly nothing as grand as this) and he would be our guide through the pits and traps of buying a classic motorcycle at auction. And to my left sat Grant Leonard
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Running for the Hills of Scotland
By John Cantlie on 05/10/2003 10:07:39
From the twisting, forested passes of Loch Tay to the winding mountain roads near Cape Wrath, grippy tarmac and stunning views await riders brave enough to make the trip up to Scotland
and C) some guides who knew where they were going. Two out of the three were sorted as my mates Jez and Martin - based at the RAF Tornado squadrons up at Lossiemouth near Inverness - were arranging a two-day ride through the Highlands of Scotland. I have
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Bikers & Bullet Holes Adventure
By Tim Cummings on 19/10/2010 12:04:31
A 3,000 mile trek across Europe, turn right at Croatia and ride all the way down to Albania, which last saw armed conflict in 2002. What happens when three normal blokes ride three normal bikes to the furthest reaches of Eastern Europe?
ride (about 1,500 miles) from Calais. The guide book said you could live like a king for a tenner a day, so it was decided. We booked the tunnel and set off. We didn’t worry about ‘vor unt bandits’ for another five days although loads more people raised
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