the bike was so damned heavy was because of all the crap added to make it look like a pukka police bike. He even kept junk food in a little plastic lunch box in his pannier further adding to the weight. And Ponch was very fond of Tutti-Frutti ice cream

be staging a series for LCs in 1981, he couldn’t rip his number plate off quick enough. Making his race debut at Carnaby, Mackenzie caught the racing bug. “I was so pumped up that I didn't care if I crashed or died or anything,” he recalls. He did neither

– and do – flex. And the incredibly high revs a six can operate at thanks to its balance can make the problem worse. Designers don’t want to add too much strength to the crank, as that increases weight and restricts revs, but they must ensure it’s strong

found out) reliability - and all at a reasonable price. The concept worked and within eight years of its launch, the 100,000th CBR rolled off the production line in Japan. To date, more than 50,000 of the bikes have been sold in Britain alone making

relating to bikes, from those mentioned above to your granny just saying you're bike looks 'super.'So, in the absence of an official dictionary definition (the word isn't listed in the English dictionary), let's make our own for the purpose of this feature

could achieve that one perfect run through the Bonneville timing lights? We tracked down Munro's son, John, in New Zealand, to find out what his father was really like and why he dedicated his life to making offerings to the God of Speed. The pictures

told the press he never considered - became more frequent. "I'd lost my speed from being out through injury," he says. "I was struggling to make the top 15 and half-way through the season I decided it would probably be my last. I wasn't doing justice

It would be hard to think of a less fitting hero than Barry from Auf Wiedersehen Pet, but heroes come in many guises, and when it comes to a biker making punters laugh, Barry is second only to the great George Formby.For those too young

round on Mona's Isle and that's what makes it such a great place to tour.And at just 30 miles long and 12 miles wide, it's possible to see most of the island in a weekend trip, which means you can keep your costs down while still having a great break

it right. He didn't. I'll make him look stupid." Work was progressing in other areas however, and in May 2002 the team's £1.5 million workshops in Burton-upon-Trent were opened. Foggy even had a special prayer room built for Petronas's Muslim engineers