There are any number of things you can do on a motorcycle that will leave onlookers with a lasting impression.But nothing - nothing - will have the same effect as this gentleman's devilishly artistic handiwork.After all, simulated bestiality rarely

Done quite a few miles with boy number one this sunny weekend. He's now got thirty or forty hours of on-road practice on his L-plated CBR125 and things are looking pretty good.But have you ever tried to teach a new rider awareness? It's a tough call

It's garage clear out time at MF Towers. Boy number two has now outgrown his Polini 4.2 minimoto and it's time to move it on.Not to be confused with the often rubbish Chinese stuff, this GP2 steel Polini is old and a bit scruffy but as sweet as a

Tasty Bites? Tasty Bikes, more like. A pair of Gas Gas (250 and a 300) for a fortnight's trials practice.There's method in this feet-up mullarkey.Boy number one is taking up biking at 18 and time on a trials bike is what he needs to perfect his

Want to know what the new bike is like? Click here for the 2013 Triumph Daytona 675R review.When my Euro-millions numbers come up, number one bike-purchase is simple. A modern-era 250GP bike with enough spares kit to keep it sweet and sharp

It’s a funny thing being 17. Just as life is teaching you that looks are everything, mother nature chucks acne at you.The rapidly increasing value of independence is not to be ignored either. Our eldest boy (boy number one) is of this critical age

buildings.Pulse-jets are the simplest form of engine ever with only one moving part - a crude reed valve. I've been fascinated by these motors for a number of years now and have some blue-prints stuck to the side of my SnapOn toolbox to make my own.They use

Just got back from another day at our local practice MX track (thanks Gary) where offspring number two brought his mate along with a borrowed Stomp 140 pitbike for an afternoon’s worth of dusty, sunburned and very sweaty hilarity.It seems

yellows at Ginger Hall for a photographer who’s stood in the wrong place, you roll off (because it’s my neck at the end of the day) and think, what was that for?The Glen Vine thing got a bit distorted. From number 50 back they’re approaching Glen Vine

holiday. Electrical trouble. 250 miles from home. On day one. ‘ I’ve thought about dropping a match in the tank on a number of occasions’, he said, dryly. Think he meant it, too.The Norfolk Line boat is amazing. Clean,  friendly staff, great food (included