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Beaujolais or bust
By Warren Pole on 28/01/2008 11:07:59
Four men, four bikes, one quest - to bring home the first bottle of Beaujolais Nouveau 2004 to British shores. The question isn't 'Why?', it's 'Why not?' Allez!
of Mutley aboard Yamaha's Fazer 1000, while snapper Martin Heath would ride the ZZ-R1200 as Peter Perfect.As mentioned earlier, it would seem I begun the deceit that permeated this road trip, but in fact it was someone more powerful who did this
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Going Down - The Art of Crashing
By Warren Pole on 01/09/2010 09:41:39
Welcome to the taboo world of the crash. What they're about, why they happen and how not to have them. All you ever wanted to know about something you don't want to do
, thrill-seeking public image would be in tatters. Take the risk out of biking altogether and it becomes as safe as knitting. Oh dear.Nope, we need crashing and that's that. From the 10mph topple in the drive all the way through to the 130mph GP highside
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The Chosen Ones - Yamaha YZF-R1
By Warren Pole on 11/10/2007 17:36:22
In homage to Valentino Rossi's Yamaha-mounted world championship win, TWO takes all four generations of R1 to Spain for a right good thrashing and a weekend at the races.
, the performance figures speak volumes and prove this is the most powerful R1 we've ever been treated to; 10bhp more than the '02 bike, a faster standing quarter and another seven mph top speed. This all meant that, as I lurched my way around the circuit in those
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Teenage Kicks
By Warren Pole on 01/04/2005 12:11:08
Grubby oiks on the rob, or the very future of motorcycling? Wozza hunts out the kids on scooters to find out
width:300px; margin:5px 0px 5px 10px;" align="center"black solid; margin-bottom:2px;" width="300" /I'd been back from holiday five hours and was in the middle of unpacking, throwing last month's milk out and wading through the fan mail and bills
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Ice to see you - motorcycle ice racing
By Warren Pole on 18/10/2010 12:08:01
Wozza's travels take him to Sweden, where real men ride bikes with just the one footpeg and murderous spinning discs of death where the wheels used to be. This is ice racing. It's insane
. But one thing stands out. Oh yes, because even more wrong than the compulsory sub-zero temperatures, the total lack of brakes, the ridiculous lean angles, the tyres with 120 spikes each and the eye watering wall-of-death cornering speeds, is the complete
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