The opportunity to own an iconic bike doesn’t always present itself on a daily basis. Especially when the bike in question is a “proper” Jota with a 180 degree firing order. This one has been sat for getting on for 26 years in a garage, luckily the decay doesn’t run too deep and with some …
Its fair to say the roads around the Scottish coastline have been there for a few years but now they have badge’d the route up as the NC500 the number of visitors to the region has increased massively, pushbikes, cars and motorbikes all taking to the roads, taking in the delights of the highlands. Heading …
In the hills of the Belgium Ardennes lies the circuit of Spa Francorchamps. Designed in 1920, hosting its first race in 1922. The first race had been scheduled in 1921 but with only one entrant the race was cancelled. Thankfully the number of people wanting to thrash their vehicles round the circuit have increased. As …
I love motorbikes, I love road racing, although that is called into question with the passing of a yound rider in Satruday’s supertwins race, Malachi Mitchel Thomas, my thought go out to all who knew him. Life is all about what you do and who you do it with and motorbikes, big fuck off motorbikes. …
With the announcement that the Bol D Or is returning to its spiritual home, Paul Ricard there is no question, we are going. The Bol has in the past been run at Le mans and in more recent times at Magny Cours but Ricard is regarded by many as the true home of the Bol. …
A drive through the night see’s us arrive in Bourg St Maurice with rain threatening, pretty soon its not just threatening, its pouring down, it doesn’t take much thought process not to ride but wait the weather out for the next few days when the forecast looks much better. Our wait is rewarded on Sunday …
With a trip to the Alps approaching we thought it would be a good idea to get our eye in, an uplift weekend, Cwm Down and Forest of Dean, things didn’t go according to plan with a couple of big offs, a dislocated shoulder and a trashed leg. Here are some pictures of two that …
Friday night in the pits at the Spa Classic in Belgium, a pack of Kawasaki’s, a herd of Suzuki’s broken up by Laverda’s, Moto Martin’s, Egli’s, P&M’s and a host of Harris’. The XR41 was pretty dam cool, an iconic bike built to win the world endurance championship, the forerunner of the GSXR range. Big …
My route back to sitting in a kayak has been a recent trip to Nepal. Kayaking pretty much ruled my life between 2003 and 2009, circumstances change and whilst my head tells me I am a kayaker the truth is that the frequency of trips to the rivers had reduced to such an extent that …
A couple of hours drive, just east of Pokhara lies a small valley through which the Madi Khola flows. it’s one of the smaller Himalayan rivers, almost alpine in appearance and is rightly described in the guidebook as a fesity little number and a jewel of a river. The Madi is lower volume than the …