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Month: April 2013

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From the Editor ~ 177

As many of you will be aware, I tend to leave me editorial until the very last thing. This is partially to lend it a degree of immediacy in recognition Continue Reading

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Riders’ Lives – Ed March

1.What was your first motorcycling experience? Rebuilding a Honda H100 and then teaching myself to ride it in a field. I still have it too. 2.What is your current bike? Continue Reading

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Six and the City

Monday  It’s March and I’ve now been wearing my heated gloves for what feels like forever (I was tempted to say, since November but that technically wouldn’t be correct ‘cos Continue Reading

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Paddy’s Perspective

Commercial interests? It’s often the case that legislation emanating from Europe appears to have a commercial interest. You may remember that compulsory ABS on all bikes and scooters was something Continue Reading

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The Boy Biker – sees the light

A recent excursion led me down a path, which having emerged the other side unscathed, gave me a lot to think about, biking and otherwise. Last month I was Billy Continue Reading

Posted On : April 26, 2013 Published By : Dave
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Nuts & Bolts

Going faster with cheap gin.  Time passes by incredibly quickly, especially once one reaches a certain age. Actually, scrub that. Time is inordinately and mind numbingly regular in its passing. Continue Reading

Posted On : April 26, 2013 Published By :
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Two Wheels To the End Of The World: Chile – The end of the Highway

The border crossing from Bolivia to Chile is simple, efficient and ever so civilised. The staff seem to be under little or no pressure and as soon as they realise Continue Reading

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An upbeat farewell: in a motorcycle hearse…

Have you ever wondered what sort of people make their final journey in a motorcycle hearse? Before I first spoke to the Reverend Paul Sinclair, way back in 2006, I’d Continue Reading

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Playing Blackjack

Back in the 1960s, I had an Isetta ‘bubble car’ made by BMW, which was great fun but I wrote it off on black ice, so I moved on to Continue Reading

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Biker Down

“Kevin, I’ve got an idea and I’d like hear your thoughts about it” That was how I was first introduced by Jim Sanderson to what was soon to become ‘Biker Continue Reading

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Paul Sample: The Interview ‘Everyone chooses their own destiny; mine’s a bike’ – OGRI

Whitchurch is one of those places that encapsulates the essence of Englishness with all its half-timbered houses, red bricks and stone-built churches. It’s a theme I want to explore with Continue Reading

Posted On : April 26, 2013 Published By : Dave
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Portraits of the TT 2012

It had been 10 years since my first and last visit to the Isle of Man for the TT races, back in 2002 I had just changed jobs, as I Continue Reading

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Motorcycle Girl Racer front comer, MGR pulls her motorcycle gloves on, sittiing on a bike, in full leathers and helmet
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Motorcycle Girl Racer

 

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