Skip to content
The Rider's Digest The Rider's Digest

Real world motorcycling since 1997

Time Travel: A Biker’s Life in the 1970s
Oct 26 2013

Time Travel: A Biker’s Life in the 1970s

Ask a policeman
May 5 2013

Ask a policeman

Men and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (Or Plus ca change)
Aug 3 2013

Men and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (Or Plus ca change)

There’s No Such Thing As An Original Triton
Jul 2 2013

There’s No Such Thing As An Original Triton

On Yer Bike
Jan 20 2014

On Yer Bike

Precious Children Revisited
May 17 2016

Precious Children Revisited

Primary Menu
  • Home
  • Features
    • Cartoons
    • Image of the Month
    • Opinion
    • Riders’ Lives
    • Travel
  • Contributors
    • Blez
    • Des Senior
    • Dave Gurman
    • Jonathan Boorstein
    • Oldlongdog
    • Martin Haskell
    • Antony Loveless
    • Boy Biker
    • Group W
    • Paddy Tyson
    • Ricardo Rodrigues
    • Stuart Jewkes
    • Simon Kewer
    • Wizzard
  • Previous Issues
    • Issue 164
    • Issue 165
    • Issue 166
    • Issue 167
    • Issue 168
    • Issue 175
    • Issue 170
    • Issue 173
    • Issue 177
    • Issue 172
    • Issue 174
    • Issue 169
    • Issue 176
    • Issue 171
    • Issue 178
    • Issue 179
    • Issue 181
    • Issue 182
    • Issue 183
    • Issue 184
    • Issue 185
    • Issue 186
    • Issue 187
    • Issue 188
    • Issue 189
    • Issue 190
  • Bikes
    • Triumph
    • BSA
    • Norton
    • Harley Davidson
    • BMW
  • Shop

Month: February 2014

  • Home
  • 2014
  • February
Category:
  • Andy Sanson
  • February 2014
  • This Month

A swift commentary on motorcycle racing commentary

Why does everybody involved have to mention the sponsor EVERY time they mention the bike when they have their names splattered across everywhere? It discourages me from watching. Once upon Continue Reading

Posted On : February 25, 2014 Published By :
Category:
  • Harley Davidson
  • Issue 167
  • June 2012
  • This Month

HOG in St Tropez

Long before Brigit Bardot and the jet set celebrity pack put St Tropez on the map, it was just a sleepy little fishing port where the calloused hands of old Continue Reading

Posted On : February 23, 2014 Published By :
Category:
  • Dave Gurman
  • Harley Davidson
  • Issue 167
  • This Month

More American Motorcycles

What’s the difference between the editor of The Road and the editor of The Rider’s Digest? While Mutchie gets to hang with the HOGs in the South of France, I Continue Reading

Posted On : February 23, 2014 Published By : Dave
Category:
  • Dave Gurman
  • December 2012
  • Featured Area
  • Issue 173
  • This Month
  • Yamaha

Fear & Loathing in LA LA Land

Everyone knows that we live in dangerous, lawless times; so anybody who rides an expensive or highly desirable motorcycle has to deal with the reality that there are hordes of Continue Reading

Posted On : February 17, 2014 Published By : Dave
Category:
  • Origin of the Species
  • Simon Kewer
  • This Month

The Origin of the Species

The Origin of the Species

Posted On : February 16, 2014 Published By :
Category:
  • Dave Gurman
  • Issue 176
  • March 2013

Spaceship Awareness

It’s all too easy to dismiss that thing you do on your bike, as nothing more than a traffic-choked, soul-destroying grind; particularly when you consider that for what seems like Continue Reading

Posted On : February 3, 2014 Published By : Dave
Category:
  • Dave Gurman
  • Editor
  • February 2014
  • This Month

From the Editor ~ Feb 2014

The day after the mini January issue went live at the beginning of the month, my wife and I spent a surprisingly balmy, occasionally barmy, but absolutely delightful day strolling Continue Reading

Posted On : February 2, 2014 Published By :
Category:
  • February 2014
  • Group W
  • Ian Dunmore
  • Moto Guzzi
  • This Month

A View from the Group W Bench ~ Feb 2014

As an addendum to my last first paragraphs I remembered too late that it was the driver drawing on a fag that alerted me to the unlit Mini’s presence. Who Continue Reading

Posted On : February 2, 2014 Published By :
Category:
  • February 2014
  • Martin Haskell
  • Slider
  • This Month
  • Yamaha

Uncomfortably Numb

With the increasing popularity of adventure bikes and an ever shrinking globe, it’s becoming more and more difficult for tales of momentous two wheel journeys to capture the public’s attention. Continue Reading

Posted On : February 2, 2014 Published By :
Category:
  • BMW
  • February 2014
  • Harley Davidson
  • This Month
  • Triumph
  • Wizzard

TECHNOLOGY SUCKS!

The bit in December’s editorial regarding the need to get back to basic, simple bikes struck a chord with me, as I had not long ago written an article on Continue Reading

Posted On : February 2, 2014 Published By :

Recent Comments

  • Martin Langan on On Yer Bike
  • Mark on Time Travel: A Biker’s Life in the 1970s
  • Dave on Reasons To Be Cheerful
  • Pencuse on Reasons To Be Cheerful
  • Rigz on Time Travel: A Biker’s Life in the 1970s
  • martin carroll on On Yer Bike
  • Mandy (Wallasey) on Time Travel: A Biker’s Life in the 1970s
  • Christine Taylor on Time Travel: A Biker’s Life in the 1970s
  • Dave Gurman on The Dark Side
  • R Hudson on Time Travel: A Biker’s Life in the 1970s

Categories

  • Reviving the live site!
    1
    Posted On: 7 Apr 2018

    Reviving the live site!

  • The Rider’s Digest Live
    2
    Posted On: 7 Apr 2018

    The Rider’s Digest Live

  • Race on over to our ‘Live’ site
    3
    Posted On: 7 Apr 2018

    Race on over to our ‘Live’ site

  • The Rider’s Digest issue 193 – Summer 2016
    4
    Posted On: 2 Jul 2016

    The Rider’s Digest issue 193 – Summer 2016

  • The BMW R5 Hommage
    5
    Posted On: 22 May 2016

    The BMW R5 Hommage

  • The Dark Side
    6
    Posted On: 18 May 2016

    The Dark Side

Less Than Hog Wild
Posted On: 11 Jan 2015

Less Than Hog Wild

Red Horse, Ready Rider
Posted On: 10 Jan 2015

Red Horse, Ready Rider

Globe Girdlers Six
Posted On: 8 Nov 2014

Globe Girdlers Six

Beginnings: Fits and Starts
Posted On: 12 Mar 2014

Beginnings: Fits and Starts

Culture ~ Jupiter Travels, Jupiter Co-Brands
Posted On: 3 Dec 2013

Culture ~ Jupiter Travels, Jupiter Co-Brands

Book Review – Che Sera Sera
Posted On: 25 Oct 2013

Book Review – Che Sera Sera

Culture ~ The First Annual Motorcycle Film Festival
Posted On: 3 Oct 2013

Culture ~ The First Annual Motorcycle Film Festival

Culture – With an Eagle on the Back
Posted On: 5 Sep 2013

Culture – With an Eagle on the Back

Advertise

Navigate

  • Home
  • About us
  • Contact us
  • Sitemap
Copyright All rights reserved
Theme: Royal Magazine by ThemeinWP