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Reasons To Be Cheerful

The 10th Anniversary edition (i.e. new wraparound cover) of The Carin’ Sharin’ Chronicles   Available from The Rider’s Digest shop, The Ace Cafe, Amazon or by order from any good bookstore Continue Reading

Posted On : October 16, 2018 Published By : Dave
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Reviving the live site!

The editor suffered a rather nasty infection at the tail end of last year and although it was sorted out eventually with a great deal of support and assistance from Continue Reading

Posted On : April 7, 2018 Published By : Dave
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The Rider’s Digest Live

We are very proud to announce the arrival of our all new web site The Rider’s Digest Live! We’re aware that there are many regulars who eagerly await a new issue of Continue Reading

Posted On : April 7, 2018 Published By : Dave
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Race on over to our ‘Live’ site

Because that’s where you’ll find all of the new stuff; there’s an amazing archive here that you could spend a lot more time than you might have intended exploring but Continue Reading

Posted On : April 7, 2018 Published By : Dave
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The Rider’s Digest issue 194 ~ Autumn 2016

The PDF of issue 194 of The Rider’s Digest is available to download absolutely FREE from our online shop HERE and as usual it is rammed full of the best motorcycling writing anywhere on the Continue Reading

Posted On : October 10, 2016 Published By : Dave
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The Rider’s Digest issue 193 – Summer 2016

The PDF of issue 193 of The Rider’s Digest is available to download absolutely FREE from our online shop HERE and as usual it is rammed full of the best motorcycling writing anywhere on the Continue Reading

Posted On : July 2, 2016 Published By : Dave
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Image of the Month Poll

Have a look through these dozen images (they’re larger below) and vote for your favourite. [socialpoll id=”2362419″]    

Posted On : May 25, 2016 Published By : Dave
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Appalling!

This story has caused barely a ripple in the mainstream media but there’s been a fair bit of chatter within the ‘biking community’ and although the responses have varied widely – largely dependent on the kind of group who were Continue Reading

Posted On : May 22, 2016 Published By : Dave
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The BMW R5 Hommage

Motorcycle manufacturers commissioning one off specials is nothing new, in fact judging by the amount of PR blurb that we see in our in-tray it would appear that it has become Continue Reading

Posted On : May 22, 2016 Published By : Dave
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The Dark Side

Tom battles rain and London gridlock on a diverse pair of Dark Custom Harleys “In a world of the bland leading the bland, Dark Custom motorcycles are for those who Continue Reading

Posted On : May 18, 2016 Published By : Dave
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Precious Children Revisited

Towards the end of April a mum from Texas found herself at the centre of a veritable Twitter-storm after this photograph appeared online showing her boyfriend carrying her seven year old daughter on the Continue Reading

Posted On : May 17, 2016 Published By : Dave
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The Rider’s Digest issue 192 – Spring 2016

The PDF of issue 192 of The Rider’s Digest is available to download absolutely free from our online shop HERE and as usual it is rammed full of the best Continue Reading

Posted On : March 28, 2016 Published By : Dave
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Thanks for the Imagery

To kickstart this little article, I ought to declare that as a non-biker of forty years standing, my knowledge of motorcycles is non-existent. I know nothing about bikes whatsoever, absolutely Continue Reading

Posted On : October 20, 2015 Published By : Dave
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A CAR!!!

When I informed the editor that due to a series of unforeseen events, I would be substituting a Saab convertible for the BMW/Ural combo that I described in “The Grand Continue Reading

Posted On : October 19, 2015 Published By : Dave
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Top Mountain Cross Point

A Rider’s Digest Exclusive In spite of a rock solid reputation for straight talking, honesty and integrity that stretches back to 1997, The Rider’s Digest rarely seems to pick up Continue Reading

Posted On : September 29, 2015 Published By : Dave
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Royal Enfield’s New London Showroom

Royal Enfield has continued with the planned expansion of its footprint in the UK by opening a second exclusive store in London. The store, in Mitcham, South London, will stock Continue Reading

Posted On : September 3, 2015 Published By : Dave
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Fatal Attraction


The original working title for this month’s offering was: “Women… D’oh!” However I decided that while the Homer reference (that’s Simpson, not the Greek geezer) gave a clue to the Continue Reading

Posted On : July 26, 2015 Published By : Dave
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Falling Head Over Heels

Manoeuvring the Aprilia inside the small front garden was tricky. It wasn’t difficult in a way that was likely to convince the smiling woman in the doorway that I was Continue Reading

Posted On : July 10, 2015 Published By : Dave
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Riders’ Lives Special ~ ‘Hairy Biker’ Dave Myers

Since they burst onto our TV screens almost 10 years ago, The Hairy Bikers have ridden a variety of machines into our living rooms, prepared some very tasty looking meals Continue Reading

Posted On : April 26, 2015 Published By : Dave
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Riders’ Lives: The John Surtees Interview

When you get a group of motorcyclists together discussing racing heroes, the same names tend to crop up, all richly deserving of the accolades that follow: Geoff Duke, Mike Hailwood, Continue Reading

Posted On : April 14, 2015 Published By : Dave
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Held Gloves review ~ A Man For All Seasons

As last year’s ‘riding season’ was drawing to a close (i.e. when sensible leisure riders SORN their bikes and the rest of us start digging out our cold weather kit), Continue Reading

Posted On : March 23, 2015 Published By : Dave
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Riders’ Lives ~ James Clark

1. What was your first motorcycling experience? Trepidation, followed by utter joy; same as everyone else. More specifically it was a Honda C50 that was so old it had a Continue Reading

Posted On : January 15, 2015 Published By : Dave
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Me & Harley McDee

The title of this piece is an affectionate nod to the ‘road’ classic most famously — not to mention most emotively and passionately — delivered by Janis Joplin. Although “Me Continue Reading

Posted On : October 28, 2014 Published By : Dave
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Twist & Go, Go, Go!

Many commentators have questioned who the current crop of larger capacity super scooters are aimed at? Well, rather than providing a definitive answer, the GP800 – replete with its 839cc V-twin Continue Reading

Posted On : March 26, 2014 Published By : Dave
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Paul Sample ~ The Interview

Whitchurch in Shropshire 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 Continue Reading

Posted On : March 3, 2014 Published By : Dave

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