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

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Beginnings: Fits and Starts

Where, oh where, to begin discussing Ashes to Boonville by Geoff G. Thomas? I could begin with why it wasn’t reviewed in November as originally planned. Or I could begin Continue Reading

Posted On : March 12, 2014 Published By :
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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 :
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In the Saddle ~ 184

Hi Dave, Just “received” the latest copy via the ether and read Chris Rees’ letter regarding TRD being brought out as a paper magazine as he might need to get Continue Reading

Posted On : November 3, 2013 Published By :
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True Colours

An Arthurian Brit in the court of Connecticut Yankees Given that they’re as American as the World Series and mom’s apple pie, the obvious choice for a US trip would’ve Continue Reading

Posted On : November 2, 2013 Published By : Dave
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Time Travel: A Biker’s Life in the 1970s

Human nature likes to revere the past as a lost utopia by selectively erasing the bad bits. It’s like those weirdos who live their lives as if it’s 1950, decorating Continue Reading

Posted On : October 26, 2013 Published By :
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Underneath the Arches

It’s a funny thing, writing something for someone. I find that when you are visiting somewhere, an event, a place, with a view to reporting on it, you have a Continue Reading

Posted On : October 26, 2013 Published By :
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Image of the Month ~ 183

CLICK TO ENLARGE Photograph Gary Margerum Built by barons speed shop and ridden home with the record by Peter Allen! The Salt bike was based around a very modified by Continue Reading

Posted On : October 4, 2013 Published By :
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Thankful Motorcycling Munificence

Bikers are a generous lot. Strangely so. Perhaps there have been many theses written that link the perceived risk of riding to joie de vivré, and a resultant desire to Continue Reading

Posted On : October 4, 2013 Published By :
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Higher and Hire

What with the lack of vowels in the name, you could be forgiven for thinking that Ischgl is somewhere in Wales. Unfortunately you’ll have to travel a bit further than Continue Reading

Posted On : October 3, 2013 Published By :
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Riders’ Lives – Tim Arrowsmith

1. What was your first motorcycling experience? When I was about eleven years old we went on a family trip to Jersey for a holiday. For some reason my motorcycle-phobic Continue Reading

Posted On : September 5, 2013 Published By : Dave
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The Naming of the Bike

Weird place names have always fascinated me. There are thousands throughout the world, such as Ecclefechan in Scotland, Puddledub not far from my previous home, and Pratt’s Bottom in England, Continue Reading

Posted On : September 5, 2013 Published By :
Triton (Norton feather bed frame with BSA Rocket 3 engine fitted) on a paddock stand
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Image of the Month ~ 179

 

Posted On : June 2, 2013 Published By :
Customised Triumph low rider
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The Posh Boys’ Bike Club

I’ve always been pretty crap with names (but spectacularly good with faces) so if anyone had asked me a few years ago if I knew Steve Hallam, I wouldn’t have Continue Reading

Posted On : June 2, 2013 Published By : Dave
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The Ace Cafe, Café Racers, and Racing Aces – Book Review pt. 1

It is doubtful that there is anyone involved in the world of British motorcycling whose life is not touched directly or indirectly by the Ace Cafe. A visit here, an Continue Reading

Posted On : May 5, 2013 Published By :
view of a crowd of bikes outside the Ace Cafe London
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The Ace Cafe, Café Racers, and Racing Aces – Book Review pt. 2

The world of the contemporary café racer in the United States is more properly addressed in Seate’s Café Racer: the Motorcycle (2008). For the past five or so years Seate Continue Reading

Posted On : May 5, 2013 Published By :
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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

Posted On : April 26, 2013 Published By :
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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

Posted On : April 26, 2013 Published By :
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Book Review – What did happen to the British motorcycle industry?

British motorcycles – British iron, or Britiron as it is known by many – possesses a legendary, near sacred, status in my country. The craving for Britiron was once so Continue Reading

Posted On : March 1, 2013 Published By :
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Image of the Month ~ 173

Posted On : December 7, 2012 Published By : Dave
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The Treble Express

A 2300cc powered wheelchair motorcycle sidecar by Motopodd Ltd. Summary: A custom built motorcycle and sidecar to give a young disabled motorcycle fan the closest possible experience to riding a Continue Reading

Posted On : April 17, 2012 Published By : Dave

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