International Fescue
In case you’re wondering, ‘fescue’ is a type of grass, widely used throughout the UK for creating sports turf. Which is sort of appropriate for this feature. For most of Continue Reading
Streetfighter Sunday @ Lynn’s Raven Cafe
There’s that scene in National Lampoon’s Animal House (1978) where ‘D-Day’ rides through the front door of the frat house, straight up the stairs, parks it and plays William Tell Continue Reading
Challenging Cones
Regulars might recall that when I attended the Southern Classic Bike Show in May last year, I rode to Sandown racecourse rather than Kempton Park; well I’ve been back there Continue Reading
Culture ~ The First Annual Motorcycle Film Festival
It’s been about a century since the first motorcycle movie, Mabel at the Wheel (1914), hit the screens. And the 60s and 70s spawned a sub-genre of bikesploitation films at Continue Reading
Culture – With an Eagle on the Back
Sometimes I think my life is ruled by synchronicity. Synchronicity is a concept developed by Carl Gustav Jung in the 1920s, although he didn’t devote an entire paper to the Continue Reading
From the Editor ~ 182
Travel, it’s said, broadens the mind and it’s difficult to imagine how it could fail to do so. Having said that I know there are plenty of tourists who’ve been Continue Reading
Paddy’s Perspective
Self-flagellation Most discussions about motorcycling are dichotomous. Bikes make sense as efficient personal transport; they don’t congest, are easy to park and they don’t wear out the road. They’re generally Continue Reading
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
Hey, I’m With The Team
Club-level motorcycle racing has an odd relationship with the media. You’ll see race reports and lists of results, but not much else. Some of it has a regular slot on Continue Reading
Another World
It’s the 4th of August and I’m off to the old airfield at South Cerney for the 39th Annual Gloucestershire Steam Extravaganza. I’ve been going to events like these for Continue Reading
Revival Time
For many motorsport fans September means Goodwood Revival month, so it seemed appropriate to rev things up with a few photos from 2012’s cracking event prior to this year’s Revival, Continue Reading
Book Review – Of Tourists and Travelers
As I sat down to write this month’s selection of fun and forensic book reviews, George Zimmerman was found not guilty of murdering Trayvon Martin. The verdict sparked a handful Continue Reading
Image of the Month ~ 181
Barnstorming Britten ~ © Paul Nicholas Blezard
The Art of BMW Photos
Here are some of the luscious photographs that we couldn’t fit into Jonathan’s review
Book Review – The Blunting of the Snark
The two books this month raise questions of when to be or not be contentious. One goes out of its way to be controversial as it can be, but comes Continue Reading
From the Editor ~ 180
Greetings, I don’t know how the weather’s been down your way but I’ve got to tell you it’s felt pretty damn summery in London for the last few days. Unfortunately Continue Reading
Image of the Month ~ 180
Youngsters behaving badly at the Ace Cafe – whatever next!?
Eddie V-Max
Sharp-eyed regular readers, who saw the Chelsea Bridge pictorial we ran in issue 97, will no doubt have recognised the spectacular V-Max on the cover of this issue. That was Continue Reading
There’s No Such Thing As An Original Triton
I looked up the address for Made in Metal and it said “Elms Business Park”. I thought warehouse; industrial unit; soulless. Imagine my joy when I arrived there and saw Continue Reading
From the Editor ~ 179
Earlier this month I read “Sons of Thunder”, which is a fine compilation of motorcycle writing assembled by Neil Bradford and showcasing twenty-six top-notch contributors including Roald Dahl, L.J.K. Setright, Continue Reading
Paddy’s Perspective
A view from the high ground I’ve just been out for a bottle of water and walked calmly through a street that doesn’t appear to have any traffic rules, certainly Continue Reading
Mr Sheene
Sometime around the middle of May I spotted an Internet link to an article about one of my all time heroes so naturally I clicked on it. The photo tribute Continue Reading
Two Wheels to The End of The World
The Land of Fire The weather was getting colder as the sun started to go down. We had a very clear sense of how far south of the equator we Continue Reading
On The Slide
When you stand back and take stock of the many different strains of motorcycle sport in existence today, speedway stands out as being among the most unusual, with competitors’ bikes Continue Reading
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