ISSUE 183
Everything is changing here at Digest Towers but if you are used to downloading and reading the PDF version of the magazine fear not it is only a click away. Continue Reading
From the Editor ~ 183
Whenever I was writing my editorial for the printed version of The Rider’s Digest, there was always the thought at the back of my mind that quite a few people Continue Reading
In the Saddle ~ 183
Hi Dave, Just a message to say well done with the online version of the Digest, I try to read what I can each month, however, its such a shame Continue Reading
Riders’ Lives ~ Annie O’Sullivan
1. What was your first motorcycling experience? Well the first time I rode a motorcycle was on the sand dunes in Tramore, Co. Waterford. I spent most of the time Continue Reading
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
Six & the City ~ 183
Tuesday Confidence is a strange thing. I guess it’s not unlike trust; it can take time to gain it but even just the hint of doubt and it vanishes like Continue Reading
The Boy Biker ~ 183
Self-assessment, it’s not just tax that’s taxing. Someone asked me a very poignant question this week, it stuck with me like knee skin to a kerb. “Do you think your Continue Reading
A View from the Group W Bench ~ 183
So it was off to Lommel in Belgium to use up some of my left over Euro’s. Jan Beyers had sent me the address for my satnav so it should Continue Reading
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
Living Dangerously
The other day I was having a clear out of the bike pictures I keep on my computer, a kind of very early Spring clean ready for next year’s rally Continue Reading
School Daze
Our man checks out trials school… The verdict? Muddy good. Talk about bike sport and most people think of Rossi or Shakey wrestling a beast round a bit of tarmac Continue Reading
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
Blood Runner ~ 183
One of the things I enjoy about riding a blood bike is the dichotomy between it, and ‘normal’ biking. At an objective level – seen from afar – there’s little Continue Reading
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
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
Ask a Policeman ~ 183
Profile of a collision I realise that The Rider’s Digest isn’t only viewed nationally, but here in the UK it’s reached that time of year when the god/goddess of farming 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