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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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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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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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Riders’ Lives ~ Gary France

1. What was your first motorcycling experience? As a 16 year old, I bought a Honda C90 and rode it year round. As a family, we didn’t have much money, Continue Reading

Posted On : January 9, 2014 Published By :
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Riders’ Lives ~ Jack Lewis

1. What was your first motorcycling experience? Big brother of a friend gave me a ride on the back of an old-school Vespa. We blasted up the steep part of Continue Reading

Posted On : December 3, 2013 Published By : Dave
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Riders’ Lives ~ Jennifer Capron Iddon

1. What was your first motorcycling experience? I was 13 years old when my friend and I borrowed her brothers FS1e ‘Fizzy’.  She told me to ride it down the Continue Reading

Posted On : November 3, 2013 Published By : Dave
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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

Posted On : October 4, 2013 Published By : Dave
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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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Riders’ Lives – Andy Kershaw

1.What was your first motorcycling experience? Riding a friend’s Italjet around a field when I was 11. 2.What is your current bike? Harley 883 Sportster, which I’ve owned since 1990. Continue Reading

Posted On : August 9, 2013 Published By :
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Riders’ Lives – Anthony “AKA Dutch” van Someren

1. What was your first motorcycling experience? Around the age of 15 my older mates put me on a Suzuki PE250. I opened up the throttle and the bike just Continue Reading

Posted On : August 3, 2013 Published By : Dave
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Riders’ Lives – Iain Banks

1.What was your first motorcycling experience? Discounting Honda 50s and 90s, a Suzi GT185 that I was loaned for a few months back in 1976. Electric start, let me tell Continue Reading

Posted On : July 2, 2013 Published By :
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Riders’ Lives – Dave Boulineau

1.What was your first motorcycling experience? 10 years old, riding our semi-new 1968 Honda 50 Mini-Trail. All that freedom and raw power at my fingertips. Mastering the field next to Continue Reading

Posted On : June 2, 2013 Published By :
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Riders’ Lives – Paul Nicholas Blezard (aka Blez)

1.What was your first motorcycling experience? Aged 13, hiring a 50cc motorcycle and riding it on the streets of Rimini for an hour without mastering the clutch, but also without Continue Reading

Posted On : May 5, 2013 Published By :
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Riders’ Lives – Ed March

1.What was your first motorcycling experience? Rebuilding a Honda H100 and then teaching myself to ride it in a field. I still have it too. 2.What is your current bike? Continue Reading

Posted On : April 26, 2013 Published By :
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Riders’ Lives – Hazel Drury

1. What was your first motorcycling experience? As a teenager of 14 when my older brother bought an AR50. I thought it was so cool but my parents thought otherwise. Continue Reading

Posted On : March 9, 2013 Published By :
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Riders’ Lives – John Rushworth

1. What was your first motorcycling experience? Picture the character known as Kilroy, Mr Chad in UK or Foo was here, from down under. There I was hands on the Continue Reading

Posted On : February 9, 2013 Published By :
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Riders’ Lives – Nik Samson

1. What was your first motorcycling experience? Umm, think I was about 12. My uncle had a C50 (or 70 or 90, dunno) and he let me have a quick Continue Reading

Posted On : December 9, 2012 Published By :
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Riders’ Lives – Paul H. Smith

1.What was your first motorcycling experience? Learned to ride in the snow and ice on a 1964 Yamaha YG1, without front brakes. Learned a lot about crashing, too.   2.What Continue Reading

Posted On : November 9, 2012 Published By :
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Riders’ Lives – Mark Williams

1. What was your first motorcycling experience?    Rigid frame BSA Bantam, considering that I learned to ride it around a Northumbrian slag-heap, it was rather unwisely hand-painted white. 2. What Continue Reading

Posted On : October 9, 2012 Published By :
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Riders’ Lives – Harri Fossett

1.What was your first motorcycling experience? One of my earliest memories was my dad taking me out on his Norton commando. But the first solo rider I had was on Continue Reading

Posted On : September 9, 2012 Published By :
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Riders’ Lives – Dan Walsh

1. What was your first motorcycling experience? Sixteen, pillion on a K75 BMW ridden by Ian, my then-best-girl’s dad, into the Macclesfield hills. It felt impossibly, terrifyingly fast. After ten Continue Reading

Posted On : July 9, 2012 Published By :
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Riders’ Lives – Llewelyn Pavey

1. What was your first motorcycling experience? I suppose it was being placed on the front of the seat on my dad’s Honda CRE 250 enduro bike when I was Continue Reading

Posted On : June 9, 2012 Published By :
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Riders’ Lives – Plonk

1. What was your first motorcycling experience? Approx 10 years old on a neighbour’s Frances Barnett on the wasteland near my parents’ home. I later bought it off him and Continue Reading

Posted On : May 9, 2012 Published By : Dave
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Riders’ Lives – Andy Kyriacou

1. What was your first motorcycling experience? Riding in Cyprus – no helmet, shoes, or proper clothes. Just a pair of Speedos! (I was very much younger and slimmer in Continue Reading

Posted On : April 9, 2012 Published By : Dave

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