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Enough – Is 100bhp All You Actually Need?
Back in 2015 I bought myself a fabulous MV Agusta 1090RR Brutale. A beautiful bike and I loved it. The punchy four-cylinder engine kicked out 168bhp. The thing was called Brutale for good reason! The MV was a real Cane Corso (Bull mastiff) of bike. Mean, powerful and oh so fast. Too Much? MV Agusta Continue reading
Suzuki X5 200 – Stan Stephens Eat Your Heart Out
I’d just passed my bike test riding my mother’s Honda C70, only days after my 17th birthday. Immediately I swapped a Suzuki GT250 I’d been restoring for a very rough Suzuki X5: The insurance was much cheaper being a key reason for the switch. Not the Best Example of the Breed Test riding X5 revealed Continue reading
Cool Clocks
Instruments are one of the features on bike that often don’t give that much thought to. However, I think it is time we gave a shout out to one of the more under appreciated aspects of a motorcycle: The clocks. Certainly Comprehensive Buy a new bike today and when you turn on the ignition you Continue reading
The UK National Motorcycle Museum with pictures
I always enjoy a visit to the UK National Motorcycle Museum, even if a sense of lost engineering prowess pervades my emotions. It’s a unique place, and worthy of a visit any time you’re passing. I have been on numerous occasions and it’s always a great day and a trip down memory lane for those Continue reading
Dark Days Despatching
My experiences as a courier in 1985… On the Scrap Heap Redundant is a pretty nasty word at the best of times, but when someone is saying it to you when you are only twenty and on the last day of a four year apprenticeship, suddenly the real meaning becomes all too apparent. Well if Continue reading
Berlin Germany – DDR Motorrad Museum. Biking on the Other Side of the Iron Curtain
A few years ago I was in Berlin to help a friend celebrate a landmark birthday. Berlin is a great city and as I was with some old bike mad friends we couldn’t resist checking out the museum dedicated to East German bikes produced behind the Iron Curtain during the cold war. Biking on the Continue reading
Oakham Treasures Collection – Review
Recently I have been to a number of transport related museums and enjoyed using them as an excuse to get out and about on two wheels. Well, I have another one for you to check out. The Oakham Treasures collection is located not too far from Bristol and junction 19 of the M5. Although I Continue reading
Anglesey Transport Museum – Review and Pictures
Tucked away in the North-West corner of Wales, the Anglesey Transport Museum is a bit of a hidden gem. Situated close to fantastic roads for motorcycling that run through the Snowdonia (Eyri) National Park, the museum is an ideal ‘target-destination’ for a ride-out. Especially so for those based in the North-West and English Midlands. More Continue reading
Moretonhampstead Motor Museum – Southern Delight
Well, this museum was a very pleasant surprise. I only learned of its existence a few weeks ago. Unexpectedly I found myself in the area recently, so I took the opportunity and popped in for a look around. The museum is housed in a former bus garage This is a cracking set-up: Housed in what Continue reading
Suzuki Hayabusa: What does it mean and other uses of the name
Based on many sources I have ascertained the following historical information about the Hayabusa. The name, as you may have already heard, comes from the Japanese for Peregrine Falcon. It is one of the few animals which can travel at about 300km per hour (in a dive). The designer apparently came up with the name Continue reading