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Atwell-Wilson Motor Museum – Review
Tucked away in the Wiltshire village of Calne you will find the Atwell-Wilson Motor Museum. Being honest, I have to admit that I had never heard of it until very recently. But the feedback I’d heard and read was very positive. So I decided to check it out for myself. Hidden gem Upon arrival you Continue reading
Honda CD 200 – Learns to Fly!
The adventures of the much abused Honda CD200 continue: Over to Mark Truther Hardy On my the trip around Wales, I found that the Honda picked up punctures faster than my old Suzuki X5 blew cranks! Not only is this is a lot cheaper to fix, as a bonus the CD used no oil, and Continue reading
Honda C50 – Walking The Dog
My first honest to goodness motorcycle! Back in bleak days of 1981 £25 represented nearly one week’s wages for me. The joys of life in ‘Maggies Britain’. However it was enough for me to buy my very first honest to goodness motorcycle, a 1972 Honda C50. That’s right; the ionic ‘Stepthru’. Widely regarded in the Continue reading
Honda CD200 Benly – Adventures of a Puncture Repair Man
A highly amusing tale as recounted by our newest guest writer Mark Truther Hardy: After a short unsuccessful time with a Suzuki X5, which involved teenage tuning attempts and broken cranks. A mate offered me a tidy Honda CD200 Benly Even a Honda is Better Than no Bike! ” Er thanks …but I can’t afford Continue reading
The Isle of Man Motor Museum – Review
First open to the public just in time for the 2015 TT races the Isle of Man Motor Museum has quickly grown to become perhaps the premier motoring museum on the island. The extensive and varied collection is housed in a custom built, modern and spacious facility. Impressive and Expansive Collection As you might expect Continue reading
One Day
There is an old saying; ‘The road to hell is paved with good intentions,’ rarely has this been better applied than in the world of motorcycle restoration. Or, more accurately the world of ‘non-restoration.’ Let me explain: In the corner of many a bikers’ garage, shed, outbuilding or even occasionally garden lies a forlorn motorcycle. Continue reading
Is Motorcycling Dying Out?
Its early 1981 and I’m in my final year at my secondary school in sunny Birmingham. Anyway, I speed through the school gates on my 10 speed racer thinking myself to be the real deal. But already in the bike park was a Yamaha FS1-E, the legendary ‘Fizzie’. Another 16 year old in my year Continue reading
The Joy of Six
Its August 1978 and I am an impressionable 13-year-old petrol-head. At this stage of my life, I was more into cars than bikes, but they still fascinated me. My eldest sister worked at a bike shop in Northumberland. The long defunct Fewsters of Alnwick. They also sold Datsun cars and Massey Ferguson tractors. I loved Continue reading
In the Bleak Mid Winter – Out and About on a YZF600R Thundercat
Late January 2024 and it’s beginning to feel like it has been raining forever. The sky is grey, and world is dark and dank. The UK is just recovering from being battered by a series of named storms and everyone is skint after Christmas. We are all waiting for pay day as if it is Continue reading
The BMW GS – Was the Success Really Down to LWR?
2024 will mark the 20th anniversary of perhaps the most iconic tale of motorcycle adventure to reach our TV screens. For in 2004 two actors, both riding a BMW R1150GS Adventure set out from London to reach New York, via The Long Way Round. They went over land, east to west. An epic trip, spanning Continue reading