Sitting at Motorcycle Live 2025 – #MCL25 – looking at the worn-out faces of the staff, organisers and vendors after nine full-on days, the scale of the event comes into
Dear Diary, Winter has once again returned. The gritters were out last night; perhaps they know I have tested my KEIS heated kit, washed the winter liners for my textiles,
Three times this week, I’ve been asked what battery charger I use over winter. The answer is OptiMate, but the question is wrong. A battery
This all began when the Chairman of the local IAM Group had his motorcycle stolen. He was only gone a few minutes. Deciding it was
A couple of months ago, I decided to switch back to using a mobile phone for navigation rather than a dedicated GPS, and subsequently started
I have a theory. Wax cotton jackets are warmer than laminated textile jackets. To test this theory, I’ve been using a Richa Scrambler 2, made
Honda has just officially announced the release of the Honda CB1000F. Digging through the press release, which managed to use the word Juxtaposed to describe
The Editor calls it research; we call it watching him trawl the internet and read about motorcycles. Here are five things he has subsequently mentioned
It isn’t often that you get motorcycle parts made for you. It all started with a conversation with 3DMP, the Portugal-based manufacturer of 3D printed
As this is a detailed review of Kurviger, a route planning and mobile phone navigation application, I’ve split it into two pieces. In this article,
The LS2 Spectrum intercom, developed in collaboration with Midland, represents a significant step forward in helmet communication technology. I’ll get to the dominant players in
After many years of using a dedicated GPS for navigation, I’ve decided to switch back to using a mobile phone. To some, going back to
It isn’t that often that you come across a location so welcoming to bikers that they publish a brochure containing a week’s worth of tours,
The objective was to run the Suzuki GSX650F hard on a track day and then change the oil for Motul NGEN7 Regenerated oil. I needed
With Honda announcing the CB1000F and the SE variant – See Straight Outta The 80s – that comes with a bikini fairing and a couple
My REV’IT Vertical Gore-Tex jacket developed a leak. I’d been using the jacket almost daily for the past seven hundred and twenty-one days. When I
Until recently, my knowledge of Northumberland has been limited. I have a preferred route across the Pennines to Gretna and then on to the west