One of my favourite areas in the UK to ride my bike is the Derbyshire Peak District, in particular the roads around Buxton, Matlock Bath, Glossop and Ashbourne. The most famous road in the Peak District for bikers has to Read more
This route is really an extra section to the Ashby-De-La-Zouch to Melton Mowbray route. Starting from Melton Mowbray. find the B6047 (Dalby Road) and head south, after 11 miles or so you will come to a junction with the A47 Read more
Bonzo had just had a new set of tyres fitted, travelling home from the tyre centre in the pouring rain, by a bend in the road he crossed the white painted markings and the bike slid from under him. Bonzo Read more
In 2000 Chinny replaced his VFR with a brand new Honda CBR900 Fireblade, but after a year or so he wanted something that was a little more comfortable for all the distance he was travelling and so in 2001 he Read more
This route actually starts just outside Ashby-de-la-Zouch, at the junction with the A42. From here, take the A512 towards Loughborough, and after just over a mile, take the left turning towards Hathern onto the B5324. Enjoy the next 7½ miles, Read more
Watch out for crazy taxi drivers when riding your Fireblade! You may write off your bike and possibly even more. This is what happens when you’re forced off the road by some **** of a taxi driver who cannot use Read more
Andy was riding over a manhole cover in the rain and the front wheel went from under him resulting in damage to the right hand side fairing, indicators, footrest, front brake master cylinder, exhaust, rear cowling, clip-ons but Andy managed Read more
One of the only problems with my brand new Triumph Sprint ST is it’s plastic fuel tank, now this is not that much of a problem, except for the fact that about 4 months before I purchased my Triumph, my Read more
Hank purchased this lovely red Honda VFR800 in July 1999 and over the next 14 months he had loads of fun, covering over 10,000 miles, the only problem he had with the bike over this time was when the rear Read more
Ah, the Suzuki GSF1200S Bandit. A 1997 model that came into my life in 1998, following the departure of my beloved Honda VFR750. Sadly, my time with the Bandit was short, just a little over 13 months before I traded Read more
We had about 10 or 11 days to complete the trip, we had planned each days riding, worked out where we were going to stay, everything seemed perfect… until we started…Ahhh what fools we are We were leaving Tamworth (near Read more