The inevitable welcome post

There has always been a connection between smoking and bikers. I can’t put my finger on why, but it’s something that still persists today. It particularly came to mind last year when my bike club londonbikers.com, went over to France and we had to stop every 1/2 hour to facilitate various smoking habits. This was…

Is the internet forum stronger than the lobbying group? I only ask because over the last few days there has been a debate raging on londonbikers.com about what we can do to stop bike theft. That’s the actual aim… wipe out bike theft. As ever with these things it was borne out of an emotional…

Just when I thought things were getting boring all hell brakes loose. Riding home this evening from Alexandra Palace I was stopped at traffic lights when a corsa behind me felt that stopping was optional. I’m pretty much okay, nasty bruse on my chest where I went through my windscreen and my ankle is pretty…

Passed to me via londonbikers.com this is the funniest thing I’ve read in quite some time… I’ve read alot about how and why people carry their sidearm with them on their motorcycle. Read all the arguments about smashed spleens or where is the safe place to have it, needing a lanyard, etc. I don’t carry…

I really don’t know what to do about this… Ian Forrester is a mod… he’s just bought this. Which frankly scares me – it’s 600cc and has ‘twin exhausts’ – I felt too bad to point out that they where both the size of a gnat and that it will still sound like a scooter……