Review: Spada ST1 WP Waterproof Boots
Product: Spade ST1 WP Waterproof Motorcycle Boots Mileage: 9000 miles Time Used: 9 months Usage: Heavy Cost New: £74.95 (offer price – £99.95 RRP from http://www.getgeared.co.uk) Additional Costs: nil Used … Continue reading
2012 Motorcycle Desires – Adventure Bikes
Adventure bikes or ‘tall tourers’ were a strange category that were almost ignored by the majority of the motorcycle community a little more than a decade ago. Now they seem … Continue reading
2012 Motorcycle Desires Touring Motorcycles
Full on tourers need to be able to take you, your significant other and everything but the kitchen sink around the highways of Europe, Asia, America or wherever in comfort, … Continue reading
2012 Motorcycle Desires – Sports Tourer
Want a long distance mile muncher that will take you and your luggage in comfort but still be able to peg it around tight turns and cruise happily along the … Continue reading
2012 Motorcycle Desires – Muscle Bikes
Remember the action films of the 1980’s? Starring super-pumped, chisel-jawed, wise-cracking heroes, loud noises and enough pyrotechnics to blow up the Houses of Parliament ten-fold these films were all about … Continue reading
2012 Motorcycle Desires – Unlimited Cruisers
Big cruisers are often overlooked by sports bikers as being the preserve of 1%er motorcycle clubs, expensive Sunday riding specials for retired company directors or those big shiny things they … Continue reading
2012 Motorcycle Desires – Middleweight Cruisers
Cruisers are my first motorcycling love. The whole easy going, long-distance ethos that surrounds them has always been appealing to me. No wonder my first two bikes were middleweight cruisers … Continue reading
2012 Motorcycle Desires – Retro & Classic
There’s a certain charm about retro and classic motorcycles but how many of us could really be bothered to live with them outside of the classic bike club? That’s where … Continue reading
2012 Motorcycle Desires – 1000cc-plus Naked Bikes
The big bad naked bike is often spoken about in hushed whispers. Owners are often viewed with suspicion but grudging respect, after all would any sane human being willingly put … Continue reading
2012 Motorcycle Desires – Middleweight Naked Bikes
When it comes to motorcycles, naked is how I roll. I love the pure riding experience of feeling the wind pushing against my chest as I glide around country roads. … Continue reading
2012 Motorcycle Desires – Litre-plus Sports Bikes
Where do you go after you’ve played around with middleweight sports bikes for a while? Well if you’ve not satisfied your sports bikes kicks yet then the only way up … Continue reading
2012 Motorcycle Desires – Middleweight Sports Bikes
Middleweight sports bikes offer a natural step up from a novice machine to someone looking to get into sports bikes riding. While modern middleweights are insane machines their light weight … Continue reading
2012 Motorcycle Desires – 33hp Machines
The next logical stepping stone for the 2012 Motorcycle Desires honours list is to list 33hp machines. The trouble with this is you can restrict pretty much any machine so … Continue reading
2012 Motorcycle Desires – Learner Legal 125’s
As the 2012 Motorcycle Desires series moves on I thought the logical step would be to step up from 50cc hairdryers to learner legal 125’s. These are bikes you can … Continue reading
2012 Motorcycle Desires – Legal at Sweet Sixteen 50cc hairdryers
Continuing the 2012 Motorcycle Desires series I decided to start where many will get their first taste of powered two wheels; 50cc bikes. I missed out on the opportunity to … Continue reading
2012 Motorcycle Desires – Budget Bikes £6,000 and under
When it comes to motorcycles I’m not someone to necessarily go down the tried and tested path. I like bikes with character and panache. They can range from the beautifully … Continue reading
Motorway Misery
Setting off for my 100 mile commute to work this morning was a step into the unknown. The dark grey skies were ensuring everywhere was being soaked by what the … Continue reading
