Back at the end of 2002 the Bridgestones on my trusty old ZX6R were getting a bit on the thin side and the MoT was looming large on the horizon. Unfortunately my bank balance was no thicker than the remaining…

There can’t be many, if any, modern bikes that haven’t got something made out plastic on them somewhere. And that being the case, Murphy will sooner or later decree that a bit of it will break. As an extension to…

  Well – not really, ‘cos that’s liable to get you booked at the least and scraped off the front of a truck at the worst, and we don’t really want either of those do we? We’re talking here about…

I said last year that we’d be back, and for 2003 the MotorbikesToday team were ready to do battle against the elements and sleep deprivation and go for the gold award on this year’s National Rally. As it was my…

John Surtees was born in February 1934 in Tatsfield, Surrey. He started racing bikes at 15, going on to win the 500cc World Championship in 1956, ’58, ’59 and ’60. He also won the 350cc title in 1958, ’59 and…

Luggage for motorbikes comes in two basic types – hard and soft. Which you choose will depend as much on personal preferences as on the type of bike you ride. But whatever you go for, don’t overload the bike. All…