Poll results: When do you wear your helmet?

I’ve basically nothing left to say on this subject. I am hoping against hope that the 4 per cent who don’t use their helmet when touring basically never go touring and that the 35 per cent who prefer not to ride with a helmet in town essentially use public transport or their cages. As for [...]

Learning to Ride

“How many days will it take me to learn how to ride a motorcycle?”
Wow, there’s a question that stumped me. I didn’t know the answer, honest. I told the young man that if he meant only the operation of the controls – clutch, brake, throttle – that would take 20 minutes. But learning to ride [...]

Healthier Motorcyclists!

JC sent me this link today. I read it and liked what I read. So I thought I’d post a link here. Here’s a quick excerpt.
“The group that rode motorbikes posted higher marks in cognitive function tests,” Kawashima said.

Pass or fail 2

Remember this post?
Well, I got a letter from the chaps who created it – pasted below – and they’ve pointed me to another little video. And once more, while it was intended for cyclists, I think it does apply to us as well. Watch it, and leave a comment about whether you passed or failed. [...]

Toilet training

Yesterday, something obvious struck me while I was emptying an overfull bladder. Wrinkle your noses all you like, but here’s the situation – most men should be able to understand this easily. I’m standing above the pot and I’ve got my legs split up really wide. Don’t know why, but there it is. At this [...]

Toilet training

Yesterday, something obvious struck me while I was emptying an overfull bladder. Wrinkle your noses all you like, but here’s the situation – most men should be able to understand this easily. I’m standing above the pot and I’ve got my legs split up really wide. Don’t know why, but there it is. At this [...]

Hindsight: What did you learn?

In hindsight, maybe I wouldn’t have done that…
How many times have you said that to yourself? It’s always nearly the same. Heart beat elevated, adrenaline going nuts and in the middle of this ‘oh-shit’ sort of feeling, you realise that what you just did (or didn’t) could have been a big one. From splaying your [...]

Better Late Than Early!

I am currently reading a book by Mark Gardiner called Riding Man and totally in love with the book. The basic story is of a Gardiner, who decides fairly late in life, that he must go racing at the Isle of Man, and what happens from then on. In there lay a superb piece of [...]

The Top 10: rearset on braking:

Have seen all the posts at my blog on the subject of braking? Don’t worry about it. Neither have I. No, wait, I must have… I wrote the lot. Anyhoo, browsing through the 800-odd posts, I came with the top 10 posts I’ve written that talk extensively about braking technique and practice.

Hidden riding tipsA post [...]

Why make a silly mistake?

Okay, this is a bit of a rant, so bear with me.
I am more than a little surprised by this. In the recent past, I’ve had the pleasure of meeting three people who read this blog on a regular basis. One of them asked me a question about helmets which I posted here not so [...]