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A Third Wheel Book Review

July 27th, 2010 · No Comments · Motorcycle Book Reviews

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A Third Wheel – The Eccentric Alternative – A Guide To Sidecars amd Trikes by Simon Potter
I much prefer to read motorcycle travel stories than trawl through facts about a particular marque or indeed, as in this case, information about sidecars and trikes.
However, this book landed on my desk, probably due to my interest [...]

Running With The Moon – A Motorcycle Book Review

February 23rd, 2010 · No Comments · Motorcycle Book Reviews

A Boys Own Adventure riding a motorbike through Africa – so says the byline.
When Jonny Bealby set out on his African Odyssey by motorcycle he was already an experienced motorcycle traveller. I tell you that because he was not someone looking for their first real motorcycle adventure but rather an ordinary chap who [...]

Quentin Tarantino’s Hell Ride Review

January 11th, 2010 · No Comments · Motorbike Films

I’ve read that in producing this film Quentin Tarantino was using the Seventies biker film genre as his inspiration and in that respect he succeeded in making a reproduction of how truly awful those films were.
If you believe that at very biker bar there are half-naked and completely naked women cavorting around in mud and [...]

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The Hunt For Puerto Del Faglioli by Paddy Tyson – Book Review

January 6th, 2010 · 4 Comments · Motorcycle Book Reviews

So, where’s that then? Is the thought that immediately springs to mind, especially if like me you have read a few motorcycle travel books and like to think you have a reasonable geographical knowledge.
But Puerto Del Faglioli? never heard of it? Read on…..
Paddy Tyson is one of a slowly growing group of what are termed [...]

Overland To India Book Review

December 7th, 2009 · No Comments · Motorcycle Book Reviews

Second only to my love affair with Ural Motorcycles and Sidecars is the one that has been going on since the early 1990s with Enfield Bullets.
Way back then, in the mists of time, there was a programme on TV about how Enfield Bullets were still being made in India and had just started being imported [...]

Vroom By The Sea Book Review

September 3rd, 2009 · 1 Comment · Motorcycle Book Reviews

Vroom By The Sea is the second book by Peter Moore set in Italy travelling by Vespa.
Peter meets up with old friend Marco, Vespa mechanic extraordinaire, who looked after Sophia the Vespa from Vroom With A View, following Peter’s return to the UK. For this trip Marco arranges for Peter to buy a 1972 [...]

Jack Daniels TT T-Shirt

January 13th, 2009 · No Comments · Motorbike Films, Motorcycle Book Reviews, Motorcycle Reviews

Classic Motorcycles purveyors of lots of great Classic goodies on which to spend your hard-earned have just launched another t-shirt in their Isle Of Man 2009 TT range.
This is a particularly splendid t-shirt in the Jack Daniels style as you can see from the photo.
It is printed on both sides with the famous TT circuit [...]

Red Tape and White Knuckles Book Review

September 30th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Motorcycle Book Reviews

Red Tape and White Knuckles is the story of the journey by motorcycle traveller Lois Pryce down the length of Africa.
Ever since reading Jupiter’s Travels by Ted Simon the possibilities of overland travel has excited me but, unlike Lois, aside from a bit of safe European travel that is about as far as I have [...]

Yamaha Ready For World Superbikes Assault at Donnington Park

September 3rd, 2008 · No Comments · Motorbike Films, Motorbikes on TV, Motorcycle Helmets, Motorcycle News, Motorcycle Parts and Accessories, Motorcycle Racing

Following the summer break, World Superbikes starts again this weekend at Donnington Park and I for one cannot wait.
Yamaha say that their two riders are more than ready to enter the fray again and will be using Öhlins electronic suspension for the first time, following successful testing in Vallelunga the team asked Öhlins to supply [...]

Hell Ride – Quentin Tarantino biker movie

August 27th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Motorbike Films

Hell Ride the latest Quentin Tarantino movie gets its inspiration from the B movie biker films of the 60s and 70s and carrying on this theme Tarantino has teamed up with Larry Bishop who is himself a veteran of biker films like The Savage, Chrome and Hot Leather – eh? Never heard of them! [...]

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