Q Recently, me and my mate loaded up our bikes to head off to the continent for a three-week tour. After a week or so, I had a head-on with an Austrian chap whilst we were riding a mountain pass in France. It was completely his fault because he was o

I got a letter a couple of days ago from my UK penpal, Dave Johnston. Dave’s a few years younger than I am, unless I miss my guess. He says he enjoys my Back in the Day extracts from old editions of Motorcycle Sport, the old issues with red-bordered

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This article, subtitled ‘Our Stevenage Correspondent examines the requirements’, was written by TD, Ted Davis, the head tester at Vincent Motorcycle in Stevenage. Davis, as I suppose one would expect, was a Vincent true believer. As you’ll read, he f

For many people, crossing borders seemed to have all but disappeared a few years ago. Once across the Channel and a perfunctory stop, European travel didn’t require whipping out your passport for thousands of miles. Travelling to the USA required you

Ross works across several motorcycling magazines. That means he gets to ride all manner of two-wheelers, from Monkey bikes to trikes. Don’t let his youthful appearance fool you, he’s a seasoned petrol-head, respected test rider and a handy off-roader

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We’re kicking off with a pair of fancy Ducatis – a commemorative Senna Monster and a special Supreme edition Streetfighter V4S. The Senna Monster is, of course, the latest in a long line of bikes to celebrate the genuinely legendary F1 driver, Ayrton

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Having taken 60% of their own domestic market, Honda had to export, but Europe and England had their own industries. That left the US, where Henry Ford’s Model T automobile in 1913 took the transportation market, and the Great Depression of 1929 slas

And it’s that variety of machinery available – that all fall into the umbrella term of ‘motorbikes’ – that is continually fascinating for me. While I, like many others of our ilk, have personal favourites in terms of bike brands, models and styles, t