Category: Insurance

Track day dates for Kawasaki World Tour

Bikers will be given the chance to test some of the latest Kawasaki road bikes - as well as ride their own bikes on the track - during the 2017 Kawasaki World Tour.

Bidding and buying – a rider’s guide to motorcycle auctions

Have you have ever bought anything on eBay, you already know what an auction is and the real-world event is very similar to the online version.

Seven of the country’s best motorcycle festivals

There’s nothing quite like the heady aromas of petrol vapour and burning rubber to signal the start of the motorcycle festival season.

The Chinese motorcycle with a rich British heritage

“Are Chinese motorcycles any good” is a phrase so often Googled the search engine suggests it after typing just the first two words.

A brief history of superbikes

It’s nearly 50 years since the modern superbike was created. These are bikes optimised for road racing, with engines of 1000cc capacity, or thereabouts.

Dirt Quake V in pictures with Carl Fogarty and Guy Martin

Where else could you see Marge Simpson, a Bay City Roller and motorcycle racing legends Carl Fogarty and Guy Martin competing on the same track?

The Art of Scooters

It takes a certain amount of chutzpah to enter a couple of Lambrettas into a show full of Harleys and choppers run by the Hell’s Angels.

Buy a ticket online for Dirt Quake and win a super-cool motorbike

Helmets, Leathers and Kits, Insurance, Motorbikes

3 May 2016

The Lid: evolution of the motorcycle helmet

Remember the days when wearing a helmet while riding a motorcycle was optional?

A brief history of motorcycle sidecars

Invented in France in 1893, sidecars predate the first production motorcycles, as they were originally designed for a newspaper competition to find the best method of carrying a passenger on a bicycle.