It’s highly likely that Stan White’s Kawasaki Z1-R was the first of its type seen on British roads when he rode away from the dealer on March 3, 1978. He only later discovered that it was not registered until March
There have been times when Richard Gordon had good reason to sell his treasured Rickman Metisse cafe racer. Maybe when he and wife Tina were seriously strapped for the cash they needed to buy a house and feed three young
Dave Cornish’s Ducati 900SS is the bike that keeps coming back. The former Enduro and Supermoto racer was just 19 when he first bought the iconic machine in 1981, since when he’s sold and bought it back twice. After selling
It was autumn, 1984, and a 1,400-mile road trip that would change Alan Brenkley’s life forever. He’d endured a tough year, the death of his grandmother and a relationship break up hitting him hard, and he needed to get away,
For men (it’s usually men) of a certain age, the Yamaha FS1E gave them their first, heady taste of freedom. Seb St. John-Clarke was one of hundreds of thousands who got their teenage kicks on the legendary Fizzy – the
Karen Wicks was 12 when her older brother Steve taught her how to ride a motorbike. Those wobbly, jerky rides on a Honda CD175 sparked a passion for bikes that has endured for more than 50 years. “I suppose I’m
