Grid Talk - Leon Haslam
What’s it like riding a World Superbike after racing a domestic-spec Kawasaki ZX-10R? The 2018 British Superbike champion, Leon Haslam explains
GREGORY THE GREAT - Gregg Hansford
It wasn’t what the late Gregg Hansford did in his short time on the GP circuit that made him such an enigma, but rather what he didn’t do
Where are they now? Glen Dix – it’s not over until the flagman dances
Glen Dix’s involvement with motorsport began in the early ’50s – a time when Rowley Park Speedway broadcast live to air on radio. His job as penciller – recording results – in the broadcast box was as boring as batshit for an enthusiastic teenager craving excitement. A
Andy & Alissa and their XT660R
Riding Tajikistan’s legendary Pamir Mountains was supposed to be the ride of their lives. But trying to get out with a snapped frame and no suspension wasn’t what they had in mind
Revolving racer - Alex Phillis
Alex Phillis: I’m really looking forward to the Island Classic’s four International Challenge races. It will be an enjoyable way to start what is shaping up as a big year of racing for me. Team New Zealand really do have the attitude of ‘let’s just have fun,’ so althoug
Reader Rides
Here is a pic of me washing my first bike when I was just 17, crazy how you could ride big bikes when you first got your licence back then, I’m not 63 years old. Barry Waugh I lost my right arm in accident 23 years ago but decided to get back in the saddle, could say i
Grid Talk - Jordi Viladoms & Toby Price
As the Dakar teams line up in Lima, KTM’s Sport Manager has a fistful of aces
Living with the Royal Enfield Himalayan
“It’s the same formula but they’re two totally different bikes, eh?” offered my riding mate Andy as we gulped down water after a particularly difficult section of cricket ball-sized rocks. He was on his kitted-out Suzuki DR-Z400 and I was on a Royal Enfield Himalayan. And
Not forgotten - Brian Payne
Bend it like Brian, he was motorcycling’s maestro of metallurgy
How they do stuff - Navigating Dakar
The first thing to learn is that the quickest way from A to B is via X, Y and Z
In Pit Lane - Get your GOAT
Trees are tall. But they do not touch the sky. I offer this cod philosophy to help keep things in proportion. When you are up too close to something, it is easy to over-inflate its importance. With a few weeks to look back on the MotoGP season, it still inspires awe. But what
Reader Rides
It doesn’t matter if it was a free-to-a- good-home paddock basher you pulled from the neighbour’s shed, or a shiny new showroom model you saved your hard- earned cash for, no one forgets their first.