Welcome to the high-summer issue of RIDE. August is always the time of year that I start to get a bit jumpy. I spend much of the winter laid up, planning for when the good times come. But when they do, sometimes life gets in the way, things get...
Trying to grow fond of the big GS Let’s get this out of the way at the start: the R1300GS is a virtually unassailable piece of two-wheeled engineering excellence, a machine that can tour with virtually peerless assurance, can rip up a road...
Making the most of late summer
Topics that have got you writing I'm helping a little-known but very worthwhile charity called Bike Tours for the Wounded. They arrange for ex-servicemen and women to ride pillion on a tour along Route 66. The main goal is to help veterans...
Does E5 fuel make a difference? With prices at the pump spiking higher than they have for years, you may think that splashing out on premium E5 petrol would be something of an extravagance. After all, it doesn’t make any noticeable...
Month-long tour of the Balkans North Coast 500, Scotland Myself and five mates rode more than 1700 miles from Derbyshire to complete the North Coast 500 as well as cover some amazing roads. We also paid our respects to our great mate Sean...
