See what's inside this week's issue

Riding & Events Your rating: 3

Browse Riding & Events

Date

Last Year (1)

Gender

Male (3)

Author

Find Dealers & Services

You looked for...

and found 24 items

Results 1 - 10 of 24

Breaking free from the rat race

Sean Kelly, 01 October 2012 02:49

My adventure wasn't about the route taken, the stops along the way or even the destination. My journey was about getting away from the monotony of the rat race of life and having the freedom to decide which direction to ride, when to push on and when to set up camp. This freedom of choice and thought, coupled with 12 ...

Knight and Day - The Amalfi Run

Jallani Qureshi, 25 November 2011 10:23

Inspired by the Tom Cruise film ‘Knight and Day’, I casually suggested a ride along the Amalfi Coast in Italy to a mate one Sunday evening. Within seconds, I got a text back saying ‘the wife has said yes’ and the trip was on! Before we knew it, our over excitement had extended the trip to include the Alps, Croatia, ...

World record attempt starts at Glastonbury Festival this weekend

Andy Downes, 24 June 2011 10:11

Music business journalist Greg Parmley will try something never done before: riding to 26 festivals across Europe in just 30 days as he attempts to set a new Guinness World Record after leaving from Glastonbury this weekend. Parmley will be using a new BMW R1200R for the journey which starts at Glastonbury on June 24. Parmley will visit 13 countries, ...

10 Ways to go the distance - expert advice from Haynes

Ped Baker, 20 May 2011 11:41

Haynes Publishing, renowned for motorcycle manuals and books have compiled ten useful tips for long distance summer rides. Penny Cox, Motorcycle Editorial Manager for Haynes, says: "The warm, dry, sunny spring has been a dream for bikers and one way to ensure these heady days continue, is to make sure your maintenance is up to scratch. "Simple things like checking ...

Austria two-up on a Yamaha XJ6 Diversion

ircornelius, 16 January 2011 19:19

I'm a born again biker, I bought myself a new Yamaha XJ6 Diversion after 19 years of not been on a bike. So I decied to take me and the wife to Austria to a tiny village called Flirsh near St Anton. We went from the West Midlands to Folkstone to Riems where we stopped for the night. We then went on to Germany and stopped again ...

Howard and Dave beat the French blockade

Black955tiger, 24 October 2010 12:14

Having gone to Spain for a few days trail riding on our Triumph Scramblers we were now stuck in Figueres, north east Spain, by the French fuel blockade. We had a ferry booked from Cherbourg but it was too far with fuel the supply being dodgy. So, we hatched a plan to buy fuel canisters to carry an extra 30 ...

2010 Aprilia Caponord UK Meeting Wales

mediter, 27 September 2010 10:44

Beckenham, Kent 25 September 2010 Aprilia Caponord UK Meeting Wales saw the largest known meeting of the Aprilia Caponord ETV1000 adventure bike in UK. Twenty nine riders of the famous Italian bike with the mille RSV engine arrived from all corners of Wales, England, Scotland and even Ireland at the beautiful settings of Llandovery, Carmarthenshire for the weekend of 17th ...

Sometimes you just can’t win.

Dan Aspel, 10 September 2010 14:39

Sometimes you just can’t win. You’re riding along on a low-powered touring bike, taking in the scenery, breathing deeply and slowly and then… … we won’t spoil the surprise. The rider apparently escaped with nothing worse than a lower leg fracture, thankfully.

Top 5 alternative touring bikes

Dan Aspel, 09 July 2010 17:22

Thinking of heading across the world on two wheels? A sensible rider would lock and load a big, sensible touring bike with tried and tested, top of the range kit. But if you’re a little eccentric, a little wayward or just plain mad, here’s range of bikes that could (technically) get you there on a thimbleful of fuel. ...

15 best adventure touring tips

Jasper Winn, 24 May 2010 16:38

Be a tourist or be an adventure traveller: it can mean the difference between going for an epic ride, and being taken for one. 1. Simple is really goodLess than less makes for easy travel. Just one really good shirt costs less than three crap shirts, lasts longer than all of them together, and feels better, works better and can ...