Your Ride

Explore Scotland with new motorcyclist’s guide

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Sam Hewitt

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30th June 2020

Scotland is one of the best places in the UK to explore on a bike, and this book, written by […]
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The New BMW R 18

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Nik Samson

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6th April 2020

The new BMW R 18 mega-cruiser is BMW’s first foray into the cruiser market in a good few years, and […]
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Triumph’s Rocket 3 R recreates iconic tablecloth trick

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Sam Hewitt

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30th March 2020

Triumph Motorcycles has taken on the oldest bike stunt in the world – the tablecloth trick – to showcase its […]
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Surplus stock – Kawasaki Z650

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Pauline Hawkins

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30th December 2019

In something of a contradiction to Tony Garnham-Parkes’ company name, as of early April, this was the latest bike to […]
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Old-school Shovelhead

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Pauline Hawkins

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26th December 2019

One of the things about biking, custom biking, that fascinates me is the way the scene has so many separate […]
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Rumble in the ‘Jumble – BSA A10

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Pauline Hawkins

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24th December 2019

A bit from here, and a bit from there – it’s probably the most clichéd way to build a bike […]
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Old School Triumph

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Pauline Hawkins

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19th December 2019

When most of us hear the word ‘chopper’ we think of a motorcycle with long forks, don’t we? If we […]
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Brass bomber

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Pauline Hawkins

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1st November 2019

NOBODY seems to quite know when the alloy of copper and zinc that’s more commonly known as brass became the […]
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Like Harley Should’ve made ’em…

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Pauline Hawkins

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31st October 2019

I’ve been riding and building bikes as a hobby for 42 years. I had a pretty common list of bikes […]
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It lives! – The Vampire: Custom Triumph

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Pauline Hawkins

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26th September 2019

I first clapped eyes on The Vampire, as Nik christened this bike in 1989 when he wrote it up back […]
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