The Ride

Part of the Country Mile project , Devon County Council have just launched a new site aimed at improving rider skills. Find it at Cornering ...

From AutoExpress: With thousands of hours of nail-biting competitive experience behind the wheel, the stars of the British Touring Car Champ...

I'm better than I used to be, the surface of my desk is usually visible, and I do tidy paperwork away when not needed. And I keep my bik...

The latest campaign and leaflet from the DfT's 'Think!' campaign Bends require skill Loss of control on bends is the most common...

1 Yellow Ferrari 1 Reliant Robin 1 BMW R65LS All quite rare. But the rarest of them all: Someone smiling - a real 'happy' smile - wh...

Continuing the whistle-stop tour of police motorcycle training around the World . . . France ! For the people in the know, the training and ...

Since the recent post on US police 'Motorcops' training, now seems to be a good time to remind you of my article : The History of Ad...

OK, I admit it, the nearest I get to technology is using radio when out training. No, not Radio 4 . . . but bike-to-bike. I've mentione...

While searching for something else, I happened across these links, to a series of articles about the training of US 'Motorcops', ori...

The saga of the DSA and its off-road test centres (MPTC - Multi-Purpose Test Centres) has been rumbling on for some time, but has lately tak...

3M at Bracknell don't have the typical 'bicycle sheds' (I suppose in these non-smoking times there's no need for anyone to s...

. . . For the lack of posts lately. A combination of work pressure, home stuff, and a chewy cold (you didn't need to know that, did you...

Motorcyclists often feel 'invisible' and that car drivers are 'out to get them'. Of course, that's rarely the case, mos...

I've been a BMW owner since 1981. My first was an R65 - a 650cc flat twin, 'scaled down' from the the larger twins which had evo...

Ever heard of this? Nope, nor had I! Bearing in mind I belong to the Driving Instructors Association and the British Motorcyclists Federati...