Touring Bikes

  • Great Spring Rides: The Lakes!

    Great Spring Rides: The Lakes!

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    The Lake District is a magical place to ride a motorcycle – in any weather, at any time of the year. I have never had a bad ride in the Lake District. Not even when the weather has been poor, which could easily take the shine off many rides. In the Lakes, bad weather somehow…

  • Monkeys Up North – 1000 miles to Scotland and back again

    Monkeys Up North – 1000 miles to Scotland and back again

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    1000-mile tour to Scotland and back… on a pair of Monkey bikes

  • New free motorcycle safety workshops to be run by police

    New free motorcycle safety workshops to be run by police

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    Staffordshire Police volunteers are providing complimentary, acclaimed motorcycle safety sessions. Sergeant Rob Gilligan from the Central Motorway Policing Group (CMPG) is leading workshops this year for Biker Down – a project created in memory of PC Luke Van De Sande, who lost his life in an off-duty motorcycle crash back in 2019. He’s joined by…

  • Meet Nick Sanders in Peterborough

    Meet Nick Sanders in Peterborough

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    Nick Sanders MBE will be heading to Peterborough next week to premiere his new film.

  • TRIED AND TESTED: SRT Modular Helmet

    TRIED AND TESTED: SRT Modular Helmet

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    Laura Pickett takes a close look at Bell’s flip-up helmet It is important to note the SRT Modular is not P/J homologated, meaning when riding the front has to be in the closed position. Why have a modular then? It’s still useful; need to talk to someone, pay in the petrol station, wear glasses, all…

  • Way out West – Ireland Mid Ride

    Way out West – Ireland Mid Ride

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    Man takes faithful Bulldog to the west coast of Ireland

  • The Only Way is Harwich – Day Ride

    The Only Way is Harwich – Day Ride

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    Hold the Essex jokes – there are some fine day rides to be had east of London.

  • West to Ullswater – Day Ride

    West to Ullswater – Day Ride

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    Bob Southcoat covers 420 miles from Grimsby to the Lake District and back in a day.

  • Kit review: WarmMe Heated Motorcycle Gloves

    Kit review: WarmMe Heated Motorcycle Gloves

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    Outside of warm spring and summer days, a pair of warm motorcycle gloves are essential. Not just for comfort, but for safety as well. And when it comes to keeping your hands warm, protected and able to function in cold weather conditions, there’s nothing better than having a quality pair of heated motorcycle gloves. That’s…

  • Great Winter Ride – Wales: East to West

    Great Winter Ride – Wales: East to West

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    Riding within Wales isn’t all about the National Parks, with plenty of excellent riding in between, and winter weather can put them out of bounds anyway. Dave Manning finds out… For this Winter Ride, focussing within Wales, I decided on starting from Oswestry, the town of my birth. Now, while the town isn’t actually in…

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