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BJ’s Home TT

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18th October 2010

Hi troops, BJ here. Some of you may have wondered just what kind of riding I got to do when I was a kid, on an island only nine-by-five miles, and rightly so. A nameless buddy of mine has recently uploaded a few HD videos of himself blatting about Jersey, and it kinda makes the…
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Mallory Park, sorry but about time…

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14th October 2010

As the 2011 British Superbike calendar was released yesterday, many punters were left disappointed, and most racers sighing with relief: after 15 consecutive years of racing at the venue, Mallory Park has been dropped by the organisers of BSB after consultation with teams. With the risk of getting mugged and abused by race fans worldwide,…
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Perfect Rides

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11th October 2010

Sometimes the planets align and you get the rarest of things – a perfect ride. This happened to me yesterday when my lovely old Ducati 900SS carried me on a little blast over Salisbury Plain to Stonehenge, and back again with an aural assault of 2-valve open-caned thunder.
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Moby’s Merrygoround

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30th September 2010

The strangest thing happened the other day – I actually sold one of my bikes. Having seven lying around the place seemed a little excessive, and so I moved my GSX-R750 Slabside donor bike onto someone else who needed it more – FB reader Nigel Harte, who is building himself a very nice Slabby.
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Charlie’s ZXR400, Another One

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12th September 2010

Just as I think I am making good progress with my ZXR400 I find the next project come round the corner. About a month ago my other half passed her test and we went out and sourced a bike. This was pretty tricky, Shay is not the tallest of lasses and thus cannot ride either…
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Charlies ZXR400, Keeping Cool

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10th September 2010

When I started stripping the ZXR400 I started compiling a list of what I needed to replace. Bar the faring that is smashed to hell, the radiator and oil cooler were at the top. A clogged up mews of shite that went throughout the intricate grills of these integral parts of the bike.
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Charlie’s ZXR400 Scrub Up

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8th September 2010

Having seen what Pip has been doing with his own 400 project I thought it was time I got back into the ZXR400. Its not like I have not being doing anything over the past months but the build up to a rolling frame had me staring in awe at was emerging as opposed to…
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VFR400 Body Beautiful?

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17th August 2010

I’ve spent time sorting the electrics, fuelling, suspension, brakes and various other things that needed attention and although it functions,it could look a bit better. The bike came with its original plastics, and boasted features such as one missing seat lug, a missing centre panel on one side, a cracked lower right fairing and a…
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Charlie’s Postcards From Assen – Ten Kate

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13th August 2010

I was shattered this morning, having celebrated my track experience of Assen Circuit with a little drinky last night, no head banging just a happy tired. Beej is not a happy tired, Beej needs sleep… I awoke in the small hours to hear, ‘unbelievable… I can still fucking hear you!’ coming from the bathroom where…
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Charlie’s Postcards From Assen – The Tyre Launch

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12th August 2010

Another dawn in the Netherlands, another night of rest for me and more anguish from Beej. Apparently whoever’s snoring is keeping him very awake indeed, and its not funny – Beej is about to partake in his first journey around Assen at speed for the launch of Pirelli’s Diablo Rosso Corsa’s.
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Police Camera?

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29th July 2010

Two little words that would generally strike fear into any motorcyclist, leading you three points closer to having to retire your pride and joy for a lengthy stretch. This time round though it’s a truly positive story, not only reinstating my faith in the blue skinned beast but also giving me open license to take…
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VFR400 Shock Treatment

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27th July 2010

Sorting my electrical, braking and fuelling problems meant I was free to ride the VFR more than a couple of miles without fear of it breaking. I knew the rear shock was a little on the soft side, but one spin soon reminded me it was more saggy than Bruce Forsyth’s ball bag.
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Popping out

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14th July 2010

It’s said that a great many accidents happen within a mile of either home, or a destination. This is something we’ve all heard before, and also something many have suffered from in the past.
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Sherco 2.5 For Sale!

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22nd June 2010

There comes a time when even I have to admit that there is such a thing as ‘too many’ bikes in the garage. That number appears to be seven, especially when your garage only comfortably houses four…
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VFR400 NC30 – MOT Woes

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17th June 2010

After the carbs were sorted the NC30 was due an MoT. I was pretty confident it would pass, but that would’ve been too easy, and it was – it failed on a sticky front brake light switch and a binding rear brake.
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