What do you say when people ask you what you want for Christmas? To avoid any more mugs with motorcycles, embarrassing T-shirts or...

This is planning season. Most of you reading this probably know that and have already got the wheels in motion to sort next year’s bike...

I'm just back from my annual pilgrimage to the NEC in Birmingham for the bike show, Motorcycle Live. I enjoyed it – seeing the bikes and...

How was your summer? Did you have a great tour on your bike? I hope so... I managed a couple and, much more importantly, many of my...

The one place you don't want to drop your bike is the top of a mountain. More specifically, on the edge of the top of a mountain, where...

Scotland is still one of the best destinations for a motorcycle tour – especially if you're on a good route (ahem), with a good group and...

Enjoy your riding in the soaring temperatures Yes, it's hot... damn hot. Wonderful, isn't it? The hottest place I've been was Death...

Monday was a busy day – back from tour (keep an eye on the blog for that story) and getting my Kawasaki Z1000SX serviced – and finally...

How do you make sure you buy the right crash helmet – and why does it matter so much? Here are the three things you should consider when...

My new book Britain for Bikers is published today. It's live on Amazon and should be arriving in bookshops (but support your local...

Albania might not be the first place that springs to mind when you say "motorcycle touring holiday"... but maybe it should be. I've just...

How men with clipboards are destroying motorcycling... I don't want to sound pessimistic, because actually I'm pissed off. No. Furious....

It finally feels like spring has arrived – and I've spent most of the week laid-up with manflu (regular testing confirmed it's not the...

Naturally, I would say that – after all I wrote the book. I really am pleased with it and I genuinely do think it's one for the serious...

And it's not what you'd expect! A reader of the blog got in touch the other day with a question. Lee had been to Spain and Portugal in...

So it's bike-show time of year. That meant an early start for me, as I didn't want to miss it, stopping off to pick up my friend Nick on...

I love this time of year. It's planning season. Time to open a map or a good book (ahem, if you don't have Biker's Europe yet... you can...

I keep checking my mirrors. I'm not feeling relaxed on the bike at all, trying to keep everything neat and flowing… by trying so hard it...

I'm very pleased - and perhaps a little proud - that I've not only passed the regular tri-annual test to renew my RoSPA Diploma (which...

Are the big-name routes really the only way to go? I remember standing in the garage in Aviemore. We'd just filled up the bikes, it was...