Well, here we are again at the start of another year. The debris of the Christmas festivities is overflowing from the wheelie bin, and the batteries have all run out in the Christmas presents. If you are not careful, once the excitement of Christmas and New Year has passed, it’s easy to become distinctly morose […]
So where do you go if you want to try off road riding for the first time? Or maybe you need to take your enduro riding to the next level? Perhaps you just want to learn to ride somewhere it doesn’t hurt when you fall off. If you live in the UK, then the Yamaha […]
Want to book a fantastic day of riding the awesome Africa Twin at the Honda Adventure centre? Or maybe you fancy trying your hand at trail riding or motocross at the Dave Thorpe Off-Road Centre? Or maybe you are looking for a great Christmas gift? Whichever it is, you can get a massive discount if […]
Two-stroke vs Four-stroke : The Truth… It’s the question that goes round and round in circles. In clubs and paddocks across the world, proponents from both camps argue their corners passionately; each convinced that they are right. But what’s the real truth? Can you definitely say which makes the better dirt bike – two-stroke or […]
Last time we ran through a list of Guilty Pleasures, things we all enjoy but don’t like to admit it. Following on from this, this month we’re moving sideways into the geek zone. Because there are certain things about riding dirt bikes, certain little foibles we all have, silly mini-victories and secret pleasures that occur each […]
Ok, so you all know how things should be. There are enough magazine articles telling us what to eat, what to drink and how to train. We’ve been preached at about the threat to our sport from excessive noise, and warned about the dangers of poisonous substances. You all obviously know that it’s important to […]
OK so when it comes to choosing dirt bikes, we’ve all got our own preferences. Two stoke or four stroke,Japanese or European – it’s all open to debate. But when it comes to life hacks that make dirt biking that much easier, we all love a bit of low tech genius that instantly makes you think ‘Wow – […]
Go back thirty or so years and this headline would make no sense whatsoever. You put inner tubes in your tyres and you ate mousse when you went somewhere posh for dinner. TUBES USED TO BE THE ONLY OPTION. Image Yamaha But fast-forward to the club meetings and racetracks across the world today, and the […]
In an ideal world, you go out riding at the weekend, get seriously dirty, come back and wash the bike. But it’s rarely an ideal world and often you return far too late to bother cleaning your scoot. It’s work on Monday so by the time you break out the jet washer three days later, […]
If you intend to start trail riding, you are going to need a toolkit packed with all the essentials. If you ride a road bike, you may be vaguely aware that languishing under your bike’s seat is an OEM toolkit. But because modern bikes are so damn reliable, these kits rarely get used, and are […]