Another Season, Another MCD
As you are all ELAMites, you’ll be well aware of the IAM course you have either done, are on now or even waiting to start. The course always starts with the machine control day (MCD) which gives both victims (ahem!) – students and observers a first look at each other, […]
Highlands Tour 2021
It looked like a European tour was off the cards. I’ve got a half baked Black Forest – B500 – Ardennes tour planned but I couldn’t see the point in finishing it if the pandemic was going to ruin it. Itchy tyres, a need to tour so…. Scotland opened on […]
California Super Bike School (CSS) Level 4
CSS has risen like a Phoenix from the ashes. A little while ago the old CSS went into liquidation, I don’t know why, but I was pretty gutted as I wanted to finish the journey I started with them a few years ago. If you don’t know about CSS here’s […]
The Return Of The Super Sunday
April 28th was a special day. Not because Wembley Stadium first opened on this day (1923), or because Mussolini was shot on this day (1945), or because peace was restored with Japan ending WWII (1952), or Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of The Moon first went to number 1 (1973), or […]
Ducati Multi Strada V4 Quick Review
This is only a short review because we are still (or were at the time) in lockdown, of Ducati’s new V4 Multi Strada, and before you shoot me, for riding during the lockdown, I had to have some work done on my bike, so, I could use it for work […]
A Year With a Royal Classic Bullet 500
March 2020 – 2 weeks before lockdown that few of us knew was coming, I found a used Bullet online at Cooperb Motorcycles, Northants. The photos did the bike justice and £3,500 later I arranged to have the bike delivered to my home. Back in 2014, I had a two […]
Ducati V2 Panigale Quick Review
Oh no, not another Ducati review I hear you say, The dealer lives near me, I get on well with them and they trust me with their bikes, so why look a gift horse in the mouth. Also, because of Covid, you can’t just turn up at dealers and take […]
Editors Ramble
First of all, I’d like to apologise for a smaller magazine/blog than I would have liked and you guys deserve. I have been a bit occupied, that’s no excuse I know and I promise to do better. Right, now the grovelling out of the way, shall we move on to […]
I feel like a traitor!
After years of Ducati ownership, there’s been plenty of ups and unfortunately plenty of downs, however, I have been faithful to the brand, but I now felt a need for a change. Either way, my Ducati replacement will still be an Italian. So what did I choose? Well, when I […]
Name the Globe-Trotting Adventurer
Motorcycle tours to far-flung locations or even just a hop across the channel are still a distant dream away. In the meantime, we can only watch films and read books of past travels from other globe-trotting adventurers. Can you name these famous riders, the country they’re in, or even the […]