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  • What I can afford this month: BMW K75S

    This thing of tracking my motorcycle savings by searching classified ads for bikes I can afford right now is my new favourite game, y’all. Each month I have a tiny bit more money, so each month I am (presumably) able to climb a little higher in terms of desirability and quality. The bike this month…

  • What I Want: 2015 Indian Chief Dark Horse

    What I Want: 2015 Indian Chief Dark Horse

    The Indian Chief Dark Horse targets younger riders with a stylish, blacked-out design and lower price, while maintaining performance features.

  • Gear review: Oxford X30 magnetic tank bag

    Gear review: Oxford X30 magnetic tank bag

    Highly useful tank bag, but aesthetically unpleasing and questionable durability

  • What I want: BMW R1200R

    What I want: BMW R1200R

    I admire the BMW R 1200 R but question its cost

  • The Super Bowl commercial I’d like to see

    On the way into work this morning, I found myself coming up with an idea for an advert for Zero Motorcycles, or whatever the hell it is that will come out of Polaris’ recent acquisition of Brammo. I ride my bicycle to work. By the time I got into work, I had cemented the advert…

  • What I can afford this month: MZ TS250/1

    What I can afford this month: MZ TS250/1

    Building bike savings; considering options

  • Get a motorcycle

    This, y’all. The only thing I would add, right at the very end of the video, are three simple words: get a motorcycle:

  • Chris Cope’s great motorcycle manifesto

    I’ve found myself reading a handful of law/safety-related stories recently (here, here, here and here) and it’s gotten me thinking about the Right Way To Do Things. Obviously, the Right Way To Do Things is my way, because I’m brilliant and I have all the answers. One day people will recognise this and I will…