My suggestion for a music track to follow “The Chain” is… “Greased Lightnin” In 1977, the album “Rumours” by Fleetwood Mac topped the UK album chart; this album has “The Chain” on it. ...

The first song in the chain. Mick Fleetwood signed a Harley Davidson Custom Softail Deluxe.

Up here in the northern hemisphere the nights are getting longer, the ride-outs are getting shorter, and the thermometers are slowly drifting downwards from summer highs to winter lows. While some rid...

Up here in the northern hemisphere the nights are getting longer, the ride-outs are getting shorter, and the thermometers are slowly drifting downwards from summer highs to winter lows. While some rid...

Add shows, meet-ups, charity rides, sporting events and anything else to the What’s On calendar, and you can let people know if you’re interested or planning to go as well.

Four years ago today our little forum came into our lives. Happy birthday, little fella! 🎂🎉🎈

I bought a loosely assembled pile of parts dragged from the back of a garage where it had resided for more than 30 years. Essentially, a slimline frame with mostly Commando cycle parts and parts for a 1934 CS1 Cammy engine. I got very excited about the prospect of a Manx style racer until I checked out the price of CS1 parts and realised I was about £10,000 away from a running motor.😂 Anyway I found a nice little 6T Iron head motor and decided to go for a Triton cafe racer.

This is American racing legend, Jim Davis, who started riding motorcycles when he was 11 and earned his first factory ride, with Indian, aged 19 in 1915. He went on to win 21 AMA National Championships and more than 50 non-AMA titles; a record that will never be equalled. By the time Jim retired in 1936 he had raced in more than 1,500 events and covered 30,000 competition miles. Not only did he survive the board-track era, he survived into the 21st century, passing away in 2000 at the ripe ol...

Following a heart attack a few days before, Count Domenico Agusta passed away on this day in 1971, aged 63. Spurred on by the ban on Italian manufacturing of aircraft after the second world war, Agus...

In 2013, BMW completed the sale of Husqvarna to Pierer Industrie, owner of KTM, and later that year the whole kit and kaboodle became a subsidiary of KTM itself, which is where it stilll sits…for now. BMW apparently had aspirations of Husqvarna being their bike equvalent of the Mini. Presumably someone eventually saw sense and put the ‘for sale’ sign up at the factory.

Perhaps not a household name in the UK the way that Agostini and Rossi are, or even Hailwood and Read, Spaniard Angel Nieto, born this day in 1947, is one of the most successful motorcycle racers of a...

A new race was proposed by the Editor of The Motor Cycle magazine at the Auto-Cycle Club annual dinner held in London on 17th January 1907. Races would run in two classes with single-cylinder machines...

Victory, still in the fight for a share of Harley Davidson’s market, sought to impress at the New York Motorcycle Show in 2009 with this concept bike.

A quiet day for motorcycling it seems, but not for Simon Crafar - it’s his birthday! Winner of the 1998 500cc GP, ex-MotoGP techno-commentator and all-round motorcycle racing geek, Simon was born this...

Triumph's five-year update cycle for its Bonneville models brings an inertial measurement unit to the 2026 models, but other changes are few.

Triumph's five-year update cycle for its Bonneville models brings an inertial measurement unit to the 2026 models, but other changes are few.

Today in 1997, little Francesco Bagnaia began his journey towards the 2022 and 2023 MotoGP World Championships. Beaten last year by the exemplary performance of Jorge Martine, he was composed and generous in his post race comments despite his obvious, intense disappointment. Not just a stupendously fast rider but a gentleman in defeat. Happy Birthday, Pecco! 🎉

The No Surrender Motorcycle Club’s clubhouse in Emmen, The Netherlands is raided by police in 2017 on suspicion of trading in naughty drugs. The club is now officially banned in its founding country but still exists in over 20 countries around the world. Boys will be boys.

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George Brough, racer, record holder and arguably the inventor of the superbike, shifted permanently in to neutral at the respectable age of 79 on this day in 1970.

Mrs Hislop was busy on this day in 1962 giving birth to her son Steve ‘Hizzy’ Hislop, TT and Superbike rider. A man able ride so fast even his own hair couldn’t keep up.

A master on a 250cc GP bike, Max Biaggi never quite managed to reach the same heights on a 500cc or MotoGP machine and on this day in 2006 he announced that his career in the top class was over. He did pretty well in WSB though! https://www.iol.co.za/motoring/bikes/biaggi-without-a-ride-for-2006-867380

There’s no pleasure in talking about a manufacturer of bikes in the past tense but on this day in 2017 we had to do that for Victory Motorcycles when Polaris issued a press release saying they were going to wind down the marque. Created in 1998 to compete with Harley Davidson, it was always going to be a big ask and the writing was probably on the wall from 2011 when Polaris bought Indian.

“Cyborgs don’t feel pain. I do”. Imagine the look on the face of the driver who backed out of their drive on this day in 2006, saw a Harley Davidson hit it…and realise it’s The Terminator. Arnold...

Steve Webster MBE, born on this day in 1960 in North Yorkshire, is the most successful sidecar racer ever, with ten FIM World Sidecar Championships to his name.

Wilhelm Herz shuffled off the planet aged 85 in 1998 having become the first man to break the 200mph barrier on a motorcycle in 1956. Wilhelm was a racer and the long-time manager on the Hockenheimrin...

On this day in 1952, Alberto Granado and Ernest Guevara set off from Buenos Aires on a 1939 Norton Model 18 the called La Poderosa, beginning their journey across South America that change the course ...

Shinji Kazama makes it to the South Pole on his modified Yamaha DR200. He’d already visited the North Pole on two wheels, in 1987, making him the only person to have reached both Poles on a motorcycle.

The last ever race on the island, the Senior TT, takes place on this day in 1950. That’s Waiheke Island, New Zealand, of course.

Three years. Two riders. One Day. Robert Maddison is a stunt rider from Australia. He started out in motocross and supercross, but his development and skill in freestyle motorcross (FMX) led him to success in stunt competitions. With his motto, Face your fears – Live your dreams and a suitable nickname (“Maddo”), success and world records began piling up. Film work also beckoned - Robbie was the stunt double for Daniel Craig in Skyfall. Stunt riding is all about entertainmen...

The votes have been counted. The votes have been RE-counted. @iron has been given a sedative and all the Vincent voters will be receiving new aliases before he wakes up. The motorcycle with the best ...

Triumph, as a manufacturer of motorcycles has enjoyed an eventful history since they built the ‘No. 1’ in 1902. From Jack Sangster’s purchase in 1936 that split the car and motorcycle company in t...

The showdown has arrived. The battle of the Britains. The Vincent versus the Triumph. At least there’s no bias around here. poll

Calvin Rayborn, winner of the Daytona 200 in 1968 and 1969, died after crashing his bike during a race in New Zealand in 1973. In 1968, the field for the March Classic was perhaps the strongest ever, with top British riders including former World Champion Phil Read, plus a strong contingent of riders on factory Japanese bikes from Yamaha and Suzuki. This was the first year the ‘200’ truly became an international event. Harley-Davidson came to Daytona with a team of seven factory riders, but ...

After (ahem) a rest day, the semi-finals are here! Who will be claiming ‘V’ for victory? poll Can the oldest name still going, keep going? poll

The quarter-finals are upon us. Two old Brits tough it out. poll Will the British bike fight off the Japanese competition this time? poll There can be only one (Velocette) poll Can the Arie...

Competitors in what’s now known as the Dakar Rally set off for the first time in 1978. Thierry Sabine was inspired to create the event after he got lost on his motorcycle in the Libyan desert during t...

Four down, four to go Lightning failed to strike twice with the BSA and Vincent biting the dust. Let’s see how the quarter finals will line up after these last match-ups… Will the best Thunderbird...

'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse; The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that some presents soon would be there; Colin was nestled all snug in his bed; While visions of racing danced in his head; When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter, He sprang from his bed to see what the fuck was going on was the matter. Away to the window he flew like a flash, Tore open the shutters and threw up th...

We’re down to the final 16. Will the Norton live up to its name? poll The battle of the reborn classics. poll A tempestuous match-up poll Japanese honour at stake. poll Put that turkey le...

'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse; The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that some presents soon would be there; Colin was nestled all snug in his bed; While visions of racing danced in his head; When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter, He sprang from his bed to see what the fuck was going on was the matter. Away to the window he flew like a flash, Tore open the shutters and threw up th...

Voting has closed for Tuesday. Just one more set to give us our final 16. The tension is building. Possibly. Can the Indian keep up with the Kawasaki? poll A straight-up battle between (cough) sp...

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