Full Throttle: The Glory Days of British Motorbikes

This is a fantastic television programme about the early days of motorcycling in the UK. One of the opening lines of this BBC television programme sets the scene…“By the 1950’s British motorbikes were the fastest, most desirable and coolest thing on two wheels anywhere in the world.”I recently spent...

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Motorcycle Speed Trials week at Bonneville - Review and Pictures

Well, my time at the Bonneville Salt Flats is over.  For a first visit to the Motorcycle Speed Trials, it was a great week, so I thought I would set down how I felt about the time I spent there.The salt flats are huge and the Bonneville Speedway is at the west side of the now mainly dried up sea,...

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A great day on the Bonneville Salt Flats.

A few months ago, I met motorcycle TV presenter Henry Cole at a motorcycle event in London.“It is your fault I stayed at the Madonna Inn in California” were my opening words to him. A broad smile appeared on his face, as he clearly understood what I meant. Sort of kindred spirits, we seemed to hit...

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