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Archive of entries posted on February 2011

My History of bike riding and track days

by Colin (Plum) My first introduction to motorbikes came at the tender age of 6 Dad decided it was time for me to start riding, he got a Honda crunch removed the leg fairings and welded a bar across the frame so when I dropped it I would not trap my legs, My granddad had [...]

Murky’s 1st Trackday

By MurkyWaters I would like to say that I would never have had the courage to go on a track day before, until I joined EOEB, and S.H.I.T racing. I then was asked if I was going to Snetterton, No Limits. As I have never done anything like this before I was very nervous and [...]

My 1st Trackday

By Joe (Gaggenau) So, 5am comes pretty around pretty quickly when you are shitting you’re self, the alarm goes off, I’m thinking “ugh need more sleep”. I get dressed, have breakfast, I forced it down even though I wasn’t really hungry, made lunch and left for Budgies to load his track bike up the head [...]

The Isle of Man TT Course in a nutshell

By Don Ward (Ward8124) The Mountain Course of the Isle of Man. So you think you’re fast around your little patch of road on a bike then do you? Think you can maintain an average lap speed of 131MPH over 37.75 miles of the most demanding roads in the world? Think again and here are [...]

Who said sidecars are boring?

By BigYin From 2001 till 2007, I was involved quite heavily in the club racing scene and had toyed with the idea of going racing but didnt think i could cut it racing solos through not being fast enough, plus not being able to afford it either. As well as knowing loads of the solo riders [...]

My First Knee Down

By R6_Vic I was sitting on my bike outside a petrol station waiting for my friend James to turn up, We were going to an evening track day session at Snetterton and I had spun my boss at work a yarn that ?I was going to an emergency dentist appointment? so I could get the [...]

First time in “Inters”

By Ian (Stumpy90) Well my day started as I THOUGHT it was going to end. A day off work, gorgeous sunshine and my pride and joy itching to make its way out of the garage. I’d heard that a few of my biker buddies were doing a track day up at Snetterton on this particular [...]

My Motorcycling Weekend in the Peak District

By Daryll (FostersMonster) Friday Had a decent ride up, got 30 miles up the road and arrived at the first destination, Cambridge services, to meet Thorsten from Denmark. I got a text saying he’d taken a wrong turning and his sat nav had told him to go through the middle of Cambridge, so I waited [...]

Guide to getting the cheapest bike insurance

When it comes to your motorcycle insurance, you can severly lower the cost of your bike insurance in ten minutes. The way to do it is to harness every insurance comparison website in the right order, hugely increasing the number of quotes, and then craftily get cash back on top. Try the bike insurance comparison websites in this order. The top searching through the most [...]

Reduced sales of Bologna specials in the UK – the meeting…

By Pete (Aladinsane) Angelo’s cafe in Bologna was quiet – beyond the hum of the fan whirring in the ceiling rose, all was silent; A meeting was in progress – and when the boss held a meeting, all were silent. “Welcome, family members and friends to our board meeting today.” the gravelly voice of Don [...]