Traffic Lights. I hate them. There are no less than 18 sets of them on my daily three mile commute to college. At a guess, on average I only have to stop at about 45% of them. On a bad day it does feel as if I am waiting at the lights for longer than I [...]

This is a picture of a bike I never owned, and nor would I want to. This bike belonged to an ex of mine. It is a Yamaha RD350YPVS. It started off looking – in my opinion, a bit plain and boring and then the bloke had a ‘brainwave’ and with the help of his mate [...]

After I had owned the EN500 Kawasaki for about a year I split up with the bloke of the moment and found myself with 2 bikes and nowhere to go. The now ex-bloke was my main contact in the biking world and every biker I knew was through him. I did not want to see him [...]

With the recent craze (in Cardiff anyway) for vehicle modifications where does it stop? I guess we have all seen those poor VW Beetles or the new Minis driving around wearing false eyelashes or ears.

Why does insurance renewal have to be so exasperating? We have to have insurance by law. Why does the experience send you DOOLALLY? Insurance is expensive but you can also save loads by shopping about. I have a strong insurance background having worked for many of the major car insurers as an Insurance Consultant and as [...]

The En500 is definitely in the top two of my favourite bikes which I have owned. I bought the EN500 in about 1995. I liked the ‘Harley’ look about it – all black and chrome and low to the ground with twin silencers and belt drive. It was also very noisy – a bonus in the [...]

I have been invited to a biker wedding this Summer. I love going to weddings but am not sure whether a biker wedding would be my choice of exit from the singles life. I certainly like the relaxed atmosphere and the way everyone feels comfortable just being themselves. Everyone turns up on their freshly washed, shampooed [...]

With Valentines day come and gone (and the postman still stuck in snow with my cards – ahem) I have been asked if I like flowers – ‘being as how I am a biker chick and all that’. What!? Of course I like flowers – I am a girl aren’t I? It also goes without saying [...]

Get a car? No my friend – You get a Bike! About three weeks ago I arrived home from college. The temperature outside was well below zero. I was freezing cold, my nose was running, my eyes were running, my fingers were blocks of ice and it had just started sleeting so I was also damp [...]

I still owned the Honda CB250N Superdream but decided I needed ‘one for the weekend’. I bought the Kawasaki GPZ500s as a 2nd bike. I kept the Honda Superdream CB250N as my ‘plodder’ – the safe secure reliable one which I used every day for work in the city traffic. I got the GPZ for the weekend so [...]

A few years ago my local bike club raised some money for Childline charity. We presented it to Esther Rantzen in person. She was adorable! It was a few years back – OK don’t push it a fair few years back but I just found the photo. The whole club ‘The Rusty Sprockets’ were invited up [...]