Helmet Reviews & Riding Gear Expertise
There’s a moment every motorcyclist knows — that split second when you’re filtering through slow traffic on the A406, you want to check your speed, your sat-nav is somewhere behind your right knee, and both your hands are very much occupied with not dying. It’s an awkward little juggle that has defined motorcycle riding for … Read more
Picture this: you’re carving through the Cotswolds on a damp Tuesday morning — which, let’s be honest, is most Tuesday mornings in Britain — and without glancing down at your handlebars, without fumbling with a phone mounted to your dash, you already know your speed, the next turning, and that there’s a speed camera 400 … Read more
There’s a moment every motorcyclist knows. You’re filtering through Oxford Street traffic, rain just starting to smear your visor, and you desperately need the next turn — but your phone is mounted somewhere your neck can’t quite reach at a sensible angle. You glance down for a fraction of a second. That fraction is exactly … Read more
Britain is a glorious country for cycling. It is also, let’s be honest, frequently dark, damp, and possessed of motorists who are sometimes paying considerably more attention to their podcast than to the cyclist in front of them. That’s the reality of riding on UK roads — whether you’re threading through central London traffic at … Read more
There’s a particular kind of British morning that puts everything into perspective: overcast, drizzly, the sky the precise colour of a damp flannel, and every car on the A-road wearing that glazed, distracted expression that makes a motorcyclist’s heart sink. In conditions like these — which is to say, in conditions that describe roughly two-thirds … Read more
Let’s start with a number that should make every British rider sit up straight: 340 motorcyclists were killed on UK roads in 2024 — an 8% jump from the year before. Motorcycles make up roughly 1% of traffic, yet account for around 21% of all road fatalities. You can read the full Department for Transport … Read more
Picture this: you’re filtering through slow-moving rush-hour traffic on the A406, rain sheeting down, dusk turning everything a lovely shade of grey soup. The car behind you is driven by someone who’s got one eye on their sat-nav and the other on the rear-view mirror. You brake. They don’t notice — at least, not quickly … Read more
Riding through the perpetual drizzle of a Manchester evening or navigating the M25 during those depressingly early winter sunsets, every British motorcyclist knows the visceral fear of being invisible to drivers. In 2024, the UK recorded 340 motorcycle fatalities, with “failed to look properly” cited as the primary contributory factor in countless collisions. When you’re … Read more
There’s something rather ironic about modern motorcycling, isn’t there? We invest in powerful machines capable of whispering through the gears, then spend hours battling the relentless roar of wind noise that turns a pleasant jaunt down the M4 into an endurance test for your eardrums. After three decades of riding British roads—from the rain-soaked A9 … Read more
When you’re navigating the M25 in torrential rain or embarking on a weekend tour through the Scottish Highlands, your helmet isn’t just protection—it’s your communication lifeline, your comfort zone, and sometimes the difference between enjoying the ride and enduring it. The Schuberth vs Sena helmet conversation has dominated British biking forums for good reason: both … Read more