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Just when you thought you’d avoided the carol singers, Paul Goff presents the Twelve Days Of Classic Biking Christmas… Paul says; ‘I first heard this at a Three Spires rally near Coventry in 1977 or 78, sung by a bike club from up north somewhere.’ The Twelve Days Of Classic Biking Christmas On the first day of Christmas my true…

It was a dark and stormy night at the very end of the year. Roy Warren completes his story as midnight approaches and Eddie, our hero, has just been knocked unconscious ()… A dull pain in the back of Eddie’s head seemed to slowly increase in intensity as he opened his eyes. For a few seconds his brain refused to…

A little knowledge is supposed to be a dangerous thing. Frank Westworth has a little knowledge, but worries about those with less… Life is packed with famous last words. Also aphorisms, epithets and acronyms, all of which are the stuff of editorial nightmares; less of a concern if you are a higher being – not an editor, in other words.…

Classic bike enthusiasts can often be found in garages and workshops. How can you make the most of your spannering? Karl Bentley muses upon sheds and other places of violence… As the adage goes, it’s not what you’ve got, it’s the way that you use it, and this could be applied to our sheds and workshops. Now, I know some…

Everyone should be more sociable. Riding a classic motorcycle is a sociable activity. We’re told. Frank Westworth’s ears have become very bent… It’s always great to talk to fellow riders. Bikers, motorcyclists, one-trackers, call them what you will – call me what you will! – it makes little difference. Most of them have tales to tell and amusing anecdotes to…

Do you wave or nod to every other bike rider you meet on the road? Dave Whiting has undertaken four months of statistical research to see who responds (or not) to his greetings… My New Year resolution to act less like Victor Meldrew failed on the second day with me shouting at the computer screen ‘It’s not us, it’s them!’…