Happy Birthday fast lady Lois

A little dickie bird tells me that it's a significant birthday for Lois, so in celebration we've put some pictures of her up. Happy 21st Birthday (again) Lois - from ITALIAN MOTOR magazine.

There can't be many gals around who can jump from mastering a pre- (WW1) war Triumph to racing around on another much more contemporary Triumph, a Street Triple, and can then go from racing MV singles, to thrashing fours, to touring across Europe and beyond on old Italian twins, enjoying old vintage Brits, and most other bikes in between. Being a native of Australia, Lois is one of those people with a strong can-do attitude, and it shows in the way she rides any bike. She also takes a mean photograph, works bloody hard and has to cope with being wife to Dorian too, so she has to have inner strength in spades...

Have a great trip, both of you - and Happy Birthday again Lois!!

Portrait of an Instagram Artist

I don't have an iPhone so don't know much about Instagram - my SLR does everything I need, generally, and my cheap Lumix does the rest. This is funny though....

Perfect day

Still one of the most enjoyable days of my life. Riding four very different pre-war Italian motorcycles as fast as possible round a race track, under amazing blue Tuscan skies, and being egged on by their respective crazy owners to give it more gas.

One of those perfect days - they don't come along often.

Cranky

Had this up on our Facebook page recently. Can anyone out there (if there is anyone out there) guess which Italian motorcycle this is from?

I'm so bored with...

Today I'm just so bored with motorcycles, bored with blogs and social media, bored with magazines, bored with it all.

Feel like doing something completely different. I'l never be bored of the Clash though. They'll always get the blood running through my veins.

Mind torture

It's particularly cruel when you're chained to the computer keyboard like I am this week, and a friend sends you a shot of where he is at that very moment, out on his beautiful bike (round case Ducati 750 Sport), on one of the most beautiful days of the year - and there haven't been many.

Thanks Dorian!

The definitive Moto Guzzi Calfornia 1400?

One of Motociclismo magazine's readers spotted what the magazine reckons will be the definitive production version of the promised Moto Guzzi California 1400.

The reader, looking very much like Telly Sevalas even had a cheeky sit on it while the tester was absent. We're not sure what to make of it - like some bits of it - and the torque produced by a 1400cc Guzzi V twin is going to be fun to use, whatever the rest of it looks like. Will no doubt sell in the States, following on the success of the 750 range.