It seems like what’s old is new these days. So it seems like the perfect time to take the 2016 Moto Guzzi V9 Bobber out for a test ride. After all, the Italian brand has sensibly decided that the glamour of the past will be the best way to keep their bank account in the […]
ResCogs Meets: The World’s Biggest GSX1100 Fan?
It turns out motorcycles can get onto your skin as well as under it. We heard about a Suzuki GSX1100 obsessive known as John Martin or FBJ, and considered it our duty to go and find out more. Starting out by discovering the root of his GSX obsession. “It all goes back to a trip […]
Motorcycles – Ride them, don’t hide them
Spring and Summer on the way mean the neighbours are dragging their flymo out of the shed and you can hear the screams of kids rediscovering the trampoline in the garden. And the sound of motorcycles on the local bypass now that they’ve been dragged out of winter hibernation in the shed. Even a typical […]
Alloy Alloy
Motorcycles are constantly evolving to use the latest technology, and it usually filters down from the race track. For instance, alloy frames have been around for more than a generation of bikes. Starting with the sportier models, it filtered down to most machines. Back in the early 1980s mainstream motorcycles started to adopt alloy rather […]
The Brough Superior SS100 Titanium
Recreating an icon is tricky. Get it right and you’re laughing all the way to the bank – like Fiat with the 500, BMW with the Mini and VW with the Beetle. Even London buses are going back to their Routemaster DNA. Obviously motorcycles have been getting in on the act for a while – […]
Kempton Autojumble – December 2014
I do like a bit of diversity, and I don’t mean the London dance troupe. Too many motorcycle events have become soulless over the years and leave me cold. It means that in 2014 I’ve hardly been to any bike shows, so I decided to round out 2014 with a mooch around Kempton Autojumble. There […]
London Motorcycle Museum trip with Rescogs
Have you ever been to the London Motorcycle Museum? No, neither had I. Over the years I’ve been to plenty of motorcycle events, and venues, some leave a lasting impression on me others just fade in time to somewhere that I once went. I am not a massive fan of British motorcycles but I have […]