Does April 15th mean anything to you? Someone’s birthday, perhaps even an anniversary? Not for me, April 15th was the date the rules changed at the DVLA and HMRC making it even harder to register a frame or bike bought in from the European Union. The date was the 22nd and I’ve just stormed out […]
Biking back in Thatcher’s Britain
1986 in Maggie’s Britain. Teacher strikes rumble on, high unemployment in the workplace and the prospect of an YTS scheme, it’s a good job Scottie had his moped purchase to look forward too! Motorcycles are much more than a form of transport. The older I get, the more they become time machines. As an example, […]
“Real” Light Sprinter. The 1994 Suzuki RGV250 XR94 GP Bike
We love a stroker here at ResCogs, we also love a racer. This ticks both of our boxes. Possibly one of the rarest race bikes on the planet, it may look like a Suzuki RGV250 race bike, but technically it’s a 1994 Suzuki RGV250 XR94 Grand Prix machine. It may never have won on the […]
Barry Sheene’s 1984 Suzuki XR45
Has it really been ten years since Barry Sheene left us? OK, so we’re a little late in paying our respects and laying a reef for Bazza. Where do the decades go? But we’ll try and make amends in a ResCogs style now. Paul Boulton from www.motocatman.com recently invited Scottie along for a cuppa and a Hobnob […]
Mallory Park: The Unfriendly Circuit
Scottie Redmond on why the Leicestershire circuit is at fault for upsetting its neighbours and why a potential closure isn’t such a bad thing. Thanks to the power of social media I discovered that Mallory Park was being threatened with closure; my Facebook lit-up with people up in arms at the thought of the self-titled […]
How to make a bike cover from old T-Shirts
Got a bunch of old motorcycle t-shirts laying around? We’re sure you don’t need a complex guide on how to make a bike cover from old T-Shirts. Just the idea that it might be a good way to use your old bike clothing and create a colour-coded cover for using indoors and keeping the dust […]
