Browsing Archive: January, 2024

History of the motorcycle

Posted by Martin Ford on Saturday, January 13, 2024, In : Motorcycle History

History of the motorcycle

Perhaps surprisingly, motorbikes were invented at almost exactly the same time as cars. The Daimler Reitwagen, built by Gottlieb Daimler, first appeared in 1885, the same year as Karl Benz built his Patent Motorwagen – the first petrol-powered motor car.

Now, the Reitwagen might look pretty crude to our eyes, but it was the first effective two-wheeled vehicle powered by a petrol engine.

That engine was a four-stroke 264cc single, making a heady 0.5bhp, and the ‘bike...

Riding on a USA Highway

Posted by Doug Fry on Friday, January 12, 2024, In : Motorbike Riding Tips

For many new riders, the thought of riding on the highway for the first time can be frightening – right up there with public speaking and bungee jumping. The higher speeds and sea of cars around you can seem intimidating, but riding on the highway doesn’t have to be scary. In fact, highway riding is probably safer than scrambling around on surface roads, since everybody’s going the same direction at more or less the same speed, and, critically, there’s no cross traffic to dodge. Befor...

Motorcycle Security Tips

Posted by Dave Shaw on Thursday, January 11, 2024, In : Motorcycle Security

Motorbike theft statistics show that springtime is when motorcycle thieves are most active. So now is the time when all motorcyclists should take a good look at how they secure their valuable bikes. In this post we provide some practical recommendations that we know will help in keeping scooters and bikes safe and secure.

It has been reported that the most popular bikes, targeted by thieves, are sports bikes and some of the most common models of motorcycles. The reason is that criminals know h...

Suzuki GT 750

Posted by David Hale on Thursday, January 4, 2024, In : Japanese Motorcycles

Rumours of a Suzuki two stroke triple began to circulate during 1968, with the T500 already taking the world by storm it seemed only natural that and extra cylinder would increase performance considerably giving the company a tool to take on Honda and Kawasaki.

Suzuki had a prototype, The GT750R on view at the 1970 Tokyo Motorcycle Show and launched the GT750 in 1971 and it was the company’s answer to the new generation of 750cc Superbike. It was quite something for the early 70s, liquid co...

European Same Day Couriers

Posted by Mike Davis on Tuesday, January 2, 2024, In : Same Day Courier Service

European Courier Locations

European Same Day Couriers deliver to multiple European destinations, we can collect anywhere at any time in the UK to deliver immediately into Europe.

The countries our European courier services are available to:

France, Austria, Denmark, Germany, Spain, Sweden, Malta, Poland, Finland, Belgium, Norway.

Should your European destination be unavailable as above, please get in touch with our European courier service specialist, to see if we can cover the destination.

We cha...

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