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Lightning Strike - Faster than a speeding bullet?
Lightning Strike - Faster than a speeding bullet? Well maybe not, that privilege is kept for Superman, but without doubt electric bikes are the future of riding. This isn't just a concept whim or fantasy, it's living and breathing right under our noses, and breaking records to boot; not just in it's own class, but trailblazing petrol bikes to suck on it's non-existent fumes.
Lazareth launches a motorbike to new heights
Wow, Wow, just bloody Wow. A motorbike that can fly is every schoolboy’s dream; Super Hero’s fighting with bad guys, slaying their arch-enemies in a galactic battle. Yet, fantasy has morphed into reality in a spectacular way. This is no "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang", more so a cross between Batman and Judge Dredd for the discerning gentleman.
The King of Cool needs no introductions
Without question - "The coolest man on two wheels"
We are all aware of McQueen’s great escape escapades and his prowess on two wheels, but there is more to his man than first impressions of a privileged actor. There is something genuinely earthy about his character that appeals to me. He was a maverick that didn’t fit into the traditional Hollywood image, someone that was true to himself. Although he was a star of many blockbusting movies and one of the highest paid in his industry, he never forgot what made him fell alive.
Leaning on a foot peg at the corner of a street
George Formby may not be top of your list as a celebrity motorcyclist, but he was quite a keen and capable rider. His cheeky chappy image, singing his ditties whilst leaning on a lamppost was far removed from the adventurous side of his nature.
Formby married Beryl Ingham in 1923, a fellow performer who became his manager and transformed his act. Although it appeared a loveless marriage, she was certainly the driving force behind his success, making him one of the top paid entertainers of his time.
An unloved Commando shines again
Back In the saddle of a Norton Commando
Back at the time of the millennium I was fortunate enough to be given a 1972 750cc Norton Commando by the husband of my wife’s friend as a thank you for some favours I had done for him. This on the face of it would sound like an incredible piece of good fortune but in truth the bike was far from that.