The Resistance: English Electric and the alt.bike underground
English Electric is Britain’s go-to retail and service centre for the emerging culture of electric motorcycles. With a background in the custom bike scene having founded Old Empire motorcycles in 2011, founder Alec Sharp made a bold move in 2017 when he decided to plant his flag in the Electric earth – augmenting and subverting […]
Triumph Twin Test with Twists And Turns.
Jeremy Webb jumped on two very different Triumph motorcycles, travelling on a couple of the best biking roads to put them to the test. He took the Tiger 1200 and the Street Twin to Wales to find out Who Dares Wins. I decided to take the Triumphs to Wales and give them a real […]
A Pye for design
We couldn’t help but chat bikes when we spoke to Mal Pye about his art, and it turns out he’s a true motor fan, so we ended up ogling his four-wheeled work too. Influx: Hi Mal. Why cars and bikes? Mal Pye: Cars and bikes have been an obsession from being very young. Both my […]
Triumph – and James May
The Grand Tour is back on our telly-boxes (assuming you have Amazon Prime), and we’re currently being treated to (or tortured by, delete as applicable and to your taste) by more road trips involving everyone’s favourite (or otherwise) trio of car geeks. Whether or not this ends up being the last season of The Grand […]
Triumph Scores a Hat trick With The Speed Triple.
Dave from Triumph UK delivered the Speed Triple and said: “ You’ll have a lot of fun on this.” I smiled a knowing smile. The day was beautiful, crisp, sunny and clear blue skies. A biking day, and I knew exactly where I would head with the Triumph. The A272 spans Hampshire with West Sussex, […]
Stephen and Candee
One of the best things about this job is that I get to meet some of the coolest people ever. You just never know who you’re going to meet and I’ve been lucky enough to meet some of the most awe-inspiring, beautiful people. People who are obsessive, creative, addictive, talented and fascinating. Recently, It was […]
VC London
It’s early spring in the East End of London. Gemma Harrison kicks the starter on her Triumph custom. At her side Namin Cho and Mai Storni, who give their own engines a chest rattling roar before tearing off towards Limehouse tunnel. As they cut through the Docklands – an industrial wasteland of concrete, metal and glass – any nearby vehicles instinctively keep their distance.
This is the core of VC London: an all-female bike crew redefining what it means to ride for a new generation.
Every week, VC opens up their workshop to give women a free lesson in the art of mechanics, as well as a place to fix their bikes or just have some fun.
“Biking is obviously a male-dominated world and we’re trying to level the playing field,” says Gemma, back at the Cable Street clubhouse.
Down & Out Motorcycles
There’s never been a better time to go looking for a retro ride. Ducati will happily sell you a Scrambler, BMW has the eye-swivelling R Nine T range and Triumph… well, Triumph has more old-school options than most manufacturers have models. Wherever you look, from skinny 125s to stand-out litre bikes, there’s an upright, unfaired […]
McQueen’s Triumph
It’s one of the iconic partnerships in cinema history – Steve McQueen and the Triumph TR6R. There’s a value in nostalgia that no amount of engineering, testing, marketing or endorsement can mimic. It’s the reason a perfect replica of an original is worth so much less than the true original – used by the idols […]
Triumph Thruxton R x Ducati Sport Classic
new edition Triumph gorgousness reminds us of the elusive Italian stallion