Bike training continued…..

I met up with the team Run x Fun owned and run by Luca Viola, himself a former racer as well as a passionate off roader and visitor to Africa. The team includes Paolo Castrichini, Max Zeraftis, Alex Vaghi, Michele Marchetti and others (see http://www.runxfun.it) as well as some amazing racers such as Fabio Massei (shownContinue reading “Bike training continued…..”

The basics, the ABC of surviving on a motorbike

We all (well, many of us) enjoy a motorbike and we almost all teach ourselves how to ride. We may get some tips from a mate or two or from the guy in the shop that sells us the bike but in general we all think that we know how to ride a bike. WeContinue reading “The basics, the ABC of surviving on a motorbike”

What an awful show site, but a wonderful couple of top SBK riders…….

Last week from Thursday through Sunday, Moto Days was held here in Roma. The biggest motorcycle shows are in the north of Italy, EICMA in Milano is the biggest and then Verona and so on. But we have Moto Days, so I went along to help a friend Luca Viola who had a stand for hisContinue reading “What an awful show site, but a wonderful couple of top SBK riders…….”

Do you fancy learning how to ride a bike on a race track?

Most countries in Europe, as well as the USA, offer track courses. Many ex-racers offer themselves as instructors from Ron Haslam to Freddie Spencer and several of them are excellent. So what can we offer here in Italy?? Well all of the above PLUS some great tracks AND some wonderful warm sunny weather from EasterContinue reading “Do you fancy learning how to ride a bike on a race track?”