Look what I made………………my very own YouTube Player!

Welcome to the home of the Motorcycle Diaries, now set up perfectly so that all of my latest video’s will update automatically on this wonderful YouTube player you find below!!

You simply need to check back here on a daily basis to catch the latest video’s or  head to my Youtube channel for more, and to be able to subscribe so you are updated when a new video is available!

To scroll through the video’s on the right hand side, just use the arrows on the bottom, and to switch between the list of video’s and the information on the video you are watching, just use the two buttons in the bottom left of the right hand frame!

Well what are you waiting for? Get involved!

For quotes on any of these bikes, or for one on your bike, simply head to my esteemed sponsors page at Express Insurance, and they can give you an online quote in seconds, or simply give them a call on 0800 912 0529

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Time for not only some automotive porn, but also some racing V Twin action as I put the Ducati 1198S through it paces, want technical info on this sexy beast? Simply head here for the full run down!

It costs a whopping £16,895 from Ducati Coventry, so does it live up to the hype?

Find out Below:

As always – find below a few generic quotes from my beloved sponsors Express Insurance to give you a ball park idea of how it will cost to insure!

So after returning the Suzuki GSXR750, I got given the Bandit 650 to ride home on, so therefore the first video is half GSXR, half Bandit, but from then on its all Bandit baby!

You want technical info on this little naked commuter?? Go here you crazy Kittee Kats, and at £4749……its pretty damn cheap, but is it any good?? Find out below!

As always – find below a few generic quotes from my beloved sponsors Express Insurance to give you a ball park idea of how it will cost to insure!

So I got to fulfil a childhood dream and climb aboard my first ever Ducati, the Monster 1100!

For all your technical info simply head here, this bike retails at around the £10k mark, which makes it pricey, but would its punchy V Twin and sexy styling win me round?

Find out below!

As always – find below a few generic quotes from my beloved sponsors Express Insurance to give you a ball park idea of how it will cost to insure!

So after all the debacle of moving flats, and still trying to sort out my internet connection, I can start getting through my backlog of Diaries from the last few months!

I got to spend a day with this awesome £8,100 1300cc beast from Suzuki, see what my first impressions are below!

Bike: Honda CB900F (click link for full tech specs)

Engine: 919cc Straight Four

Price: £3,300 (this is a 2nd hand price)

As I don't just like to focus on new bikes, I take a look at a KE 03 reg Honda CB900F Hornet, with 30,000 miles on the clock. She is in great condition, and wow, for a bike that is on sale for £3,300, she has a few surprises in store for me!

I was in possession of this ‘03 Honda Hornet 900 for over a month, during this time I racked up the miles, and got a really good feeling for this awesome all round bike, that has since been succeeded by the CB1000R. Just how much bike do you get for juts over £3000, and of course what do i think of it?

Find out My first impressions below:

Then after over a month in possession of this bike, I take it back to Streetbike, and give you ,my final thoughts, and then Jason chats us through the technical side of this machine!

So its one hell of a bike, and cheap too, so to give you an idea on the Insurance costs, here are a range of quotes from Express Insurance, my esteemed sponsors!

* Based on Motorcycle garaged in a Birmingham postcode with a Thatcham Category 1 Alarm/Immobiliser fitted.

Bike: Suzuki GSX-R 750

Engine: 750cc Inline Four

Price: £9,099

So up next in the Diaries is the Suzuki GSX-R750,  one hell of a sports bike, and with that 750cc engine, the perfect trade off between a 600 crotch rocket and a full fat superbike! For all technical info head here! I also then pick up my next steed from Suzuki, the Bandit 650!

See what I think of it here:

Richard from Suzuki talks us through the finer technical points about the bike in two parts! Part 1 is here:

Here is part two:

And if your wondering what the Insurance would be like, here is a quick range of quotes from my beloved sponsors Express Insurance to give you an idea:

* Based on Motorcycle garaged in a Birmingham postcode with a Thatcham Category 1 Alarm/Immobiliser fitted.

So with the weather having frustrated me like nobodies business over the last few weeks, and the debacle of having lost my bike padlock keys, I finally got the chance to get back on a two wheeled machine…….and my god what a bike!

I was lucky enough to be invited along to the MV Agusta F4 launch, at Rockingham raceway…………not a bad way to get on a bike I here you say!! I had never ridden an Italian superbike before, and to get on one of these beasties was a dream come true!

The ride was great on the Honda Hornet 900, but the wet track looked ominous when we arrived, but not as ominous as my fellow testers who had all had much more race experience than me and one was a BSB Rider, added to the fact I had never seen the track before and well………this could get rather embarassing!

See how I got on riding one of the worlds fastest, and most beautiful motorbikes!

I got invited to Brindley Honda in Wolves for the launch of the Honda VFR1200, a bike that has got lots of people talking, and the stunning new Fury. I met up with Lee from Brindley Honda, and Mick from Tran Am, to have a look around these two very different bikes and discuss what we thought!

Have a look!

So my first bike of 2010, and no I didn’t go for a superbike, or even a massive cruiser, I fancied something different, and Streetbike had just that in store for me!

Yamaha’s WR125X, it looks good, it definitely surprised the hell out of me, and left me grinning like a Cheshire cat!

Here are the Video’s:

For all of your technical info simply head here, it retails at £3,600 brand new, and here are some insurance quotes to give you an idea from my esteemed sponsors Express Insurance, who without none of these Diaries would have been possible!

* Based on Motorcycle garaged in a Birmingham postcode with a Thatcham Category 1 Alarm/Immobiliser fitted.

Up next, a rather nice second hand Honda CB900F Hornet as you can see at the end of our final chat!! Bring it on, its great to be back on two wheels!