Nigel Paterson, Author at Bike Review

Feature Column | Is the end near for the four pot shaftie?

Nigel Paterson — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 23:34:43 +0000

With the Yamaha FJR1300, the last four-cylinder shaft drive bike on the market, now only available here and in Canada, four-pot shafties are all but gone. We still

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Travel Feature | How the Poms do MotoGP, Silverstone Visited

Nigel Paterson — Wed, 26 Nov 2025 02:31:28 +0000

Silverstone Raceway in the heart of England has been a motorcycle racing circuit since around 1949, after it had been converted from an RAF bomber base during World War II.

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Interview | Charley Boorman; bikes, breaks and The Long Way Home…

Nigel Paterson — Mon, 20 Oct 2025 06:18:18 +0000

Charley Boorman is back with the fourth instalment of the ‘Long Way’ series, Long Way Home. Available via Apple TV+, it shows the preparation and experiences Boorman and Ewan McGregor

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Travel | Riding around Spain Two-Up for Two Weeks

Nigel Paterson — Tue, 10 Jun 2025 05:41:06 +0000

Touring Spain | Two weeks exploring the race-track smooth roads on a hired bike, finding winding road after winding road joining achingly-beautiful medieval towns surrounded by olive groves and fruit

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Travel | India, pollution and the Flying Flea…

Nigel Paterson — Thu, 05 Jun 2025 01:20:42 +0000

In India, motorcycles aren’t a lifestyle, they’re a lifeline. With millions relying on two wheels for daily transport, the idea of biker culture barely exists. But as pollution worsens and

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Travel Feature | Twisted California, back to LA, Part 3

Nigel Paterson — Sun, 30 Mar 2025 19:00:40 +0000

With a couple of days to go before I was due to drop my rented BMW R 1200 RT back to its owner and head to the Royal

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Travel Feature | Twisted California, Tenachapi through Yosemite, Part 2

Nigel Paterson — Fri, 28 Feb 2025 12:59:47 +0000

Taking backroads north through Tenachapi I found myself on a winding road with a view of a valley with an Interstate Highway running through it, so I stopped

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Travel Feature | Twisted California, corner after corner, Part 1

Nigel Paterson — Fri, 31 Jan 2025 03:40:53 +0000

California | The roar of sportsbike exhausts heralded the arrival of a fast group of riders by some time. They sounded like racebikes, and weren’t afraid to take

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