Misti and Surech, 2018. Scott, Steph and Suresh, 2025. Michael, Ashton & Oliver, 2021 Sometimes you meet people who alter the course of your life instantly. They become what I call the "specials," - based on a super special person explaining this to me - the people who introduce you to something new and with whom you can always be yourself, no matter how much time goes by. Sometimes those "specials" later meet other "specials" in your life, and the mutual feeling continues.

I’ve always wanted custom graphics on a motorcycle, but I’ve never really had the means, or the right bike for them. That changed when all the plastics on my KTM 200 XCW had to be replaced. (Yes, I crash that much.) There sat my bike for a few wintery months with plain, shiny, WHITE new plastics, practically screaming at me: “DO SOMETHING!” If there’s anything I hate design-wise, it’s white, plain, crisp, and minimalist. Boring. Lacking personality. So I decided to do somethi

Let’s be honest: Finding comfortable, protective, and stylish women’s motorcycle gear can be daunting. We face limited sizes, fewer colour choices, men’s only options, and poorly fitting or unpractical designs. I’ve struggled to find gear that fits well since I started riding over 20 years ago. So did Brittany Cook, who founded Augusta & Adeline to create women's motorcycle gear after realizing the options she wanted didn’t exist. With 16 years of experience at brands like Ar

VnM Sport I get to meet some pretty interesting people in the motorsport industry, and one standout for me is Aliki Karayan, owner of VnM Sport . I first heard about Aliki 1n 2016 during my very first Leod Escapes motorcycle tour . I’d just arrived in Munich for the start of a 10-day ride through the Italian Alps that also included two track days at Sachsenring. At the welcome dinner, Cat MacLeod (owner of Leod Escapes) handed out our welcome packages. Inside was a beautifull