Roadskin Motorcycle News and Features

Michelle Chamberlain fell in love with motorbikes as a teenager, and inherited a serious Harley-Davidson habit from her parents. Ten years later, she’s best known as Lady Harley, sharing her passion for motorcycling with over 100,000 Instagram followers. We caught up with her in the depths of South Wales to talk about biker life - on the road, and online - and her ever-growing collection of Harleys.

Every May and June, the global biking community assembles for the Isle of Man Tourist Trophy (known as the Isle of Man TT) road races that take place on a small, picturesque island in the middle of the Irish Sea. View our ultimate guide to the TT, from the beginning til now.

Snowdonia is home to the Dragon Rally, started up in 1962 by the Conwy and District Motorcycle Club, which has run the rally ever since. It is similar in many respects to the Elefantentreffen  – endurance camping, trophies, beer, cold, damp. It takes place annually, with the date deliberately chosen to deliver what is reliably the worst weather of the year.

Classic Bike Girl lives on top of a mountain in Wales, between Swansea and Caernarfon. Known to her family and friends as Zoe Caines, she is training to be a doctor, bakes award-winning cakes, and documents her biker life on Instagram. We caught up with Zoe on the winding roads of west Wales to chat about her lifelong love affair with motorbikes.  

Four years ago, Tim and Sue Angus were on the final leg of their round-the-world motorbike adventure when they crashed their bike in Kazakhstan, breaking bones and ribs, but not their love of motorcycling...

Helmet Head – biker, YouTuber and all-round super-nice guy – has built an online community of thousands who adore his madcap motorcycling challenges and the epic vlogs that accompany them. We meet him fresh from his latest trip, chosen for him by his followers: a round-the-UK ride on a Monkey bike. 

Nigel Payne got in touch to tell us about his road accident, and how his Roadskin Taranis Elite motorcycle jeans quite literally saved his skin and prevented more serious injuries.