New in Richa’s 2014 collection is the Bonneville, a waxed jacket that takes its style straight from the golden age of motorcycling and is manufactured using the highest quality of waxed cotton from The British Millerain® Company Ltd.

The Bonneville offers more bang for your buck and has everything you’d expect from a top-of-the-range jacket, apart from the price tag. The cut of the jacket is slim-fit and has a double-fronted zip with popper fastening, removable quilted lining and internal pockets that sit behind the waterproof membrane to keep your valuables dry. It also has a waterproof and breathable Reissa membrane, as well as a removable padded liner and four-piece CE approved armour.

Attention to detail has gone into the finishing of the jacket with brushed authentic look buttons, buckle-neck tartan lining and a removable, and adjustable waist belt. The Bonneville is now available in UK dealers with an RRP of £179.99.

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The World Supersport championship heads to Italy this weekend (20-22 June) for round seven of the 2014 series which returns to Misano World Circuit ‘Marco Simoncelli’ after a two-year absence.

Both Pata Honda riders, Michael van der Mark and Lorenzo Zanetti, have a strong motivation to aim for top results on their Honda CBR600RR machines in Sunday’s 19-lap race at the 4.226km circuit.

Dutch ace, van der Mark, will be seeking to maintain his impressive form this season that has seen the 21-year-old take three race wins and two second places in the five races since he crashed out of round one in Australia in February.

Van der Mark currently heads the World Supersport championship leaderboard by 33 points over Frenchman Jules Cluzel while his Pata Honda team-mate Zanetti sits in fourth place overall.

The Italian rider is determined to put himself in a position to repeat his triumph at his home race in Imola last month when he took his debut World Supersport victory. The 26-year-old has been a consistent top-five finisher this season but is resolute in his aim to become a regular podium visitor as the season reaches its halfway point.

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Ride to Work Day (RTWD) is an international event which sees thousands of riders around the world come together to show just how enjoyable their daily commute is. As part of RTWD and Ride to Work Week, the Motorcycle Industry Association (MCI) organised Commuter City Challenges in six cities around the UK, and the motorcycle proved to be 100 per cent successful. The challenge cities were Birmingham, Brighton, Bristol, Leeds/Bradford, Leicester and Manchester.

The 2014 TomTom Traffic Index reveals that traffic congestion in cities across the UK has significantly worsened in 2013, with average journeys taking 27 per cent longer than they would in free-flowing traffic. The time lost as a result of traffic congestion is estimated to cost the UK economy £2 billion a year, and that figure is set to rise as the Government has forecast four million more drivers on UK roads by 2030.

In light of the worsening situation and to mark Ride to Work Day, the MCI instigated commuting experiments to see how well powered two wheelers (PTW) hold up against other modes of transport. City commuter challenges comprising of a motorcyclist, a car driver, a public transport user, and also a cyclist in the cases of Leeds and Brighton, were carried out in six of the top congested cities in the UK as identified in the recent TomTom report. The routes were chosen to represent genuine commuter routes carried out during peak morning rush hour.

In three of the six challenges, the car took the longest time to reach the destination, frequently being held up in traffic or finding it difficult to park. Public transport was the other mode which arrived last. The cyclists, when included, came in second in both cases, but the riders were both sportsmen who each cover over 10,000 miles a year on their bikes. The real success was the motorcycle which came in first across all six challenges and has the benefit of giving you the freedom to stick to your own timetable. Who wouldn't want to be able to sleep in that little bit longer in the morning?

MCI CEO Steve Kenward said, "We held the City Challenges in order to give us proof of what motorcyclists already know, commuting by motorcycle is the quickest, easiest, and most enjoyable way to travel to work, particularly in highly congested cities. We hope that these statistics will encourage more people to contemplate their commute and give serious consideration to travelling by motorcycle or scooter.

Anyone considering travelling by powered two wheeler (PTW) can get more information from the MCI's Get On scheme. Join in with Ride to Work Day/Week.

 Videos of the six City Challenges can be found on the MCI's YouTube channel

The new Ducati Scrambler will be at World Ducati Week 2014, Misano 18–20 July

• “Scrambler Beach Party” planned for Friday evening, 18 July
• Ducati employees to star in the new model’s advertising campaign

Borgo Panigale (Bologna), 18 June, 2014 – Following the success of the Bologna factory event dedicated to its staff, Ducati intends offering also its "community" an exclusive premiere of the prototype Ducati Scrambler with private viewings reserved for Ducatisti at the World Ducati Week 2014.

Non-conformist, accessible and essential, the new Ducati Scrambler recalls the original values that made the motorcycle famous during the 60s and 70s, but in a totally new and contemporary style.

From 18-20 July, the Scrambler will be shown at the Misano World Circuit “Marco Simoncelli” with a laid back, beach party feeling with music, surfboards and the yellow container which houses the prototype of the new model, ready to be revealed to the Ducati community. In this way, Ducati has created another reason for its fans not to miss WDW2014, as thousands from all over the world get ready for the action-packed three-day event.

On the evening of Friday, 18 July, the Ducati Scrambler theme will take centre stage during the “Scrambler Beach Party”. Open to everybody, the party will recreate the beach scene recently enjoyed at the factory by the Ducati employees in Borgo Panigale, Bologna. The idea to celebrate the new motorcycle in true Scrambler style will be especially appreciated by all those passionate Ducatisti who have dreamed of the return of this model for many years.

The video campaign, which is already online on the Scrambler website, features Ducati employees chosen during the special factory preview day. The impressive gesture further demonstrating the iconic brand’s appreciation for its workforce’s commitment to making a success of the new and exciting project.

Videos related to the project can be viewed on the Scramblerducati.com website and content can be shared using the #scramblerducati hashtag.

Early WDW2014 ticket sale figures suggest a record-breaking attendance and organisers of the eighth edition are working non-stop to guarantee maximum entertainment and a full dose of “red passion”. All details, including the event programme as it is updated, ticket purchase and more are available at wdw.ducati.com

The event can also be followed via the dedicated Facebook page: www.facebook.com/worldducatiweek or by using the #worldducatiweek hashtag via @ducatimotor on Twitter or Instagram.

‘This book is a record of John’s extraordinary life in motorsport. It’s unlikely that anyone will ever again repeat his achievement’. VALENTINO ROSSI

‘Nobody else in the racing world has a personal story that so directly echoes the mechanics of motorsport – from building motorcycles in the 1940s to the running of a racing team in the 1970s’. SEBASTIAN VETTEL

Published to mark the 50th anniversary of John Surtees becoming Formula 1 World Champion, in 1964, this long-awaited book is a photographic memoir by the only man to have won World Championships on motorcycles and in cars. Containing nearly 300 photographs from Surtees’ own collection as well as from the world’s finest motorsport picture libraries, this major book presents a complete visual record of Surtees’ life accompanied by insightful commentary in his own words and is written in collaboration with co-author Mike Nicks.

In motorcycle racing through the second half of the 1950s John Surtees was in a class of his own, winning seven World Championships on Italian MV Agusta motorcycles. Aged only 22, he became 500cc World Champion in 1956 and followed that with an incredible run of six titles – three each in the 350cc and 500cc categories – in the three years from 1958 to 1960.

In his extraordinary 1960 season he accepted an impossible challenge – to anyone but John Surtees – of competing in both motorcycle grands prix and Formula 1 cars. With MV Agusta he won seven of 12 races entered and took his last two world titles. In Formula 1 he did six races and finished second with a Lotus 18 in the British Grand Prix, only his second World Championship start.

As with bikes, by 1963 he was racing for an elite Italian team, Ferrari, in both sports cars and Formula 1. He won his very first race with Ferrari, the 1963 Sebring 12 Hours for sports cars, and in 1964 he became Formula 1 World Champion with a fine run of results as the season reached its climax – including forever winning the hearts of Italian fans with victory at Monza.

Ever versatile as a racer, in 1966 he bounced back after injury in a huge sports car crash to win the inaugural Can-Am series in North America, driving a Lola T70. Then Honda recruited him to its new Formula 1 team for two seasons that saw him win the Italian Grand Prix again.

His talents were not confined to being a rider and a driver. From 1969 his Team Surtees became a constructor, building 100 cars in a nine-year period and winning titles in Formula 2 and Formula 5000.

Book Highlights Include:

•The early years (up to 1952): a childhood around motorcycle racing, apprenticeship with Vincent, then racing a Vincent Grey Flash.
•Getting established (1953–55): Moving on to ride mainly Manx Nortons, he did 86 races in one year, and in 1955 achieved his first grand prix win, in the 250cc Ulster GP on an NSU.
•The glory years (1956–60): dominating top-level motorcycle racing for five years with Italian team MV Agusta, taking seven World Championship titles on 500cc and 350cc bikes.
•The remarkable year of bikes and cars (1960): overlapping his last year of motorcycle racing with 17 car races, including four F1 World Championship events, the second of them – the British GP – bringing a second place with Lotus.
•Ferrari driver (1963–66): established in cars, he joined Ferrari, winning his first race – the Sebring 12 Hours for sports cars – and the following year becoming F1 World Champion.
•CanAm champion (1966): after recovery from a huge crash in a Lola T70 sports car and acrimonious departure from Ferrari, he bounced back in North America to win the spectacular CanAm series.
•Turning Japanese (1967–68): Honda invited Surtees to develop and drive its F1 cars, with a two-year programme in which victory in the Italian GP at Monza – Ferrari territory – was the highlight.
•Becoming a constructor (1970–78): going into single-seater racing, including F1, with Team Surtees and cars of his own manufacture; good results in F1 were sparse but Mike Hailwood won the European F2 Championship in 1972.
•The latter years (1978 onwards): fully active on the historic scene as a restorer and driver of motorcycles and cars, then nurturing son Henry’s career until the tragic accident.

Royalties from sales of John Surtees: My Incredible Life on Two and Four Wheels go to the Henry Surtees Foundation, which was set up to honour the memory of John’s son Henry, who was killed in a freak accident at Brands Hatch in 2009.

John Surtees will be signing copies of his book daily at Goodwood Festival of Speed 26-20 June 2014 at The Signature Company stand.

John Surtees: My Incredible Life on Two and Four Wheels is available from The Signature Company, Amazon and all good booksellers. Alternatively you can purchase directly from www.evropublishing.com