CHRIS NEWBIGGING

Features ed ‘11-’15, Editor ‘19- ‘23

In 2010, I was a lowly reporter on MCN, racing a TZR250 on weekends. A racing pal gave me an RGV250 VJ21 in boxes – a cool project, and there was a new mag coming from some blokes down the hall I thought it might suit. I didn’t know Jim well, but I dropped him an email, touting it as a possible project to earn a few extra quid to cover the build. That was my ‘in’ with PS. Soon after, he was recruiting for a full-time writer, so we set an interview date: the morning after the MCN Xmas piss-up… I made my pitch, went home, threw up, went to bed for the afternoon. I got the job, somehow… Jim, Alan, designer Austin Smith and I had a brilliant…

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Practical Sportsbikes (Digital) - 1 Issue, May 2023

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