When is smooth too smooth? It’s a fair question when riding the 2020 V-Strom 1050, Suzuki’s new version of a bike so dependable and smooth, it can be hard…
Test Alan Cathcart Photography Heiko Mandl KTM has had a smash hit with the 790 Duke, its first ever parallel-twin model launched two…
This is the story of Dallas Rankine and Dick Huurdeman and would become known as the Duke of Wellington. Wellington, New Zealand’s capital city, has always been a…
Honda’s diminutive VTR250 was first released into the Australian market in 1997 as the eventual replacement for Honda’s VT250 Spada. The Spada was a grey import that utilised…
Striving to reach new heights should always be the goal and no matter how good something already is, there is always room for improvement. In the ever-changing world of…
When BMW’s original flat-twin dual-sports bike, the R 80 G/S, was released in 1981 it was quite a trailblazer. Until then buyers looking for a bike that was…
When you can’t get your hands on a classic longitudinal mounted V-twin Honda CX500 for a café racer restoration project, what do you do? If you’re Mitch de…
Guess what? Benelli’s long-legged TRK 502 was Italy’s fourth most popular motorcycle of any kind in the first six months of 2019, behind the BMW R 1250…
Then enter the crazy bikes of the 70s. Ah, the excessive 1970s. Tie-dyed hippy shirts, 24-inch bell-bottom jeans, crocheted bikinis, hair everywhere, rock music hijacked by punks, cricketer…
Harley Davidson v-seris wasn’t shy about promoting its V-series 74ci (1210cc) Big Twin flathead: “Brilliant in design and engineering, brilliant in colours and chrome plating, brilliant in speed…
In seven decades of Grand Prix racing there’s never been a premier-class GP bike like the Suzuki RG500. Quite a statement, but based entirely on fact. Factory…
Fate is fickle at the best of times but rarely so cruel than it was to Kawasaki in 1968. Poised to launch an all-new 750cc four-cylinder four-stroke machine, it…
