When it comes to two wheeled challenges, I followed my long tradition of jumping off a cliff and building my plane on the way down at the launch of the…
It’s been four short years since the return of Ariel, yet another born-again historic British brand, with the 2014 unveiling of the ultra-distinctive V4 Honda-engined 1200cc Ariel Ace. Starting somewhere…
BMW’s GS range is a legendary pedigree of machine that’s been to the far reaches of the globe and often beyond. I’ve seen a GS variant in all of the…
“It’s the same formula but they’re two totally different bikes, eh?” offered my riding mate Andy as we gulped down water after a particularly difficult section of cricket ball-sized rocks.
The funny thing about the Ducati Monster, the best-seller that kept the Bologna factory’s doors open during a very lean period, is that Ducati purists, the Ducatisti, struggled to appreciate…
Three years ago Triumph reinvented its entire Bonneville range of retro-inspired twin-cylinder motorcycles, by presenting five new models powered by all-new liquid-cooled parallel-twin engines – the 900cc Street Twin, and…
2019 represents a watershed moment for Ducati, and indeed for Superbike racing in general. That’s because for the first time ever in the past 31 years since the World Superbike…
The Bootleg Beatles. Experience Hendrix. The Counterfeit Stones. When you can’t see your favourite band live, there’s always a tribute band that can conjure up a taste of the old…
The 1980s was a starkly different time. Greed was good, there were gnarly designs and Gurney flaps and companies like Rothmans and Marlboro were branded everywhere. Cigarettes will kill but those…
The past 12 months has seen electronic safety systems and super-smart riding aids take another leap forward. Items considered cutting edge in 2017 became accepted, and even expected in 2018.
