APRILIA SHIVER 900

V-twin power has always had a way of grabbing people’s attention. It’s a highly desirable quality worthy of being placed in any motorcycle, and there’s one country that…

SUZUKI GSX-R1000R

Questions, questions… I had posed plenty of them at the international launch of the new Suzuki GSX-R1000R at Phillip Island in February, just weeks before it was due…

BUYING A DUCATI 1299 SUPERLEGGERA

The day you buy yourself a motorcycle is a special event that is to be relished, and if you happen to be buying a new Ducati Superbike…

CONFEDERATE FA-13 COMBAT BOMBER ROAD TEST: Last of the Line

All good things must come to an end and, after 26 years of rebellion and 1300 outrageously uncompromising V-twin maxi-cruisers, Confederate Motors has created its final such bike.

The 200kmh postie

The easy bit was acquiring a former postie bike in the mid-noughties for $400 – a price that reflected the condition of the clapped-out four-year-old Honda CT110 that arrived…

2018 MV AGUSTA BRUTALE 800 RR

My first ride on a MV Agusta Brutale wasn’t so much a ride, as a long succession of laughing fits. How the hell had someone produced such…

DUCATI PANIGALE V4 WORLD LAUNCH FIRST THOUGHTS ON THE NEW V4 S

Fresh off the bike at the end of an exhausting day thrashing it around the Circuit Ricardo Tormo, I’m happy to report it has delivered. A…

It’s almost V4 time

2018 Triumph Tiger 1200 range World Launch

The biggest and immediately noticeable change to Triumph’s third-generation Triumph Tiger 1200 is its whole heap of extra zip. I’m 10 minutes into my 200km squirt on the 2018…

TRIUMPH STREET TRIPLE 675R 2009-2016

Given the Triumph Street Triple 675’s resemblance to the factory’s big-bore Speed Triple streetfighter, it was given the tag of ‘Junior Hooligan’ at its 2007 release. But while…

Making a racer - BMW S1000RR into a racing superbike

Brembo front brake master cylinder with remote adjuster (BMW also has an HP version) Brembo RCS19 master cylinder with standard BMW S1000RR reservoir and remote TWM lever adjuster…

SUZUKI XR238B - The most intimidating racebike ever made?

Often loosely referred to as the RG700, Suzuki’s steroid-laden superbike was originally conceived in 1976 as a testbed to advance development of the Japanese company’s XR14 500GP…