Growing up in Sydney in the 80s, I remember my family having nicknames for certain types of vehicles. In typical Aussie style, you couldn’t just call a spade a spade,…
BMW G310R- Sales of BMW motorcycles and scooters are riding at an all-time high, with 136,963 units delivered to customers around the world in 2015 – 11 per cent up…
Out with the old in with the new – that’s what the Motoinno TS3 is hoping to do. There is no denying the fact that when you build a…
Don’t get me wrong, I’m generally a good mannered, clean living, law abiding chap with a sensible disposition and average 21st-century vices. But I also have rapidly diminishing…
The latest motorcycle released from America’s first motorcycle company is, by definition, the most modern of the most retro and therefore could be classed as the most modern-retro…
After a blissful two weeks with the Kawasaki W800, I promised myself not to use words like retro, classic, nostalgic or bygone – let alone hipster, bearded or cool –…
Simply put, Ducati’s new Hypermotard 939 is a weapon. It’s lean and mean, with a healthy dose of thumping power to justify the ‘supermoto on steroids’ look that sets it…
Contrary to the opinion of a lot of hard-core Kawasaki enthusiasts, there’s more to the brand than its bitumen-burning in-line fours. The fact that it has some lovely 650cc LAMS-approved…
Harley-Davidson Street 500- Balls out, Harleys aren’t my bag. Okay, so offer me a spin on a factory XR750 flat tracker and I’ll snap your arm off,…
I love marketing people, the way they take the English language and combine two or more words into jargon. Cocacolonization and Fictomercial are just two of my…
Fastest motorcycle ever? Exactly 60 years ago on 6 September 1956, American rider Johnny Allen set a new two-wheeled world land-speed record of 214.4mph (345.188km/h) on the Bonneville Salt Flats…
Whenever a new LAMS bike appears on the market, a wave of excitement passes over my little learner corner of the office. Regardless of how many great…