Sitting astride the Moto Guzzi V7 II Special Scrambler, I look down to be greeted by a familiar sight. Just ahead of my knees are the exposed alloy rocker covers…
The XDiavel is a completely new bike, a new motorcycling experience, and it doesn’t need all the theatrics for me to recognise and report that it is a truly brilliant…
There’s no arguing the new Brutale 800 is stunning. It’s still the jaw-dropping poster bike the original model was 15 years ago. This is the first machine to come from…
BMW’s ‘airhead’ models established the brand’s reputation as handy touring bikes long before the factory launched its ‘full-dress’ tourer, the R100RT, in 1978. Numerous RT and LT (luxury tourer) models…
Honda has tread a fine line with the CTX 1300 , opting to wrap its whisper quiet V4 engine in space-age bagger styling, but when it comes to eating up…
The concept behind Triumph’s Tiger Sport is not new, but it’s one that’s proved hard to perfect. In the modern world most things, including motorcycles, are built for one purpose:…
With Yamaha’s YZF-R1 sitting pretty as top dog in the performance-bike stakes as the new millennium dawned, Suzuki’s reputation for super-competitive machines was under serious challenge. While its GSX-R750, the…
While Barry Sheene, Kenny Roberts and newcomer Randy Mamola chased each other around Le Mans, a group of white-clad Japanese Honda R&D staff hunched around the world’s two most technically…
Piaggio’s new Medley 150 has hit Australian roads, providing a little touch of Italian style to Aussie commuting. Powered by a 155cc liquid-cooled engine that produces 11kW at…
“Seriously? Seriously, Chris!? You want me to return the Harley-Davidson Iron 883 long-termer and swap it over for a mini-bike? And then take it out for a two-up test with…
It seems to me that Suzuki aren’t seen as a sexy marque, and this may even be costing them sales that should rightly be there’s, at least in terms of…
What with all today’s bike companies throwing custom mods and aftermarket accessories at buyers, it’s easy to forget that just a few years ago they were about as welcoming of…
