Kawasaki enjoyed a very special year in 2013, the Japanese manufacturing giant achieving a feat it had only done once before in its long history of four-stroke racing motorcycles: Tom…
Can’t decide whether to wear your riding boots over or under your jeans? Not sure if you prefer the windswept feeling of an open-face helmet or the protection of a…
While us grown-ups stand around arguing over the place of electric bikes, the little ones are moaning “I’m bored!” and tugging at our sleeves demanding something to do. Now,…
BMW still suffered from a stuffy pipe-and-slippers image as a new race category called Superbike was introduced in America. So when the first race came around at Daytona in March…
In the often ill-defined world of Super Motard, the Suzuki DR-Z400SM stands out as the longest-running example with true dirt bike credentials, having been in production and virtually unchanged since…
Back in the dark ages, when I obtained my motorcycle licence, new riders were restricted to a 250cc capacity. Like most, I did (almost all of) my time on a…
For a start, hipsters ride bikes for different reasons to most of you reading this, and a great deal of their attraction to two wheels is building one themselves out…
Dear old Nan used to say, “Never judge a book by it’s cover” She was right. At first glance it looks like some sort of wasp-like…
Sam Maclachlan was on the money in a recent column (Vol 65 No 21) when he urged riders to stop using half-baked excuses for leaving their bikes at home. His…
With Yamaha’s release of the MT-09 a few years ago the Japanese company has been slowly adding more and more MT models to create one big MT family. And with…
Triumph has been working hard over the past five years to earn its slice of the lucrative over-1000cc adventure bike market, yet despite this, the Tiger Explorer 1200 still wouldn’t…
Why these two? When it comes to bang for your buck and proven race-winning performance, few machines can outpace the litre bikes from two of Japan’s big four. Both…
