BIKE TESTS
POSTER BOY
This is how that now-iconic Susie poster came to be
2020 KAWASAKI Z900 vs YAMAHA MT09
You need big bucks to have fun in the nude right? Kawasaki’s Z900 and Yamaha’s MT-09 are giving the finger to that idea
LIKE A NINJA: KAWASAKI NINJA 1000 SX
Owning a sports-tourer shouldn’t mean trading sporty looks and abilities for comfort and gizmos.
HOLY FLIPPIN' URAL: URAL GEAR UP 2WD
We grab Ural’s new two-wheel drive offering and head for the hills
UP FOR IT: INDIAN CHALLENGER DARK HORSE
Indian’s Challenger Dark Horse is a jab in the face of Harley’s fixed-fairing dominance
FAST FORWARD: 2021 KAWASAKI ZX-10R
Six consecutive WorldSBK championships have culminated into one unapologetically fast road-going superbike
AIR-FUEL RATIO: KTM 1290 SUPER DUKE R V KAWASAKI Z H2
Naturally aspirated big V-twin power from KTM or supercharged power from Kawasaki? We’re glad you asked
LOST CAUSE: YAMAHA'S 1982 500CC GP SEASON
Desperate times call for desperate measures. Determined to win back the world 500cc title in 1982, Yamaha put its star rider onto a completely untried V4. Here’s what happened
KAWASAKI Z H2 - AIR-FORCED ONE
It’s 10k cheaper than a H2 but apart from its clothes and its price the Z H2 loses little in the grin factor stakes over its expensive stablemate
FACTORY OUTLET: HAILWOOD'S HONDA RC181
Imagine if Marc Marquez got jack of waiting for HRC to fix the handling on his RCV213V and hired a local frame guru to improve it. That was what Mike Hailwood did in the 1960s
HEAD TURNER: BMW R 1250 GS ADVENTURE
Variable valve technology can play an important role in road and track bikes, but in a hard-nosed all-roads adventure bike, is it genius or gimmicky?
CASTROL SIX HOUR | WIN ON SUNDAY...1970-1987
For 18 years it was an iconic Australian institution.