Bike Tests
OVERRIDING ROYALTY: ROYAL ENFIELD CLASSIC 500 TRIALS WORKS REPLICA
It might be old and flawed against anything modern, but there’s still something charming, disarming and genuinely appealing about Royal Enfield’s Trials Works Replica
CUT SNAKE: DUCATI STREETFIGHTER V4S
Remove the bodywork from the highly acclaimed Ducati Panigale V4 and you’ve got so much grunt you need biplane wings to keep it under control
TWIST AND SHOUT: YAMAHA TMAX 560
Yamaha has sold more than two million TMAXs in two decades. How can a maxi-scooter be so damn popular?
POSTER BOY
This is how that now-iconic Susie poster came to be
FUN FARE: KAWASAKI Z900 V YAMAHA MT-09
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
STROKE OF GENIUS: YAMAHA RZ500
In 1984 Yamaha’s RZ500 was touted as a GP racer with lights. Its giant-killing performance in the 1984 Castrol Six Hour backed that up
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