BIKE TESTS
THE EVIL TWIN: KTM 890 DUKE R
KTM hit the reset button to re-develop the 890 Duke R and the result just may be the best model in the Austrian brand’s road bike range
DUKES OF WELLINGTON: HAND BUILT WORLD BEATERS
Nitro-burning Ducatis, a short-stroke Pantah that revved to over 14,000rpm, one of the very first 851 Superbike engines housed in a custom frame. Things got a little crazy in New Zealand in the 1980s
CODE BLUE: 2020 YAMAHA YZF-R1 & YZF-R1M
It’s not the major overhaul some were expecting, but the electronic changes to the 2020 YZF-R1 are positive and purposeful
GENTLEMAN JOHN: JOHN WOODLEY
John Woodley was close to being thrust into the limelight in the 1970s – until he hit a cast iron fire hydrant on his RG500
1989: WE RODE ALEX CRIVILLÉ'S JJ-COBAS TB5 125 RACER
It’s been 30 years since Alex Crivillé took out the 125cc GP world title aboard the Rotax-powered JJ-Cobas. We wind back the clock to a time when two-strokes ruled the world
DIAVEL IN DISGUISE: BENELLI 502 C
Imitation may be the sincerest form of flattery, but it’s a commercially successful strategy, too, it turns out
CRAZY BIKES OF THE 70s
Don your orange sunnies as we look at the whackiest bikes of The Brady Bunch era. All those drugs have a lot to answer for, man.
HARLEY DAVIDSON V-SERIES: THE RUM RUNNER
This Harley Davidson V-series used to run rum during Prohibition. You’d probably have been wiser to run this old Harley on the illegal hooch it carried.
THE GREAT RACE
Mount Panorama played host to one of Australia’s greatest ever road races. John Woodley going head-to-head with Graeme Crosby and Ron Boulden
GREAT EXPECTATIONS: 2019 MOTO GUZZI V85TT
Guess what? Moto Guzzi's new adventure bike is even better than the factory thinks it is
THE GAME PLAYER: 2015 ARIEL ACE 1200 SPORT
Brazenly bespoke, thundering and fast, the new Ace Sport confirmed Ariel’s reputation as a fun-loving innovator
FREDDIE SPENCER'S 1985 HONDA NSR500
In 1985, Freddie Spencer rewrote the record books by winning the 250cc and 500cc grand prix titles in one season. Back in 2015, Freddie talked us through the trials behind the triumph