Bike Tests
FIRST RIDE - Yamaha Niken
With its innovative new Niken platform, Yamaha has gone and reinvented the wheel
Quickspin - 1978 TEAM AVON YAMAHA XS1100 RACER
A blast around Broadford uncovers all makings Yamaha’s XS1100 possessed to win the 1978 Castrol Six-Hour
World launch 2019 Ducati Panigale V4 R
It’s the lightest and fastest series production bike Ducati has ever built, Jonny Rea and Kawasaki will need to watch their backs
Quick spin - Kawasaki Z900RS Cafe
Retro is hot property in motorcycling at the moment and I, along with many others, thought BMW, Ducati and Triumph were nailing it just fine with the R nineT Racer, Scramblers and Bobber respectively. But the Japanese want in too, with Kawasaki notably throwing the oh-so retro
First ride - 2019 KTM 1290 SUPER DUKE GT
“Our customers expect something sporty made the KTM way, not like other manufacturers do it,” president Stefan Pierer told me in an interview. “I don’t think a sport tourer in the classic way matches 100 percent with KTM’s brand identity.” Since the 1290 Super Duke
Road Test - Honda Z125MAK Monkey
Why Honda’s new Monkey is so much more than the sum of its parts
Royal Enfield Lock Stock
Royal Enfield turned its all-new twin-cylinder 650 into a nitrous-fed dragbike with double the poke, then tossed us the keys
MV Agusta Turismo Veloce
MV Agusta’s fancy new Smart Clutch System may be stealing the headlines, but it’s only a small part of the new Turismo Veloce’s bigger story
HONDA VFR800F 1998-2013
Despite stumbling early with V4-powered bikes, Honda mastered the concept, as demonstrated by the VFR800
First ride - Indian FTR 1200 and FTR 1200S
It had to happen. After Indian Motorcycle’s two full seasons of utter supremacy in the 2017-18 American Flat Track (AFT) racing seasons after a 70-year absence from racing – winning 17 of the 18 races held in the 2018 season – America’s oldest motorcycle manufacturer has
Custom cool - VTR Customs BMW R 80 RT Polizia 1.9
There’s a perverse pleasure at play when you take an ex-police bike a turn it into supercharged NOS-fed drag racer
Aussie launch 2019 Yamaha WR450F
The MX-inspired WR450F is only getting faster – and giving you more good reason to become a phone zombie