The basics The four fundamental tool types needed to tackle most basic motorcycle maintenance and repair jobs are spanners, sockets, screwdrivers and pliers. Save up your bickies, avoid…
Ducati’s legendary 916 celebrated its 28th anniversary in 2022, the firm’s most famous offering having finally stumbled into production in 1994 following show appearances the previous year.
Iconic Motorcycles in LA is loaded with some very special bikes. Bikes from an era that causes a sparkle in your eye as the edge of your mouth…
After getting the pistons moving from their partially seized state, she’s got a belly full of fresh oil and a new filter after discovering there wasn’t any water in…
We started this project last time with an emphasis on ensuring the basics of the bike we are resurrecting were workable before spending any money on other items. We…
We’ve all eyed off a bike that needs a bit of work; whether it’s your own bike that’s been damaged, a bike that’s been stored for a…
The furrows carved across the landscape by the monstrous Kamaz trucks had been re-covered in sand, the Dakar bivouac sites had long returned to nature and the portaloos consigned…
A FLYING START IN EUROPE Not wanting to die on the first day was the only thing I could think about as we chugged along a blacked-out, empty French…
Fifty years AFTER the moon landing, your humble little motorcycle is stoked with more computing power than the lunar lander. Yep, like your mobile phone, your bike could probably…
Many bikes still have inner tubes inside the tyres; if you get a flat on a spoked-wheel adventure bike or off-roader, chances are the tube will be…
There are two times you really want to know whether a bike’s frame is straight: when you’re buying, or after you have crashed. Sometimes the symptoms can be difficult…
Pride of place in the Canberra home of Wayne and Kathy Bryant is a model of a 1953 NSU Rennmax 250 racer. Wayne, 77, is a former dirt-track…
