Honda’s current CBR600RR can trace its roots back to 1987, when the mid-capacity Honda was sold with the model designation CBR600F – or Hurricane in the US. That first generation…
In the annals of advertising history there exists a famous old print ad, usually the domain of long defunct journals like People, Australasian Post and other pot boilers. The headline…
Considering I looked past it thinking it was probably the lead rider’s YZF-R6 when I lobbed at the Aussie launch of Yamaha’s updated YZF-R3, it’s fair to say the Japanese…
Moto Guzzi produced one of the big hits of last November’s EICMA Milan Show in the shape of its retro-themed V85TT adventure tourer. The production version of the Concept 85…
Over the years Ducati has produced some iconic machines at the pinnacle of both style and performance categories and the firm’s heavily revised Diavel 1260 S is the latest in…
This is not 1981 and Suzuki’s newest Katana will neither be the styling trailblazer or the sales success the legendary GSX1100 was almost 40 years ago. But nor does Suzuki…
Yamaha has done an excellent job of launching the Niken – so much so, the novelty value of its monster-ised front end is beginning to wane on the general riding…
I don’t wish to sound like I’m blowing orange dust up the collective quoit of the Mattighofen Massive, but, I do <i>love<i> its shit. I love what it makes, how…
During the early 1960s MV Agusta and Honda dominated the 350cc World Championship headlines. Of course, they weren’t the only factories chasing glory on the racetracks of Europe. Jawa fielded…
Conceiving a product which has literally changed the lives of billions of people is the achievement of only a few, but in 1946 Italian aeronautical engineer Corradino D’Ascanio did just…
It turns out that as dogs go, I am an old one, and new tricks are not my thing. I ride with six fingers; four for the clutch and two…
