The all-new – and I really do mean all-new – BMW R 1300 GS is a huge departure from the preceding R 1250 GS. The models…
Beta Motorcycles, while relatively new to the scene in Australia, has a rich history dating back to 1905 in Florence, Italy, making bicycles by hand. With a hunger…
Like it or not, the progress being made by Chinese motorcycle brands in the 2020s has all the hallmarks of the beginning of the Japanese motorcycle industry’s rise to…
Ah, the 90s. Or, as some call it, the naughties. A time of grunge music, Madonna getting her gear off and motorcycles with weird and wonderful colour schemes. It…
The LAMS-compliant Harley-Davidson X range has been revealed in Australia through a special pre-launch media event held at Sydney’s Allianz Stadium, although stock of either model won’t…
Being an ex-professional off-road racer, I’ve never had much of an interest in adventure motorcycles. When I was racing, I used to wonder why anyone would want to…
Ducati’s latest Multistrada is made using a proven recipe: take the current top-of-the-tree model and add almost every factory accessory possible. In 2020 it did it with the 1260…
Rarely do you come across a comparison where the two bikes going head-to-head are so closely matched, at least on paper. Honda’s XL750 Transalp and Suzuki’s V-Strom 800DE are…
The BMW Motorsport department has always been special in the car world, so when it decided to wave its magic ‘M’ wand over a motorcycle, the result was always…
It took me a second to realise the car turning right in front of me wasn’t going to stop. I brake hard, swerve heavily to the left and instinctively…
The sun was shining and the Putty Road to the northwest of Sydney beckoned, and while a big, heavy cruiser such as the BMW R 18…
The first Diavel debuted in 2010 with the theory of putting a superbike-spec engine into a cruiser chassis as the ultimate hot-rod boulevard brawler. Thirteen years on, the theory…
