Some bikes seem born to fly under the radar, including some which have gone on to surreptitiously sell their pants off. I’m talking about the bikes which quietly go about…
Years ago, well before the term Café Racer had been high jacked by hipsters – in fact it was before Hipster was even a word – I was out for…
There’s something enormously satisfying about telling people to get stuffed. About bucking the trend and forging your own path irrespective of the status quo. Suzuki has done that with the…
2001 HONDA CR500R The Honda CR500R is widely known as the “Ping- King” of dirt bikes due to it’s racing pedigree and insane power delivery. HRC initially developed the RC500…
When it comes to sidecar action, Ural continues to produce the only factory-made sidecars sold in Australia. And Ural Australia has recently released a new model: the cT. Intended for…
Kawasaki enjoyed a very special year in 2013, the Japanese manufacturing giant achieving a feat it had only done once before in its long history of four-stroke racing motorcycles: Tom…
Can’t decide whether to wear your riding boots over or under your jeans? Not sure if you prefer the windswept feeling of an open-face helmet or the protection of a…
While us grown-ups stand around arguing over the place of electric bikes, the little ones are moaning “I’m bored!” and tugging at our sleeves demanding something to do. Now,…
BMW still suffered from a stuffy pipe-and-slippers image as a new race category called Superbike was introduced in America. So when the first race came around at Daytona in March…
In the often ill-defined world of Super Motard, the Suzuki DR-Z400SM stands out as the longest-running example with true dirt bike credentials, having been in production and virtually unchanged since…
Back in the dark ages, when I obtained my motorcycle licence, new riders were restricted to a 250cc capacity. Like most, I did (almost all of) my time on a…
For a start, hipsters ride bikes for different reasons to most of you reading this, and a great deal of their attraction to two wheels is building one themselves out…
