The Motorcycle Sportsmen of Queensland have had to postpone the running of the first round of the Southern Downs and Queensland Road Race Championships which were due to…
Why do you want to interview me? I’m just a 53-year-old washed-up grand prix rider with five toes missing,” says Daryl Beattie with a look that’s half-serious and half-joking.
What are the defects? The front fender bracket may fail causing the front fender to become loose. What are the hazards? If the front fender bracket fails it may cause…
Revealed at the Bangkok Motor Show, it’s based around the 12.6kW engine from the Indonesian-made CBR150R and its unfaired sibling, the CB150R StreetFire. That may not sound like…
BMW has long bucked the German stereotype of being humourless by engaging wholeheartedly in April Fools’ Day, usually by issuing a batch of press releases about ridiculous –…
After three rounds and a total of seven races in this year’s Yamaha Motor Finance Australian Superbike Championship (ASBK), Yamaha Racing Team’s Wayne Maxwell has put himself right back into…
A raft of new patents show Yamaha’s three-wheeled MWT-9 concept bike could be made in multiple versions. Most interesting is that one of them shows an…
A retro-modern version of Laverda’s iconic 1970s SFC café racer made its world debut at Sydney’s InterFOS event on 23-26 March. Called the SFC/4, it’s based…
The Italian-based seller who is a private collector of 60 rare Vespas is calling this Vespa “the earliest example of the Piaggio masterpiece, as created by Corradino d’Ascanio.” Or…
Steve Menneto is president of motorcycles at Polaris Industries, and as such he’s the man who together with Polaris president/CEO Scott Wine ultimately sold his colleagues on…
Mugen Shinden, the dominant force in the annual TT Zero held at the Isle of Man TT, has unveiled its 2017 electric-powered TT contender. Looking leaner…
In his autobiography, John Surtees spoke of “the inherent Surtees family cussedness”. He was describing his father. Many people who knew John as a racer would say…
