With the proper gearing this engine might be the best all-around street motor available today. Sure the 1050cc version makes more power but the 675cc version is smoother and for some reason, ultimately more fun. Of course I tend to…
I’m not exactly sure when it happened, but at some point over the last few years something in me changed. I hate to admit it but I think I’ve become a little bit soft. At one time I was the…
Now I’ve been riding motorcycles for a long time to know that when I see a bike doesn’t have a clutch lever usually something’s gone terribly astray. Apparently Aprilia’s R&D department have proved me wrong as they’ve now produced a…
Are you tired of bending over into the repli-racer crouch? Are you thinking it’s time to stop acting like a teen and start acting like a responsible adult; someone that puts aside motorcycles in favor of soccer practice and a…
The new BMW K 1200 R is of course also available in other colours, but yellow and black is the perfect combination for this aggressive naked bike. The attack has been launched against all outmoded ideas of what a BMW…
Let’s get one thing out of the way first; this is not a bike “test” in the traditional sense. This is a bike “review”. What is the difference, you may ask? Well for one thing, you won’t see any top…
Herself took Kawasaki’s 2006 litre-class sports flagship to work, 72km there and back of heavy traffic and tight corners, and found it surprisingly wieldy for a bike that’s supposedly even more racetrack-orientated than its predecessor. Most of the changes to…
Based on the success of the K1200RS, a new model, the K1200GT has been introduced into the K-Series model range to further enhance the touring qualities of BMW’s four-cylinder motorcycles. The K1200GT complements a model range, which currently boasts the…
When I first rode Hinckley’s re-creation of the Triumph Bonneville in 2001 I said it would sell largely on style, mostly due to less-than-stellar performance and a seat like a vinyl-covered plank. Others thought the same because the current version…
The third edition of Yamaha’s FJR1300 sports-tourer has a number of detail improvements, some important, some merely convenient. The result, however, is that one of the most competent distance-inhalers on the market just got better. The 1298cc engine and five-speed…
