Yamaha is building quite a tradition for creating sportbikes that exude style previously only associated with Italian sportbikes and the R6 is a stunning motorcycle that I have been wanting to swing a leg over for a long time now.…
The 2005 Yamaha TT-R230 is the perfect bike for mom or dad, either for riding with the kids on their own Yamaha PWs or TT-Rs, or for getting around the camp area. The key to the new TT-R230 is that…
A launch ride – for any bike – is usually pretty frantic; half your brain is trying to suss out a bike you’re riding for the first time while the other half is trying to stay out of the way…
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…
Most people, when they consider buying a quad as a leisure toy, look first at the high-performance sports quads with their responsive, hard-revving, liquid-cooled engines, multi-adjustable long-travel suspension and angular, aggressive-looking bodywork. That’s fine, as long as you have plenty…
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…
