I bought the Honda CBR900RR in November 2005, it's just celebrated its eleventh birthday. I always wanted a Honda CBR900RR. And now I have one I'm never going to trade it. I not ride that much during the raining season so that is when I do repairs and work...

If you're wondering about the future of off-road bikes, the Zero X electric dirt bike could be it. Using cutting-edge lithium-ion power cells that deliver a massive 300 amps, the Zero X pumps out over 20 horsepower and is capable of accelerating from 0 to 50km/...

Whatever happened to motorcycles with factory mounted turbo's? When turbos first became 'en-vogue', in the early 1980s on sporty hot-hatches, it wasn't long before motorcycles became targets for these power accessories. Turbo-charging works by forcing more ...

Kawasaki's substitute MotoGP rider, Jamie Hacking, brought his borrowed Ninja ZX-RR home in an impressive eleventh place on his premier class debut at Laguna Seca this afternoon. The 37-year-old AMA Superbike star, deputising this weekend for injured ...

The Yamaha YZF-R15 inspired so much confidence and delivered an all-enveloping sense of confidence that it just made a better rider out of me. This year Yamaha celebrates the tenth anniversary of its race-bred YZF-R series; the series that has acquired icon...

It's the depths of the monsoon and we've come a long way since we found a crashed 2003 Yamaha R1, which was gathering dust at a condominium parking downtown, but now it's time to take stock of what of what we have and where we want to go next. This isn...

If turbocharging doesn't set your heart racing, there's an alternative path to forced induction – supercharging. We saw a Kawasaki Z1000, one of the new ones, with a supercharger at a European bike meet and we thought, that is really cool. So a few months a I di...

'It's just a scrappy looking thing' says it's owner of the petite Velo, but even with the faded patina of eighty-year-old paint, the backyard simplicity of painted on race numbers and the tarnish of oil mist on the engine this bike is an extraordinaril...

The US Grand Prix at Laguna Seca will mark the MotoGP debut of AMA Superbike contender Jamie Hacking, who will deputise for the injured John Hopkins aboard Kawasaki's Ninja ZX-RR this weekend. Hacking, who received the call-up to MotoGP during his 37t...

It's hard to fault the Triumph Tiger. In over 4200 kilometers it has absorbed everything from multi-lane highways to the narrow, bumpy, rural roads of Northeast Thailand around my dwelling with a delicious balance of handling, ride quality, comfort, pa...

Team Alstare Suzuki riders Yukio Kagayama, Fonsi Nieto and Max Neukirchner are aiming for victory at this weekend's World Superbike Championship ninth round at Brno in the Czech Republic. It's one of the best-loved circuits on the calendar and is a dema...

Sportbikes are for the road, yes, but let's face if, manufacturers build them with a large percent of track/racing in mind, so they have a good base to work with, Suzuki built the best sportbike in existence in 2005, with a slight improvement in the ...

Remember the cutesy Honda Cub? The world's highest selling motorcycle series has hit a production run of 60 million units worldwide. The legendary model also celebrates its 50th anniversary in August, as the first Honda Super Cub C100 was introduced in...

AMA Superbike star, Jamie Hacking, will make his MotoGP debut in this year's USGP at Laguna Seca, after being drafted into the Kawasaki Racing Team as a temporary replacement for the injured John Hopkins. A three-time AMA champion, Hacking has racked up si...

Spending a small amount of cash reviving your suspension makes a monumental difference. Saves buying a new bike... Since my Suzuki SV650S stepped out of retirement earlier this year, one thing in particular has been crying out for correction. After nearl...

There are few more historic and scenic motorsport circuits in the world than Spa Francorchamps, situated in the depths of southern Belgium. The venue was an appropriate setting for the 2008 Bikers’ Classics, an event attended and enjoyed by 40,000 p...

Honda has unveiled plans for its next generation of bikes, and they will include Variable Cylinder Management, a hydrogen-powered bike and a possible petrol/electric hybrid. Improving fuel economy and being green appears to have become top priorities, H...

Kawasaki Thailand has chosen this day to launch their new grand-touring Kawasaki 1400GTR, the third flagship in their international fleet after the sportbike ZX-10R and the sports tourer ZZR1400 (for now not available in Thailand). The Kawasaki 1400GTR,...

Rockstar Makita Suzuki Factory Racing's Michael Byrne picked up his first podium of the 2008 AMA Motocross season at Red Bud Track & Trail in Buchanan, Michigan, on Sunday afternoon. The Australian rider put in two strong motos, bringing home two four...

Let's be brutally honest from the get-go here: new bikes have good brakes on them. Some bikes are better than others in the braking arena, but if we get down to the nitty-gritty of it, they all work okay. That said, there's no reason why you shouldn't go l...

How does a rider define his optimum racing line at the track? Why do the MotoGP riders use a different line to the 250cc and 125cc riders? Is it just about weight and corner speed? Are there other factors involved? It there is only one perfect line, then ...

Team Teka Suzuki WMX1 rider Steve Ramon finished second at a slippery and one-lined Uddevalla circuit in Sweden for the ninth round of the FIM MX1 Motocross World Championship and reduced the points lead between himself and the championship leader Davi...

Acceleration Racing's Clint McBain scored a convincing victory on his Alberta Cycle, Suzuki Dealer Group-sponsored GSX-R1000 at round two of the Parts Canada Superbike Championships at Race City Speedway in Calgary, Alberta. After missing the first round ...

While APHonda, Thailand's largest motorcycle producer saw declining sales figures this year, the current sales figures make sense to Thai motorcycle insiders, in today's tough market, Yamaha did a full blown attack on everything what was considered APHon...

Fuel injection is a developing technology, not a mature one. When FI first appeared on large numbers of bikes, there were problems. In one class of problems, the fuel sprays failed to evaporate fully, droplets hit the cool cylinder walls, and fuel was ...

Currently running third and fourth in the FIM MX1 World Motocross Championship Team Teka Suzuki WMX1 riders Steve Ramon and Ken De Dycker enter the ninth round of the series in Uddevalla, Sweden looking to improve on their current rankings. Reigning MX1 ...

Spotted on the KTM factory bikes of Tommy Searle, Tyla Rattray, Rui Goncalves at pre-season races, these new perimeter frames, fitted to both the 250 and 450cc factory four-strokes, appear to be pre-production items most likely to arrive in a showroom near you in ...

Suzuki has formally introduced the 2009 QuadSport LT-Z400 at a media event held at the Vessels Stallion Farm in Bonsall, California. Against a backdrop of grazing thoroughbreds, this race-horse breeding farm proved to be a fitting venue to show off t...

Yamaha’s technology and quality of products in the off-road racing world has become legendary. Grand Prix wins and championships, AMA-Supercross and Motocross titles and podium honours in the inaugural Women’s world series means that the Yamaha YZ...

Though it didn't begin making powered two-wheelers until 1904, Sachs traces its roots back to the Hercules cycle factory founded in 1886, making 2008 its 122th year in business. But for an understanding liquidator, and the determination of its managemen...

There are some bikes that inspire awe and others which generate loathing. Mainly though, motorcycles are memorable merely because they are solidly unremarkable. These machines have a brief period of being fashionable, and desirable, and then fade into o...

3-2-1 we have Ignition... Changing the ignition timing is an excellent way of controlling power. The terms 'advance' and 'retard' refer to the timing of the spark relative to the position of the piston in its stroke. The combustion chamber is compressed to it...

Miguel Oliveira, just 13, won his second Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup race in seven days at the Dutch circuit of Assen riding superbly to charge from seventh after one lap to victory at the chequered flag. The young Portuguese stole the lead from 15-ye...

Following his crash during qualifying for the Dutch TT at Assen yesterday, Kawasaki's John Hopkins this morning boarded a flight for Los Angeles, where he will undergo a further medical examination by Dr. Art Ting. Hopkins crashed at 230km/h towards t...

Beautiful, triumphant, faster than any production motorcycle. A model that lives in the limelight of precious acclaim, fame that derives from its egocentricity. Today, as if to materialise all the praise, the MV Agusta F4 RR 312 gets dressed in gold, 24kt g...

Fiat Yamaha Team rider Valentino Rossi returned to one of his favourite race tracks today, as the 60th Dutch TT got started in bright sunshine at Assen. Rossi won the race from 11th on the grid last year, arguably his best performance of 2007, and the Ita...

After incredible rides at the Nürburgring in Germany both Noriyuki Haga and Troy Corser (Yamaha Motor Italia WSB Team) will be relishing another chance to compete for top honours at Round 8 of the World Superbike Championship at the Misano circuit on...

Yamaha's FZ6 S2, as they're calling it these days, is pretty much your archetypal naked Japanese bike. If you read the press blurb, you'd be forgiven for thinking that it's practically an undressed Yamaha R6. Yamaha certainly haven't been shy with their cl...

If you ride all year round, or do a lot of work on your bike, then no doubt you get as frustrated as us by the crap quality of some standard fasteners. We know that manufacturers have no manage costs, but sometimes, they really take the piss. The minute the clock...

Honda are desperately trying to rid GP's of 2-stroke engines, and claim that no more will be made from 2010. Jan Witteveen, the man behind Aprilia's wondrous smaller category success, expressed his concerns over the potential loss. Both KTM and Aprilia, the lead...