Bike
Yamaha XTZ660 Ténéré
Freedom Machine It’s late, but it’s here now The name “Ténéré” has been synonymous with off-road adventures ever since the original dual-sport machine was first launched in the early 1980s. Developed from Yamaha’s Dakar race-winning […]
Honda VRF1200F
Epic Engineering The sex appeal of the Honda VFR1200F lies in its engineering There’s been a creeping blandness pervading the design of Honda’s cars and bikes since Mr Honda shuffled off this mortal coil and […]
New bikes of 2011
New bikes of 2011 Go ahead, make my year… The Bear goes gonzo on the bikes that are hitting the showrooms just about now ‘You’ve seen them all on the web, sure – but while […]
Kawasaki 1400 GTR ABS
Better Blaster Hard to believe, but it’s an even … For two decades, the Kawasaki GTR brand on the litre bike was associated with unpretentious, vanilla mile-munching. Then came the 1400, which blew the power […]
Can-Am Spyder
The Bellman’s bike What I tell you three times is true, he said – but does that apply to wheels? Lewis Carroll’s Bellman and his crew were hunting Snarks, but they would probably have settled […]
Hyosung GT series
Time for the injection The Koreans move with the times Hyosung has been on the Australian market for a few years and the brand keeps improving. The latest bikes have gone a long way towards […]
Moto Guzzi Bellagio
It’s-a cruis-a! Moto Guzzi’s latest cruiser is a blast I have always liked Moto Guzzi’s Californias – laid-back machines with big saddles, upright riding positions and surprisingly (for the class) good handling. But the perennial […]
Grand Touring
Weather? It’s “what weather?” on a GT It didn’t rain quite as hard some of the time as it did the rest of the time, but it didn’t entirely stop raining either while I was […]
Ducati Hypermotard 796
Split personality Friendlier? More like Mr Hyde… Ducati has cachet – even people who don’t know anything about bikes respect the name – but buying into the brand at the serious end can be pricey. […]