Bike

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

Feet-forward travelling A scooter can take you a long way – if it’s a maxi How many different kinds of scooters are there? The equivalent question will always get you an argument among motorcyclists. Some […]

Lord, but it’s hard If you see someone on one of these – respect! There is a lot of techno stuff I should probably tell you about this bike, but I’ve covered most of it […]

Winner The ’Blade takes the front running All over the world, the Fireblade just keeps on winning. It knocked the Suzuki GSX-R1000 off its pedestal when it took out the International Bike of the Year […]

Ready for anything This year’s naked bike is a lot more than last year’s supersports Yamaha’s FZ1N (for “naked”; there’s also a half-faired S version) and bikes like it are essentially older versions of the […]

Baby Ninja Small but very smart There are still states where you need to learn on a 250cc bike. The outcome is a lively market for 250s, at least in the states where they are […]

Heartbreaker The bike is beautiful. Can it save the factory? Let’s start by bemoaning the fact that Moto Guzzi, the oldest European factory with continuous motorcycle production, the most venerable, I suppose, Italian motorcycle brand […]

The Year of Living Safely Lots of innovation in the Touring range, much of it about safety Believe it or not, running a motorcycle magazine is not all hard slog for poor pay in appalling, […]