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What’s in a badge? Hinckley’s latest wins hearts and minds The near-sainted Edward Turner and I have at least one thing in common. We don’t always get it right. When Turner sketched the Ariel Square […]

A whole New Cut John Arens tackles the Island aboard Honda’s newest, sharpest ’Blade The first CBR was introduced back in early ’90s when we thought technology was sooo advanced. Well, it’s come along way […]

Northerly coming Good for any compass direction You have to hand it to the Italians. They try to make the English language work, they really do. But when you read a press release that tells […]

Big Green goes Greek Clearly, someone at Kawasaki was thinking Greek when it came time to reincarnate the ER-6f The ancient Greeks picked up the theory of the four humors from the Egyptians and ran […]

Street smart It takes some learning, but the payoff is spectacular I was lucky enough to be among the international press contingent that saw the Streetfighter for the first time at the Milan motorcycle show […]

Edward Turner was a dab hand in motorcycle design, numbering the Ariel Square Four and the Triumph Speed Twin (later to grow into the Bonneville) among his, um, triumphs. But did you know he was […]

Adopted Aussies They’re so good, they’re so right, they’re so … us! I think we should declare the BMW F 650 GS and Triumph Tiger 800 adopted Aussies. Why? Because these two wonders are so […]

Rider on the Storm It’s black and it’s MEAN! Hear the rumble … PHOTOS: Lou Martin Thundering into the market is the 1700cc Triumph Thunderbird that everyone wanted, and it’s called the Storm. It packs […]

Go big adventuring You can make a case for size I once rode a 250cc trailbike around the world, about as adventurous a ride as you could find in those relatively peaceful times, so you […]

Bike porn Kisses from the sidelines Photos Nick Wood Whether you like sportsbikes or not, the Bimota DB8 SP is a piece of exotica that everyone will be interested in, even just to admire. And […]