Racing’s Greats: Kenny Roberts
Ten years ago a super-confident, race-smart, 26-year-old twice American Motorcyclist Association champion from a dusty part of California came to Europe and did a job most thought impossible. His name...
1987 Moto Guzzi 1000 Le Mans
A run of the mill bike the Moto Guzzi 1000 Le Mans definitely is not. In fact, as Harleys, Ducatis and BMWs get more refined, reliable and sophisticated - more...
Mr Smith: The Education of Young Smith
Oh how distant seems the day when I first became absorbed by the mystique of our mutually beloved form of transport, the sublime Motorbicycle. How many are the years which...
Random Lines: New Chum Learns the Hard Way
Things have been quiet in the office for getting on an hour, ever since the Iced VoVos ran out. Only the incessant whirr of Boggles’ nicotine-stained fingers punching out news...
Racing’s Greats: Mike Hailwood
Few names in motorcycle racing evoke more emotion than that of Mike Hailwood, a legend to two generations of racing fans the world over. Don Cox, in the third of...
Mr Smith: Maintenance? It’s a Cinch
There’s no doubt about it. I’m a typical tradesman. Well, it’s not that I’m a real tradesman. I left the Fixing Things business shortly before The Powers That Be declared...
Mr Smith: Hold the Phone
With care born of years of painful experience I raised the eyelid covering my left eye, at the same time making a concerted effort to restrain the eyeball located therein...
1986 Laverda SFC1000
Lining up bikes to test in Two Wheels has always been an aspect of the job which has its fair share of coincidences and twists of fate. As a rule,...
1987 Yamaha FZR1000 vs Suzuki GSX-R1100
Geoff Seddon compares Yamaha’s new FZR1000 and the current Two Wheels Bike of the Year, the Suzuki GSX-R1100. Every other bike he’s ridden now seems a bit insignificant. Virtually from...
Random Lines: The Accidental Death of an Idealist
If there’s one problem with philanthropy, it is that one’s good trust in humanity is constantly being attacked by miserable reality. Most folk discard the whole concept of human good...
1984 Harley-Davidson FXST Softail
It has been said that every man alive, from dunny cleaner to High Court judge, has at some stage in his life dreamed of rolling down the road on a...
1984 Yamaha RZ500
Yamaha has claimed for years that its two stroke twins are the next best thing to TZ racers with lights. Well, that may be open to discussion, but the RZ500...
Tour de Smith
Being as I spend most of my time on, under, dismantling, dreaming about, scheming about, lying about, lying next to, sliding next to, sweating over and swearing at motorcycles of...
Wringing Bells Part One
Long-time readers of this illustrious rag may remember Lester Morris' tales of memorable rides in the late Fifties with his mate Fred. Well, we recently heard from Lester again, and...
Seddo: The Right Stuff
SO you want to be a road tester, huh? Piece of cake, lots of fun, any idiot could do it. We get a lot of mail wondering how we do...