Honda CBR900RRW FireBlade 1998-2000
Phillip Island, 1992: the international debut of the FireBlade and Honda has hit the spot. All other sports bikes pale in comparison. Everything that came before is history; all that...
Moto Guzzi 1000S 1990-1993
Picture a relay race. There are several teams, some from Japan, some from Europe and one from the USA. The rules are simple. The fastest team wins. Anything’s allowed, as...
Suzuki GSF1200/1250 Bandit 1996-2016
Let’s get one thing clear from the off. Suzuki’s GSF1200 Bandit is not a retro bike. Forget what the salesman at your local bike shop says, disregard the rantings of...
BMW R1100S 1998-2005
Something has stirred inside BMW's Boxers. Something more potent than ever before. The RS, the GS and the rest were all foreplay. The foreplay was nice, but the S is...
1995 Moto Guzzi Sport 1100
I have discovered that the longer you are with the same partner, the better the sex becomes. It's true, and the rest are just doing it wrong. I was going...
Racing Lines: Anthony Gobert
If this isn't a golden era for Australian international road racing, I don't know what is. We have world champions in the premier Grand Prix (Mick Doohan) and Superbike (Troy...
1992 and 1994 Honda CBR900RR Fireblade
According to a person who knows a lot about these things -- Guido from AllMoto -- we have Honda to thank for "presenting us with the prototype of the modern...
Groff, Rooth and Mr Smith
The beating heart of any great magazine is its columnists, and for more that 20 years Two Wheels readers were treated, every issue, to three of the best: Grant Roff,...
Road Dills
Strutharama, class, I love riding motorbicycles. But every now and then I wonder about life as we almost know we imagine it on this azure orb which hangs in space...
1972-1992 Harley-Davidson Sportster
Back in the early Fifties, Harley Davidson was in a quandary. Which is very much like a quarry since they both involve being stuck down a hole. The Pommies, whose...
1994-1998 Harley-Davidson Road King
Coming over that last hill on the outskirts of town, it seemed like the valley and the road wound on to the mountains in the distance. A cloudless sky, a...
1998 Yamaha YZF R1
Reset your mind for the R1. Your preconceived notions of the ultimate sportsbike are a distant speck in its mirrors. Your favourite mountain road is suddenly tighter and shorter than...
Racing’s Greats: Mick Doohan
On his descent from the conquest of Mt. Everest, Edmund Hillary is supposed to have greeted one of his colleagues with the disarming line, "We got the bastard!" Michael Doohan...
1994 Triumph Speed Triple
Speed Triple. It's a name which begged to be used at some stage. Whether this is the Triumph which deserves it or not is another matter. Perhaps some model more...
1998 Ducati 900SS
Ducati’s 900SS had it all its own way for years. Only Ducati understood the joy of a compact, simple, large capacity sporting twin. Character, individuality, stirring if humble performance, compact...
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