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...
1972 Laverda 750 SFC
When Stan Evans came back from a prolonged stay in sunny Italy recently, he took particular care of his briefcase. It was filled with vital statistics on an Italian femme...
A Man and His Norton
It was in the wide cabin of an F100 Ford that it happened, while we were plugging across Melbourne with some trail bikes in the back. A Norton cut between...
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...
2005 Suzuki GSX-R1000 K5
“Mate. You were leaving black lines out of Turn 5. On the warm-up lap.” Suzuki’s new GSX-R1000 is like that. Ultra-fast, ultra-strong and ultra-controllable and pretty much ne plus ultra...
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...
1979-1986 Ducati Mike Hailwood Replica
It is now more than forty-four years since Mike Hailwood came out of retirement to win the 1978 TT Formula One race at the Isle of Man on an NCR...
1975-1978 Moto Guzzi 850 Le Mans
Dawn struggled hard, but only managed to change the clouds from black to silver-grey. The Metzelers crackled on the dewy grass as the Guzzi was pushed towards my front gate....
1972 Kawasaki Z1 and 1976 Kawasaki Z900
Rolling from a factory in Akashi, Japan, as you read this, is the most exciting mass-produced motorcycle in the world. Kawasaki has built its Super4, a 900cc four-cylinder four stroke...
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...
Ducati 1972 750GT and 1974 750 Super Sport
To mark the 50th Anniversary of the release of Ducati's first production V-twin, the 750GT in 1971, Classic Two Wheels here presents Two Wheels magazine's original road test of the...
The Muscle Act: 1980 Suzuki GS1000S, Honda CB900FZ and Kawasaki Z1000 MkII
The hyperwave of overkill has been broken upon our shores for more than a year now. Cylinder overkill (numbers), size overkill (capacity), weight overkill, complexity overkill and certainly pricing overkill....
1976-1984/1986-1992 BMW R100RS
The new flagship of the small BMW fleet is really some motorcycle, as it ought to be for a cool $4500 on the road. It is new in several regards,...
Ducati Pantah 1979-1985
Ducati has never claimed that its bikes are for everyone. Like the Italian exotic car industry, Ducati Meccanica S.p.A. does not build mediocre machinery for mediocre people. Lowest common denominators...
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...