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...
Ducati 1098 2007-2009
Warren Lee, General Manager of NF Importers, the Australian Ducati distributors, has a problem. He wants to change the word 'but' into 'because'. He's getting sick of hearing potential customers...
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...
Yamaha XS1100 1978-1982
Until the XS750E arrived earlier this year (1978) it was hard to be even slightly impressed by any big-bore street Yamaha. Despite unparalleled successes in many phases of motorcycle sport...
Ducati 900SD Darmah 1977-1982
If you accept that riding in freak rainstorms can provide enough information with which to formulate an opinion, and if you can overlook the hoary old shaft-drive versus chain-drive controversy,...
2006 Kawasaki ZX-14
What the hell does Kawasaki think it's playing at? I mean it's one thing to build a motorcycle that lays claim to being one of the fastest things on the...
Yamaha SR500 1978-1979
Okay, so you’ve had enough of the nostalgic living legend and macho image bit surrounding the SR500E Yamaha, descendant of the 1937 BSA Gold Star. But the comparison just had...
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...