“Ah, it’s those pricks again. Quick, John, chuck this sheet over ya bike." Mid-stroke the coffee cup got diverted to the bike lift as I stood up and flicked the...
In a Classic Two Wheels special feature on this fabulous bike, we kick off with Brian Cowan's original Australian road test from Two Wheels' October 1974 issue, followed by renowned...
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...
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...
Yamaha or Suzuki? It was the burning question on many a young dude's mind in 1973, and it took Australia's most comprehensive road test to pick the best 250 stroker....
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...
There is universal agreement among motorcycle enthusiasts that the BMW is about the world’s finest motorcycle. The marque still seems to set a standard all but unapproachable by most makes...
Conqueror of distance and time, this twin has the stamina to survive until the wheel turns full circle, returning simplicity to motorcycle powerplants. And, if that hasn’t already happened, the...
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...
Kel Wearne hit Amaroo Park in Sydney and discovered that what makes a bike work well on the open road doesn't necessarily make it a race winner. And vice versa....
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,...
"What are you doing?” I'm trying to concentrate - that's what I'm doing. "Why are you fixing those old boots? Doesn't TW pay you enough for a new pair every...
It's big, bulbous and ostentatious, but Honda's innovative GL1000 is a technical tour-de-force and the most significant new model in motorcycling in a decade! Brian Cowan has the full story....
Mick Doohan won more titles, and Casey Stoner was pure speed, but no Australian racer lit up the country like Wayne Gardner, the Wollongong Whizz. Two Wheels Editor Mick Matheson...
Only a few motorcycles can be credited with defining an era. Honda’s first 750 Four of 1969 established a tradition of across-the-frame four-cylinder motorcycles that continues today, and in 1994...