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...
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,...
The Bulletproof Boxers: BMW R60/2 and R69S
Hilda was a German girl I knew many years ago. Always reliable, totally faithful, a bit slow on the uptake maybe but stronger than two football teams. Hilda was capable...
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...
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....
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...
BMW R100RS 1976-1984/1986-1992
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...
1971-1974 Moto Guzzi V7 Sport
Guzzi’s V7 Sport is close to the perfect motorcycle. And that’s allowing that the bike’s general specifications will give it appeal only to a smallish number of riders, and that...
1980 BMW R80G/S
The BMW R80G/S is an important motorcycle. Not because it will sell a million. It won't. Not because it’s everyone's ideal. It may be, but it's $5000. Not because it’s...
1978 Triumph Bonneville T140
If you believed all the stories you heard about British motorcycles, it would have to come as a giant surprise to learn that they are still alive and well, and...
BMW R75/5
Living with a BMW for any length of time is like being exposed to old guard aristocracy. One is continually aware of the need to tidy up shortcomings, to make...
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