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...
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...
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...
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...
Comparison: 1993 Honda CBR900RR vs Kawasaki ZXR750 vs Suzuki GSX-R750W vs Yamaha YZF750R
Like Honda's 900 last year, the YZF had the Sunday road cafes abuzz with excited riders, eager to see what Yamaha could come up with after so long out of...
1973 Suzuki GT250 vs Yamaha RD250
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....
1987 Yamaha FZR1000 vs Suzuki GSX-R1100
Geoff Seddon compares Yamaha’s new FZR1000 and the current Two Wheels Bike of the Year, the Suzuki GSX-R1100. Every other bike he’s ridden now seems a bit insignificant. Virtually from...
Dave Bourne
A quiet, unassuming scientist, Dave Bourne had an ability to forensically analyse a motorcycle and make an an accurate call about whether or not it was any good. He was...
Geoff Seddon
A gun roadtester for Two Wheels and the magazine’s Assistant Editor in 1988-1989, Geoff Seddon also edited the Two Wheels offshoot Streetbike, and started his own magazine, Performance Cycles. An...
1984 Yamaha RZ500
Yamaha has claimed for years that its two stroke twins are the next best thing to TZ racers with lights. Well, that may be open to discussion, but the RZ500...