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Bike Reviews

Review: Mid-Capacity Nakedbike Comparo
9 years ago

Review: Mid-Capacity Nakedbike Comparo

After riding these six nakedbike beasts in anger and after a bloody long day testing a total of 22 motorcycles flat-out and doing over 450km in laps, I’ve never tasted …
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Review: 2015 Yamaha YZF-R1 – On the Road
8.3
9 years ago

Review: 2015 Yamaha YZF-R1 – On the Road

I mentioned in my World Launch Report on the YZF-R1, I’ve had the pleasure of having lived with four YZF-R1 in the past. I had a 2005 model, followed by …
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Custom: Suzuki TL1000S Carbon ‘Fighter
9 years ago

Custom: Suzuki TL1000S Carbon ‘Fighter

Suzuki’s TL1000S has an interesting history, in large part for a certain level of renown as a bike that was quite unforgiving, particularly in its first years. Part of this …
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Staff Bike: RadGuard Fitment, Suzuki GSX-S1000
9 years ago

Staff Bike: RadGuard Fitment, Suzuki GSX-S1000

We recently fitted a RadGuard to our GSX-S1000 Staff Bike. With the amount of loose gravel on our roads and quite a few trips with other riders planned, the last …
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Staff Bike: Kris’s 2013 Triumph Daytona 675 R
8.3
9 years ago

Staff Bike: Kris’s 2013 Triumph Daytona 675 R

When I first rode the 2013 Triumph Daytona 675R in a supersport comparo back in 2013 I was blown away. There was a heap of great machines but this …
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Review: 2015 MV Agusta Stradale 800
8.5
9 years ago

Review: 2015 MV Agusta Stradale 800

Call me biased – and my last two bikes have been triples – but there’s something very special to me about a triple-cylinder, they are just different in a …
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Staff Bike: Jeff’s Suzuki GSX-S1000 Minor Service
9
9 years ago

Staff Bike: Jeff’s Suzuki GSX-S1000 Minor Service

After attending the world launch of the GSX-S1000 in Spain and following that up with the Aussie launch I decided I would like to live with a GSX-S1000 long …
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Review: 2015 MV Agusta Dragster & Dragster RR
9.3
9 years ago

Review: 2015 MV Agusta Dragster & Dragster RR

Out riding MV Agusta’s Brutale 800 Dragster and Dragster RR it was only fitting to start with the regular Dragster. Don’t be deceived here either, the RR is a different …
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Review: 2016 Suzuki V-Strom 1000
7.8
9 years ago

Review: 2016 Suzuki V-Strom 1000

The V-Strom first appeared in 2002 and was immediately popular due to the reputation of the 1000cc V-twin engine derived from the TL and SV family as well as the …
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Review: 2015 Yamaha YZF-R1 and R1M Track Test
8.3
9 years ago

Review: 2015 Yamaha YZF-R1 and R1M Track Test

It’s fitting that the YZF-R1 was launched at a racetrack. For the third generation in a row, Yamaha chose to conduct the World Press Test of a new R1 model …
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