Throwback Thursday

BMW’s success in the 2024–25 WorldSBK Championship with Toprak Razgatlioglu was the culmination of a strategy set in motion back in 2009 when BMW began reshaping its once-conservative …
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This month for Throwback Thursday Alan Cathcart rides the legendary restored 1976 Daytona-winning Butler & Smith BMW R90S boxer twin raced by Steve McLaughlin in the inaugural AMA …
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In late 1999 Heather and I were living day to day in Sydney, me a bike courier trying to get a start in journalism, and Heather working a city office …
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We’ve brought you Sir Al’s TRX850 proddie test, now his Over Racing TRX850R racer. Born as a Japan-only oddity, the TRX became a giant-killer when Cathcart and Over …
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Launched in 1995, the TRX850 fused a 270° parallel twin with European-inspired chassis thinking to create an affordable sportsbike. Three decades on, its engineering story, racing pedigree and distinctive feel …
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The River Mark has been used for special, history changing projects at Kawasaki since the 1890s and was approved for use on the H2… Very few Ninja H2s came into …
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Last month Sir Al brought us his 2000 YZR250 test. The same year, he rode the Honda that Yamaha beat. Improbable though seems, Honda went three seasons without …
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When I was 17, on my provisional license here in Australia, one of the blokes in the riding group that I had latched onto rode a mint 1984 Suzuki RG250 …
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It’s not often you get to line up a piece of Ducati history alongside its modern-day tribute, fire them both up, and spend the day swapping them on …
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Exactly 25 years ago in 2000, Yamaha enjoyed an especially stellar race season. In the five road racing categories it contested that year, Yamaha won five out of …
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