Throwback Thursday Archives - Bike Review

Throwback Thursday | Ken Blake’s Jesser Triumph

Alan Cathcart — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 20:30:07 +0000

Many of us have dreamt of riding our very own road bike to fame and glory by taking it to victory in a gruelling TT race. But one

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Battling Boxers, The Butler & Smith R90S Superbikes Story

Alan Cathcart — Sat, 07 Mar 2026 01:13:37 +0000

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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Throwback Thursday | Butler & Smith BMW R90S Superbike Test

Alan Cathcart — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 19:00:42 +0000

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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Two-Stroke Tuesday: 1999 Aprilia RS250 Harada Resto

Jeff Ware — Mon, 16 Feb 2026 19:30:52 +0000

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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Throwback Thursday | Over Racing TRX850R Giant Killer

Alan Cathcart — Wed, 24 Dec 2025 17:30:23 +0000

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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Throwback Thursday | Yamaha TRX850, 30 years on

Alan Cathcart — Wed, 26 Nov 2025 18:00:48 +0000

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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Throwback Thursday | 2015 Kawasaki Ninja H2, A Decade On!

Jeff Ware — Wed, 19 Nov 2025 23:25:00 +0000

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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Throwback Thursday | Daijiro Kato’s 2000 Honda NSR250

Alan Cathcart — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 20:16:15 +0000

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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Throwback Thursday: Suzuki RG250 HB Replica

Jeff Ware — Thu, 16 Oct 2025 05:15:43 +0000

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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V-TWIN Tuesday | Old vs New: Ducati Panigale V2 Bayliss vs Ducati 996

Jeff Ware — Mon, 06 Oct 2025 19:30:09 +0000

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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