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Fast Johnnie
Pig on a bike... Three models, limited numbers In 2023 Harley-Davidson celebrated their racing heritage. Amongst other things, they have...


Hayabusa in the Can
25 years of the Hayabusa Still fastest Affectionately known as ‘Yoshi’, one of the biggest names in motorcycle exhausts is Yoshimura....


Hipper Than A Hipsters Beard
BMW go again with the R Nine T Heritage reimagined Happy birthday BMW. The two wheeled phenomenon that became the BMW bike range all...


Ready to race
Moto Guzzi are 70 years young this year, which is a little bit like saying that I’m 83 kilos light. Anyway enough of that, the big news...


CF Moto are back
The range is now available at AMI in Gorey In November the CF Moto range landed in Gorey. The full list of models from the Chinese...


A New Standard
Zero come of age This years EICMA has been as good as ever, or even better. The motorcycle industry hasn’t been as positive in a long,...


The spark of an idea
BMW launch the CE 04 130 kilometres available from a full charge With the new BMW CE 04, from BMW Motorrad, continues the companies...


Cool As Ice
Yamahas XSR gets the MotoGP treatment Back in the early nineties the pit lane at a Moto GP race was made up with a bevy of 500cc two...


Clean bikes save lives
For years I thought my dream job was to be a motorcycle mechanic. I had, what I thought was plenty of experience. I had rebuilt engines,...


RS660 Adventures on Irish roads
I stood up on the footpegs of the brand new Aprillia RS660 I had borrowed for the bank holiday weekend. Both tyres were squirming on the...


It's only a 125
I remember the excitement of getting my first ever road going motorbike. It was a Yamaha R125, and it was the bike of my dreams. I was...


Moto Morini X-Cape - The Great Escape
In September 1937 Alfonso Morini set up his own motorcycle company. He started up in a little town called Via Malvasia in Bologna. By...


The All New Tracer 9 GT+
A new generation of tourer Take a touring motorcycle. Make it significantly lighter. Keep the luggage capacity or pillion comfort. Add...


Monstrous
Carls city bike Back when the 2002 model-year rolled around, Even at first glance Ducatis limited edition Monster S4 Fogarty is a bit...


Trackdays, a dream come true
Leaning it in! Imagine being able to ride your bike, as fast as you can. There’s no muck or debris on the road. There’s no oncoming...


The faster you ride the faster you’ll get there
A number of years ago I had a motorcycle accident. I was in the hospitality suite over the pit lane garages in Mondello. The event was a...


Track Time
The last few years have, undeniably, been strange. Even here at the magazine we’ve all learned to work independently, but still as one...


All you need is confidence
I remember the very day I learned to ride a motorbike with a clutch. My Dad had brought me to a local private field on the back of his...


Riding out for our mental health
A long-long time ago I worked in an old school motorcycle store here in Dublin. We’re talking the very late nineties. We sold everything...
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