Bike
Moto Guzzi Griso 8v
Straight to the top Want more bottom end or midrange? Wimp. The original Griso was a powerful machine, a dyed-in-the-wool GT (Grand Tourer), and the new “Quattrovalvole” engine of this bike, with four valves to […]
Year: 2008
Bike
Honda CBR125R
Why you need more than one Mike Grant gets un-super-sized When I was young enough to be saving pocket money to buy motorcycle magazines so I could drool over their pages and dream about the […]
Gear
Blog
Road Rider Blog
The Bear – Friday, August 14, 2009 Okay, here’s the deal. We get a lot of stuff either to test, or at launches, or just out of the goodness of the bike industry’s hearts (no, […]
Travel Stories
North by north-west
Wanderlust Words and Photos: Ian Klütke There comes a time in the Top End when we try to make the most of the cooler (relatively) dry season weather. The weather tends to be humid, but […]
Blog
Road Rider Blog
The Bear – Wednesday, February 22, 2012 I have not seen so much meat… Since a grateful reader organised a tour of the Riverstone abattoirs for me. At Fogo de Chao in Minneapolis, feral waiters […]
Blog
Road Rider Blog
The Bear – Thursday, December 03, 2009 As if being a motorcyclist isn’t enough I’ll bet you sometimes feel that motorcyclists are considered, shall we say, less than completely worthwhile members of society. Someone says […]
Cruiser Bikes
YAMAHA V-STAR XVS1300A
Life after mumbo The most powerful V-Star, if that’s your thing I’d like to get one thing off my chest right away. There has been a lot of argument recently about cruiser power requirements. For […]
Bike
Yamaha TMAX XP500
Take it to the max Sporty scooting? Why not? The TMAX has usually been considered as the sporty one among the maxi (over about 250cc) scooters, and the 2008 model takes that concept to the […]
Cruiser Bikes
Customising 201
Saddle up Here is the second of our regular series on customising. You could say we’re, err, starting from the bottom… The seat’s probably the last thing you look at when you’re buying a bike, […]