Bike
Yamaha FZ1N
Ready for anything This year’s naked bike is a lot more than last year’s supersports Yamaha’s FZ1N (for “naked”; there’s also a half-faired S version) and bikes like it are essentially older versions of the […]
Year: 2008
Bike
Honda CBR1000RR Fireblade
Winner The ’Blade takes the front running All over the world, the Fireblade just keeps on winning. It knocked the Suzuki GSX-R1000 off its pedestal when it took out the International Bike of the Year […]
Travel Stories
Istria, Croatia
The Pršut of happiness Air-dried ham and great bike roads… a Bear’s paradise In this age of nation states we think of colonisation, war and diplomacy as the kinds of things done by countries, not […]
News
UCLEAR HBC200 Force Communication Headset
The UCLEAR HBC200 communication headset is for users wanting a Bluetooth unit that is easy to use and pair with smartphones, GPS, Ipod etc. It offers hi quality sound, and rider to pillion intercom capability. […]
Cruiser Bikes
Gear
Beem me up
With the Tourance 2 Suit, BMW Motorrad is offering a waterproof touring suit that it reckons has been optimised in almost all areas compared with its predecessor. BMW says the two-part suit, made from ultra-friction-resistant […]
Special Features
Bikes of ’08
Bikes & bits bouquets Great in ’08 So what did we really like in this past year? Rooly trooly? Tommy Hanlon Jnr once said that if he’d known he was going to last this long, […]
Cruiser Bikes
Kawasaki VN1700 Classic/Nomad/Voyager
Three sisters Has Kawasaki covered all the cruiser bases now? It’s always a nerve wrencher for a development team when their baby first hits the spotlight. Have we got it right? Did we miss something? […]
Travel
Phillip Island on three wheels
Mission MotoGP Riding to the island the Spyder way When I decided to take my Spyder to the MotoGP, I didn’t realise what an awesome trip was in store for me. I’ve travelled to the […]
Travel Stories
NSW: Tarana
The place to be Our obligatory visit to…a pub. If you wanted to conduct a graduate school in road surfaces, you wouldn’t have to go far from Sydney. The back road from Old Bowenfels, near […]