I’ve been covering the Yamaha Yardbuilt series of custom bikes for some time now and have really enjoyed the projects...
Motorcycle Reviews
Manufacturers have jumped on the retro and custom motorcycle bandwagon. If you want to own a cafe racer or a scrambler styled motorcycle you can now buy one right off the showroom floor. From the latest addition to the Triumph Bonneville range to the updated Ducati Scrambler or BMW R Nine T, we test ride and review them all. If you’re interested in owning a retro bike without any of the ongoing maintenance or DIY challenges you can start researching here with one of our in-depth motorcycle reviews.
Of all the bike reviews I’ve done, handing the keys back for the BMW R Nine T has been the...
“The Street Twin is our most contemporary, fun and accessible new Bonneville” – Triumph Motorcycles The Street Twin is the...
“Sport Heritage” Never has the combination of those two words made as much sense as when applied to the Yamaha...
Triumph has well and truly hit the nail on the head with their new Modern Classics range. The British manufacturer...
Looking back over the past decade of publishing this website I can’t think of a year that offered more exciting...
“Yamaha and Abarth have created the XSR900 Abarth – a lightweight high-performance retro special whose authentic café racer design reflects...
As BMW Motorrad put it, the R9T Racer is “Style in the fast lane.” It’s a fitting statement for this...
It seems strange now, but Kawasaki actually beat Triumph to the punch when it came to retro-styled motorcycles. First released...
For years the de facto choice when building a cafe racer was the air-cooled, 865cc Triumph Bonneville. With very few...
In our recent feature discussing the cafe racer styled motorcycles at EICMA 2017 we left something very important out, but...
But, dear reader, should you? Is it worth tracking down one of Yamaha’s cheerful little runabouts for your next custom...
The list consists of 5 motorcycles built by professional workshops and 5 by backyard builders. In many ways, this is...
After being away from home for the last half of 2017 and without a motorcycle I was chuffed when Moto...
Towards the end of 2017 when the Tokyo Motor and EICMA shows took place I got more than a little...
A couple of weeks back I flew to Sydney to take part in a ride hosted by Ducati Australia called...
I have to confess I tend to get a bit excited when a motorcycle manufacturer announces they are releasing a...
Is there such a thing as a factory built cafe racer? If you ask a purist they’ll tell you no...
Too much hype can lead to disappointment. We see it almost every time Apple reveals a new product or there’s...
I’d been burning around town on the Svartpilen 401 for a week. The time had finally come to exchange it...
The motorcycle industry as a whole has been struggling through declining sales for several years now. There are plenty of...
In the world of modern-retro motorcycles, there’s a new player who is somewhat of a black sheep. That’s mainly due...
Royal Enfield lay claim to producing the world’s longest constant production motorcycle design. The first Royal Enfield Bullet rolled out...
It’s been 3 years since the release of Triumph’s water-cooled Bonneville range. Amongst the first of the new Modern Classics...
O, to be a motorcycle journalist in the 1970s. When men were hairy, and bikes were lairy. With their barely-there...
My dog doesn’t care for the Yamaha XSR900. When I arrive home on any other motorcycle the small ball of...
If you read through the comments section on any modern cafe racer review you are sure to come across a...
Triumph seems to have created the ultimate Scrambler. They’ve gone a step further than everyone else and built a fully...
How much difference can 300cc make? I made the mistake of thinking the Ducati Scrambler 1100 wasn’t much more than...
The 2019 Esposizione Internazionale Ciclo Motociclo e Accessori, or EICMA as it is commonly known, is in full swing. As...
The purists will tell you there’s no such thing as a factory-built custom motorcycle. But if you’re not one of...
The Indian FTR 1200 is almost spectacular. It handles perfectly, it’s astonishingly well put-together and its power delivery is aggressive,...
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! We’ve just finished sifting through the past 12 months of articles to...
Many of 2020s most significant motorcycle shows have been cancelled due to the COVID 19 pandemic. Amongst them was the...
Just as we’d come to terms with the death of two-stroke road bikes, a new independent manufacturer has raised the...
Well, that wraps up yet another year of amazing cafe racer builds from custom workshops and backyard builders around the...
The fine vólk at BMW Motorrad have a motorcycle for every occasion – just meander into a dealership and look...
Over the past few years, I’ve been lucky enough to test ride almost every new modern classic, retro sports and...
The release of the Royal Enfield 650 twins has been a huge success for the Indian manufacturer. It was only...
It’s been 2 years since Bimota released sketches of their Kawasaki powered retro sports bike concept. At this year’s EICMA...
As an act of respect for their late father’s achievements, Giovanni and Carlo Magni displayed a very special motorcycle at...
At the beginning of 2020, Norton Motorcycles under the leadership of Stuart Garner dropped a bombshell when they announced they...
If we take a look back at the emergence of the 1950s cafe racer movement it was the British motorcycle...
UK manufacturer Clews Competition Machines (CCM Motorcycles) has been producing motorcycles since 1971. Company founder, the late Alan Clews, launched...
Whether you like to call them modern classics, sport heritage, Neo Sports, retro sport or modern-retro motorcycles, the market for...
2022 is the 50th anniversary of Kawasaki’s Z series of motorcycles. To help mark the occasion we’re looking at the...
Honda is continuing to expand their modern-retro segment, or as they call it ‘Neo-Sports”, with the addition of the 2022...
Unless you’re living in one of those rule-free American states where they let tipsy 13-year-olds ride drag bikes on public...
Review Summary: The 2022 Yamaha XSR900 Retro Triple is a much meaner and more powerful bike than its sibling, the...
It’s been almost 10 years since BMW Motorrad released the R nineT. Technologically the Boxer-powered Roadster wasn’t anything groundbreaking. Its...
Some of the biggest news in the motorcycle industry this week was the unveiling of 2 all-new models in the...
The world’s biggest Royal Enfield enthusiast event, the Rider Mania ‘Motoverse’, took place at the beachside state of Goa in...
Motorcyclists like to moan about everything.
And the quickest way to start some premium groaning is to sell us a naked...
When it comes to motorcycles that pack a punch and look good doing it, one name always comes to mind,...
