Suzuki’s Landmark GSX-R750 shook up the world of sports bikes
It’s 40 years since Suzuki released it’s first-gen GSX-R750, a machine which was a significant landmark in the developmentRead More
Modern Classics: Suzuki GSX-R – Unique Bikes
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Honda RC30 – Unique Bikes
Anyone who has ridden a Honda RC30 (aka VFR750R) can confirm it seemed as though someone had shrunk the bike, which felt as though it was running an engine constructed by a jewel-maker.
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BMW 850 In the Shed – So Far, So Good
Is it five years already? Where on earth has the time gone? Really, I would have sworn it was mere months ago when partner Ms M and I committed to buying the long and low Bimmer.
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David Dean’s 1959 Ford Thunderbird – Reader Rides
For fans of Ford and Americana, the second-gen Thunderbird, aka the ‘Squarebird’ marked a radical change for the series.
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Indian Chief – Unique Bikes
We’ve taken a big step back in time today, to 1941 and through to 1953. The former date is when Indian Motorcycles out of Springfield, Massachusetts in the USA, first produced the distinctive deeply valanced guards you see on this bike.
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MV Agusta – Unique Bikes
While these days MV Agusta may be regarded as yet another brand at the exotic end of the motorcycle spectrum, it was a very different story in the late 1990s.
That’s when we started to get glimpses of
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2001 Mustang and 2003 CV8 – Reader Rides
Your first question whenever you chat with Ray Ikin is, “What have you bought this week?” He laughs and then settles down to reveal the latest addition to his enviably large shed.
Ray runs a modest
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ZX-12R – Unique Bikes
Back at the turn of the century, which to some might seem when dinosaurs still roamed the earth, Kawasaki launched what it expected to be the king hit in the hyper sports tourer class. Up to then, there
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1963 Fiat Giardiniera – Reader Rides
It’s surprising how often we hear of someone going out to buy a modest household item and return home with a car. And it seems the owner of the 1963 Fiat Giardiniera, George Fitzpatrick is guilty of
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Gold Wing – Unique Bikes
All these years down the track – 50 to be exact – it’s difficult to overstate just how bold and perhaps even bizarre the arrival of Honda’s first Gold Wing truly was.
It might as well have been
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