HOW TO ATTACK PANIC

What’s the Boy Scout’s motto? Be prepared. You should abide by that rule every time you ride because you never know what’s around the corner...

LIFE IN THE FAST LANE

Picking up the pace on the road doesn’t have to mean increasing the risks. The tricks behind faster road riding are preparation, reading the road, and being ever-ready to react

CHARLEY'S CHAT

ANOTHER STORY OF CHARLEY AND FRIENDS’ MADCAP ADVENTURES...

NAWA RACER E-MOTORBIKE

DYNAMIC PROTOTYPE REVEALED, FEATURING THE WORLD’S FIRST ‘HYBRID’ BATTERY SYSTEM

Back Protectors come to be?

In the late 1970s, Brit Barry Sheene was the king of motorcycle racing, a James Hunt on two wheels.

A tribute to Paul Smart 23/04/1943 - 27/09/2021

Ten days ago, on October 27, legendary British road racer Paul Smart was tragically killed in a road accident riding his Ducati Multistrada near his home in Kent – as he did almost every single day at the age of 78.

1974 Kawasaki W3 650-Klone With AK

Hands-on riding impression in Pennsylvania USA of Kawasaki’s first big-engined bike, the British-style pushrod W3 of which 26,289 examples were built from 1965 to 1974

Hi-Tech Mag Repairs Keeping The Wheels Turning

Way back in 1987, Grandpa Louis Botha and his wife (Ouma) Gertie, added wheel repairs to their panel beating business, and before long, it became their mainstay of operations.

Suzuki Hayabusa 2021

Local Launch Test

A Brief History Of The Harley Sportster

The arrival of an all-new liquid-cooled Harley-Davidson Sportster this year is a truly significant event.

Michael Scott PIT LANE MARQUEZ AND THE DANGER FACTOR

It seems I am not the only one who is getting scared by Marc Marquez. The wounded genius, according to British road-racing legend John McGuinness, is currently a danger to himself and to other riders, and liability to Honda.

CHARLEY'S CHAT

ANOTHER STORY OF CHARLEY AND FRIENDS’ MADCAP ADVENTURES...

Michael Scott MotoGP PIT LANE

Michael Scott - a regular in the MotoGP paddock since 1984 and familiar to motorcycle racing fans worldwide through his best-selling books on the likes of Wayne Rainey and Barry Sheene has been covering MotoGP since long before it was MotoGP. Remember two-strokes? Scott does.

Matt Capri AND HIS TRIUMPH STREET DRAGSTER RACING HIS WAY THROUGH COLLEGE

Full inside story of the illegal Street Drags on uncompleted Interstate freeways in 1960s America, countenanced by the police as safer than doing it on active highways!

BARN OWL Tour

NICK YELL TOUR

BAJAJ CT125 COMMUTER, LEARNER OR COMMERCIAL?

The life of a motorcycling journalist is perceived as all glitz and glamour.

The Most Important Motorcycle Movie Ever!

50 years ago arguably the most important motorcycle movie ever was released – here’s how it came to be made…

Moto Guzzi V7 Special & Stone - Guzzi's Best Kept Secret?

First ride on Moto Guzzi’s latest entries into the flourishing midsize motorcycle market, with new version of the transverse 90º V-twin engine introduced in the V85-TT in 2019

DIY: Fit New Clutch Plates

It’s not a common job on modern road bikes, but replacing the standard clutch plates is a job you can easily do yourself and save a few Rand in labour charges while you’re at it.

Michael Scott MotoGP - Pit Lane

Michael Scott - a regular in the MotoGP paddock since 1984 and familiar to motorcycle racing fans worldwide through his best selling books on the likes of Wayne Rainey and Barry Sheene has been covering MotoGP since long before it was MotoGP. Remember two-strokes? Scott does.

When Rossi Goes What It Means To MotoGP

It was hardly unexpected, but predicting what Rossi will do next has always been risky. In the same way that his glittering career made MotoGP into something special, his decision finally to retire affects everybody and everything in racing.

Ariel Lives Again Serious Fun

When it began production in 2014, the Ace V4 was the first new motorcycle from Ariel for over 50 years, since the Birmingham factory ceased production in 1967, and it reinforced Ariel’s tradition epitomised by the Square Four of stepping outside the box in motorcycle design.

Binder Wins - Austrian MotoGP

South African Brad Binder (KTM) won the Austrian MotoGP on Sunday after gambling not to change bikes when heavy rain began to fall in the closing laps.

The Southern Wild Coast

Nick yell tours

Road Test - Feuling W3 Cruiser

Alternative engineering, the American way

Classic Rides - Ducati 175 Super Sport F3

The start of it all

CHARLEY'S CHAT

ANOTHER STORY OF CHARLEY AND FRIENDS’ MADCAP ADVENTURES...

ARC LIFE

Strike a light! We find out the secrets of artisan welding, from a man who knows...

Moto Guzzi V7

What’s in a Name?

May The Fours Be With You

The inline-four cylinder is king, right? But what is it about this particular layout that grabs our imagination—especially when it seems so unsuited to everyday road use? Are we all power mad, delusional or is it simply that we like a challenge?