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As Steve, co-owner of Casarva Trikes, talks about the spec of the borrowed trike I’m about to ride - I can’t hold it in any longer and drop the bombshell; that despite 34 years of riding motorcycles, I’ve never swung a leg over a trike...
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Back in 1992, £38,000 was a hell of a lot of money – in fact it was just £12,000 shy of buying your average house. What £38k could also get you is Honda’s technical and aesthetical marvel, the NR750...
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2018 looks to be an exciting year for new bikes, with sweet machinery from Ducati, Kawasaki, BMW and Triumph all heading our way. Here's a roundup of the latest price announcements for all the hot 2018 bikes, so far...
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We joined a Eurotrax trackday in France to pick up some trackday advice nuggets, see what these trackday enthusiasts had to say about their bikes and how to make the best of the day...
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This very rare 1972 model Z1 is completely unrestored. It also has the handbook and tool kit, the seat is completely original even down to the black foam. It is in fantastic condition and has 25,000 miles and is £30,000. Compare that to a Sandcast Honda CB750 and it is great value... and far more rare.
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In April 2016 we imagined what a street H2R could look like. The response was incredible and the feedback unanimous... "Get rid of that ugly exhaust"! Well we listened and new for 2017, this virtual supercharged H2 CGI gets a Kardesign update...
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This in our opinion, is one of the best (not to mention one of the most unique) examples of a custom Honda Cub that we have come across. Even better for Repsol Honda fans, check this out...
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If you’re chomping at the bit for that first biking fix of the year, why wait when the sun is warm and the beer is cool down in Spain? From novices on roadbikes to seasoned racers in winter testing mode, everyone is more relaxed due to the holiday atmosphere...
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Sitting neatly between the racetrack refugee and the more spacious road-friendly original, our R1 features all the technological treats of the latest bike but re-packages them in a chassis that works on the road too...
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Featured in Australian Motorcycle News, this Yamaha 'R5' was created by Robert Hook in his Melbourne garage, a large scale model sculptor, ex-racer and motorcycle engineering genius, with a spare RZ500 engine and a YZF-R6 frame...
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It’s being reported online that Honda could be looking to offer up another V4-flavoured superbike option by 2018 to mark the firm’s 70th anniversary. Patents filed by Honda late last year suggest a more budget-orientated version of the £138,000 road-going racebike may be on the cards...
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The early to mid 80s was a wonderful period for medium-bore stroker fans. The Suzuki RG250 Gamma was at one time the most advanced production bike on the planet... In Bemoto’s parallel world, Suzuki’s RG250 Gamma lives on!
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Our minds were blown when we came across Gary Parker's Suzuki RGV500 special at the MCN Festival. The show featured a huge array of amazing machinery - the classics, the bikes ridden by the legends, the 2-strokes, the latest and greatest. However one bike really stood out...
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Suzuki revealed their much-anticipated update to the GSX-R1000 last year in the form of a ‘concept’ and although we love it, we suspect that in a parallel world there’s already an edgier, more MotoGP version in existence…
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The original BMW R5 was one of the influential 'sports' motorbikes of the late 1930s and to mark its 80th anniversary BMW Motorrad teamed-up with custom bike builders Ronny and Benny Noren to produce the R5 'Hommage'...
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It’s not very often you get an invite to ride a selection of brand new Ducatis on the road, followed by a couple of sessions on a Panigale 1299S at one of the UK’s best circuits, but that’s exactly what Ducati UK have just done in a promotion called “Panigale Trackstar"...
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Turkish custom bike builders ‘Bunker Customs’, based in Istanbul and run by brothers Can and Mert Uzer have created something eye catching and practical with this 80’s tracker style XSR700...
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There’s a new Fireblade coming. Will it look anything like our exclusive CGI? Fingers crossed for a single-sided swingarm, sleek RC8-esque faired-in exhaust system and some drilled holes for old times’ sake...
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You’ve booked your place, you’ve done a couple of trackdays before but the nerves are kicking in and you’re on track tomorrow. Don’t fret, here are seven tips you may not have heard of before from a seasoned trackday goer...
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Harley loves head… Flathead, Panhead, Knucklehead, Shovelhead, Fathead, Blockhead… You get the gist. And then there’s the Glides… Endlessly customizable (US English) and capable of consuming all of your spare time and money...
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Every few years, there has to be some new bike tech for us to get excited about. It's been the same since forever. Some of these leaps forward are genuinely great, and have changed biking. Some – not so much. So what category are gas forks in?
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Over the years there have been a number of engine configurations of the 250cc Sportsbike, powered by both two-stroke and four-stroke engines. The two-stroke 250cc Sportbikes were always powered by twin cylinder engines and all four-stroke incarnations were originally in-line 4 cylinder screamers...
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The 750cc Sportsbike can be traced back to 1969 when Honda introduced the CB750; it was a revolution, featuring an in-line four-cylinder four-stroke engine producing a claimed 67bhp and capable of hitting a top speed of around 120mph...
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With a magazine career spanning RiDE, Bike and Performance Bikes, Kar has not only designed some of the UK’s most popular bike magazines over the last 20 years but written for them too...
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Yeah, yeah, we know what the grown-ups say. Wheelies: they're not big and they're not clever. Anyway. Done properly (on a closed road or track naturally), wheelies are a very fine test of a bike's performance...
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Despite a relatively short-lived four year production run the Suzuki Katana had well and truly left its mark (the styling cues can still be seen on some of today’s line-up) and has even been resurrected many times in limited numbers. We think that somewhere out there, Suzuki are still building them and they might just look like this...
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Bought in 2003, Lyndon has been slowly bringing the bike up to date with carefully selected modifications, starting with an Ohlins steering damper then snowballing from there – he’s a self-confessed SP-1 obsessive. “I collect anything SP-1 related and have a collection of stuff including a laser-etched paperweight"...
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You’ve got a pristine bike in the garage but you’ve also got the trackday bug. The sensible thing to do would be to buy a trackday bike that doesn’t risk your pride and joy but will hold its own in all groups on the day. The good news is there are bargains to be had if you’re after a bike that’s mechanically sound but features the odd battle scar...
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In a market dominated by the four-stroke motor, it’s easy to forget that big strokers once roamed the roads, leaving beautiful plumes of smoke in their wake. Originally created for Performance Bikes magazine, this virtual RD500 CGI gets a BeMoto update for 2016...
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The bike that kicked off the 600cc Sportsbike sector, also known as 'Supersports', was the Kawasaki GPZ600R (also named the Ninja 600). The GPZ600R was launched in 1985 and was the first of the breed....
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