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Top 5 Motorbike Breakdown Callouts: RAC
it’s the time of year when many motorcyclists will be looking forward to getting on their bikes a lot more, whether to beat the traffic to get into work or leisure rides at the weekends. However according to new breakdown figures from the RAC it’s also an important time of year for bike maintenance...
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What’s it like being a Bemsee Rookie?
"Why don't you race" one of my mates said to me one day… and I thought do you know what, why don't I? I had been to around 6 track days prior to racing and was still not really up to race speed, but was told “you will learn as you go”… so I booked my first race weekend!
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SORN Bike Winter Wakeup
The mercury's finally crept out of the little bulb at the bottom of the themometer and the price of a trackday at Brands Hatch has risen above £80 for the first time in six months. Yes! It's almost the start of the riding season...
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This year’s buzz: Gas Forks
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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The Scooter
It was post WW2 when the Scooter really caught on. In 1946 the Piaggio Vespa was launched, instantly becoming a sales success and setting the standard, closely followed in 1947 by the Lambretta. The Scooter offered a very affordable form of transport for the masses...
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250cc-500cc Sportsbikes
Over the years there have been a number of engine configurations of 250cc to 500cc sportsbikes, 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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Low Capacity Sportsbikes (50cc-125cc)
A highly strung two-stroke makes very little power in the lower rev range with pick up often being very slow, however as soon as the revs of the engine hit the 'powerband' power comes in with quite a kick...
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750cc Sportbikes
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...