It’s Curtains for stiff suspension. Many riders set up their suspension too stiff. Don’t take my word for it …...
The new Yamaha FJR1300A is a big-torquing sports tourer with a healthy dose of modern technology. While keeping the...
There is no replacement for displacement and you’ll buy the Yamaha Star Tourer (XV1900AT) just for its thumping engine. At 1854cc, or 113 cubic inches in the old vernacular, it’s the biggest V-twin in a production bike in the world. But rather than feeling like two rhinos bouncing on...
Learners really are spoilt for choice with Yamaha now dropping the price and raising the power on the Yamaha FZ6R....
The Yamaha MT-03 is the latest in a deluge of quality learner bikes hitting the showrooms since the laws on...
Yamaha YZF-R15: The quality of bikes coming from India will change the way riders think. The new KTM Duke 390 and the Yamaha YZF-R15 look and feel as good as models made in their native Austria or Japan. The same goes for bikes made in Thailand and other South East...
American Chopper may be axed, but Australian Bobber has taken over. Yamaha Motors Australia has developed a bobber kit for...
Yamaha Bolt is the new star in its “Star” stable of cruisers. The youth-oriented, stripped-down Bolt hits Australia in September 2013 at a...
The new Yamaha Bolt cruiser is expected to become the brand’s top-selling non-LAMS road bike with about 500 sales in a full year. The youth-oriented, stripped-down Yamaha Bolt hits Australia in September, at a very reasonable $11,999 for the base model and $500 more for the R spec. The media...
Yamaha has confirmed the MT-09 big-bore naked bike will be coming by the end of the year. It is one...
Yamaha Australia has just announced the pricing on their new bobber-style Bolt cruiser. The base model will cost $11,999 and...
Yamaha XV1300: Most cruisers are air cooled and low revving, but the Yamaha XV1300A and T (touring model) are delightful exceptions. And now Yamaha Motors Australia has increased the appeal with a new industry leading five-year warranty with unlimited kilometres. It covers all nine Yammie cruisers from the entry level...
The all-new Yamaha MT-09 naked bike has arrived at $10,999 (plus on-road costs). It promises to be a flexible weapon...
The “Masters of Torque” range has increased with Yamaha unveiling the Street Rally version of the recently released MT-09 895cc...
Yamaha has released images of not one, but five electric concept bikes to be shown at the Tokyo Motor Show next week. Electric bikes are big news at the moment with British sportscar maker Caterham announcing it is moving to motorcycles with the unveiling of two electric models at the...
Should the Yamaha Bolt youth-oriented cruiser have been made as a scrambler? READ MY BOLT REVIEW HERE If the Japanese...
The motorcycle world has changed in 2013 … For the better! Sports bikes are no longer the big sellers they...
They call day one of the Dakar Rally a shakedown, but the competitors certainly attacked it with vigour. Eventual leader of the first stage, Spaniard Joan Barreda Bort was trying so hard he even had a small crash on his Honda. He was followed by three-time winner Marc Coma on...
Rain delayed the start of the Dakar Rally today, washed away some Aussie hopes and dampened the Frenchman Cyril Despres’...
Dangerously high temperatures forced Dakar Rally organisers to cut short the fifth stage of the motorcycle leg today. Three-time rally...
The world’s most gruelling and dangerous motorsport event, the Dakar Rally, has again been marred by the death of a competitor. Belgian rider Eric Palante, 55, died on the fifth stage of the rally, but the cause of his death is not yet known. It was his 11th rally and...
At the half-way point of the 2o14 Dakar Rally with a well-deserved rest day there has already been a death...
The Dakar Rally entered Bolivia today, the 28th country to be visited by the famous rally since it started in...
Five-time Dakar Rally winner Cyril Despres finally put his new Yamaha on the top step today as Aussies also had their best finishing results. Rain slightly shortened stage eight to a still-lengthy 499km, but the riders had to avoid the world’s largest salt pans. Despres started third and soon reined...
KTM is moving closer to a record 13th consecutive Dakar Rally win after three-time winner Marc Coma clinched the ninth...
A few kilometres in sand or bulldust (fesh fesh) is enough to test any rider, but 688km was a true...
Falls by both leading contenders was the highlight of the 11th stage of the Dakar Rally today. Three-time titleholder Marc Coma (KTM) fell early, but did no damage or injury and won the gruelling 605km dunes stage to strengthen his overall lead. Joan Barreda Bort (Honda) was not so lucky,...
Yamaha has just made the TMax 530 scooter safer. Last year they made it lighter and more powerful. Now they...
Mechanical troubles sunk the hopes of Honda today, handing a likely 1-2 win to KTM, their 13 consecutive victory in...
Yamaha has unveiled the T7 Tenere concept based on the MT-07 parallel twin and it’s just the bike the XT660 Tenere should have been. It’s what Aussies have been crying out for since the KTM 690 Adventure was axed in 2010. The T7 Tenere was unveiled at the EICMA motorcycle...