Motorcycle reviews

Bimota Tesi 1D

Bimota is a wild card in the motorcycling world. Since 1973, the Rimini-based company has been delivering the weirdest and wildest machines,…

Yamaha XT600Z Ténéré

In the late 70s, ‘dual sport’ or ‘enduro’ style bikes with long-range fuel tanks were starting to attract attention in Europe. In…

GG Quadster

I can’t work out whether this is cool or not. But I bet it’s a blast to ride. Grüter + Gut’s first…

Touratech F 800 ScrambleR

Most motorcycle design is a compromise between function and form. To our eyes, vintage scrambler-style motorcycles have a head start: road bikes…

Sommer 462 Diesel

Diesel motors have never really caught on in motorcycles: most have abysmal power-to-weight ratios. But the German company Sommer has been plugging…

Honda CB450S

Everybody knows Honda’s long-running CB series of motorcycles—and their potential for being turned into cafe racers. But one of the lesser-known variants…

Honda GB500 TT

Tomorrow sees the start of the Isle of Man TT2009. When casting around for a motorcycle to connect with this legendary event,…

1967 Bultaco Sherpa T Model 27

When the Spanish motorcycle manufacturer Montesa withdrew from racing, disgruntled former employees formed Bultaco. The new company quickly found success in trials…

Peraves MonoTracer

#41 in Time’s Best Inventions of 2008 was the two-seater Peraves MonoTracer from Switzerland. Peraves’ previous attempt at a ‘cabin motorcycle’, the…

Bimota Tesi 3D

Bimota showed a new variant of the extraordinary Tesi 3D at the EICMA show this year. The usual red-and-white Bimota signature colors…