Published on November 22nd, 2018 | by Eva Cripps
As the long warm days of summer draw closer, a certain demographic of motorcyclists are gearing up for another round of “Who can I blame this time?” when they inevitably crash. This pre-emptive misplaced culpability has... Read More →
Published on November 21st, 2018 | by Boris
PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOSH EVANS This cannot be right. It’s not a motorcycle. It’s dual front-wheel set-up offends my highly-developed motorcycle purity gland. How dare Yamaha even produce such a thing, then presume upon my purity by... Read More →
Published on November 6th, 2018 | by Boris
IMAGES BY NICK “IF YOU CRASH THIS IN THE WET THE PICS WILL BE REALLY SPECIAL” EDARDS / HALF LIGHT PHOTOGRAPHIC Right after the good people at BMW demanded I return the K1600B (B is for... Read More →
Published on November 3rd, 2018 | by Boris
IMAGES BY NICK ‘NO, I DO NOT HAVE A LENS THAT MAKES YOU LOOK LIKE ROSSI’ EDARDS / HALF LIGHT PHOTOGRAPHIC No-one builds sexier motorcycles than MV Agusta. What Massimo Tamburini created all those years ago... Read More →
Published on October 12th, 2018 | by Boris
I have lots of very good high-end motorcycle gear. It’s one of the benefits of working in the industry for so long. But while I have all the very finest off-the-shelf stuff, I have never had... Read More →
Published on September 14th, 2018 | by Boris
Because I am wrong-wired in so many ways, I spend most of my life in riding gear. Unless I’m going to court or watching the MotoGP on the couch (in which case I’m either wearing a... Read More →
Published on September 14th, 2018 | by Boris
I have never been much of a fan of backpacks on bikes – or, more to the point, on the rider of a bike. I’m somewhat old-fashioned like that. The horse carries the gear and I... Read More →
Published on August 30th, 2018 | by Boris
PHOTOGRAPHY BY GREG SMITH / Ikap You might know I’m a bit one-eyed about Speed Triples. I have owned four. I have loved them all with a passion. Even when one of them caught fire. When... Read More →
Published on August 14th, 2018 | by Boris
You may already be aware of the tent city the Australian MotoGP Corporation is erecting at the Phillip Island ractrack for the coming Australian round. I can barely contain my pride at this great undertaking. It... Read More →
Published on August 13th, 2018 | by Boris
PHOTOGRAPHY BY NICK EDARDS / HALF LIGHT PHOTOGRAPHIC The original Kawasaki Z1 is one of the most beautiful bikes ever made. And it will always be thus. An aesthetically almost-perfect creation, its proportions divine, its silhouette... Read More →
