Published on July 22nd, 2017 | by Boris
The last time I rode an MT-10 was last year. It made me a little bit crazy. I confessed to my madness HERE. It was a superb motorcycle. It inspired and delighted me with its sheer... Read More →
Published on July 14th, 2017 | by Boris
It would not surprise you to know I have been black-banned by Dorna. This has been the case for some time now. I’m not precisely sure what specific sin I committed against this august body (and... Read More →
Published on July 10th, 2017 | by Boris
I was once asked, long ago, if I thought I was Agostini. The bloke asking me had a gun, and was simultaneously booking me for speeding, overtaking on double-yellow lines, failing to indicate, failing to stop,... Read More →
Published on July 2nd, 2017 | by Boris
By Alan Moon Second opinion by Boris Mihailovic The years have been kind to the Yamaha FJR1300. I last rode one in 2006, and described it as a great mile-eating sports tourer that’s bad at nothing.... Read More →
Published on June 21st, 2017 | by Boris
Omnipotence is not knowing how everything is done; it’s just doing it. Alan Watts It’s far too easy to run out of superlatives in a review of the Rallye X, but we’ll see how I... Read More →
Published on May 30th, 2017 | by Boris
There’s a reason aliens like Antonio ‘Tony’ Cairoli have an Airoh helmet on their heads. It’s not quite the same reason I have one on mine, but I do understand what the attraction is. If you... Read More →
Published on May 29th, 2017 | by Boris
I learned several things on the recent Australian press launch of Royal Enfield’s Himalayan. The first of which is I have been pronouncing ‘Himalayan’ incorrectly my entire life. It is pronounced ‘h’mahl-yun’, rather than ‘him-a-layuhn’. So... Read More →
Published on May 20th, 2017 | by Boris
It was a visual paradox of galactic proportions. Outside Lilianfels, the most genteel, scone-rich, chintz-and-wallpaper pile of bricks in the Blue Mountains, stood a grim mechanical array of pure Austrian venom. This was the Australasian launch... Read More →
Published on May 14th, 2017 | by Boris
There is always a sense of occasion when you throw your leg over an MV Agusta. There’s just something about them, a certain, almost-lunatic je ne sais quoi that separates them from other bikes. I have... Read More →
Published on April 30th, 2017 | by Eva Cripps
The world has changed significantly since the advent of social media. Mad reports of rider heroics and daring adventures are no long simply shared among friends, verbally recounted in lavishly exaggerated details for years to come.... Read More →
