engine designer from the 70s until the 90s and an absolute legend in engine design. His firm, Oral Engineering, was largely responsible for the BMW prototypes.Rumours were that the first generation 990 was simply too heavy and too slow to be competitive

your pillion!Iridium VisorsLike step haircuts, Global Hypercolour T-shirts and Soda Stream; these were cool at the time but best left in the ‘90s.Scooter BlanketsI’m all for encouraging more people onto two wheels, but not if they look like this. If you

-TRACK, OR DO YOU RIDE ANY ROAD BIKES?I have an old BMW R80GS from 1981. My dad has always loved BMWs and was a BMW dealer. He has 15 R80GSs and also an R90S, an R50 and an R23. A collection, almost a museum, at home. A few years ago I found my R80GS bike

a long underslung oil sump, and pressed-up crankshaft with one-piece connecting rods and roller big-ends in place of the E90’s one-piece shaft and shell-type bearings. Another new addition to the AJS team for '52 was New Zealand star Rod Coleman

ADVENTURE biking is all the rage nowadays – so say the sales figures. Well, at least, buying adventure bikes is in. But, as intrepid travellers have flitted across the globe on everything from C90s and Vespas to GSs and Africa Twins, what really

. The GSX-R750 did an awful lot to put the Suzuki name on the map in the 80s and 90s, and that same Suzuki person will throw in words like 'passion' and 'brand strength'. But is it simpler than that? Is there simply someone at Suzuki who recognises that a

appeal. But perhaps they never rode one. With its outdated styling, Kawasaki never really bothered to update the weighty, Starship Enterprise look but, frankly, they didn't need to. Since the mid 90s, there's been no shortage of slithery, sporty

with and beating all of the best riders in the world regularly. I was finishing on the podium at 19 and kept finishing on the podium in three decades - the 70s, 80s and 90s. I'm proud of that.Who's the best you've been up against? And you can choose me

It's an age-old internet debate: 100bhp is all you need.If you live in France, it's all you're allowed. The 100bhp limit was introduced there in the '90s and it's still going strong today. Well, strong in a restricted kind of way.The Hype

the years some firms have refused to fall into line and created machines that were defiantly different. Here’s our not-at-all-definitive list of ten of the strangest.1: Gilera CXAS the 1980s turned to the 90s, single-sided swingarms were very much in fashion