BIKES don't have roofs. They don't have roll bars or crumple-zones either. But for some reason there seems to be a never-ending supply of inventors out there with grand schemes to revolutionise motorcycling by adding some car DNA to bikes.The latest

Before attempting to pick the bike up, check that you’re not hurt. With the adrenaline flowing like WKDs on a hen do and your brain a mess of confusion, shock and anger, it’s easy to overlook a bone poking out of your Levis. It goes without saying

This will peak the interest of fans of the anime film and manga series Akira, a cult piece of science-fiction set in a dystopian Tokyo and featuring biker gangs (watch a bike scene here) and psychokinetic powers. A Japanese fan has built his own

the production company approached BMW instead. The Long Way Round TV series promptly became a global smash hit, a marketing company’s dream and subsequently had enormous impact on the worldwide sales of BMW’s GS range of bikes.“In an ideal world we would have

WE'VE been avidly following the progress of Boxx Corp's suitcase-style bike from its original patent and now the finished product has been released.The electric bike is just a metre long and has a top speed of between 28 to 35mph with a battery

WHAT HAS TRAVIS Pastrana been up to now? The multi-talented stunt monkey has been busy converting a standard FMX bike into one that can run on DC shoes. Why? We don't know, but check out this vid, it's typical off-the-wall Pastrana.

Court Motorcycle Show, the Commando was launched to rapturous acclaim. Could this be the saviour of the British motorcycle industry in a time where the Japanese were beginning to come to the fore? The mass-produced 100cc bikes that the Japanese had been

HARLEY-DAVIDSON has converted its modern (loosely-speaking) Cross Bones into a replica WW2-spec Harley for the new Captain America movie.And it looks like it's not the only bike in the film – check out this “making of” video to see more.

GOODWOOD has on display some of the world's greatest racebikes, many have won world titles in the hands of racing legends. But unlike most museum pieces you'll hear the bikes start, run and sometimes crash at Goodwood!Hugo Wilson...a Classic Bike

-forward thing that arrived in the 70s when we thought bikes were suddenly all about to sprout roofs? Never quite happened did it. Or how about when turbos were all the rage back in the 80s and bikes like the CX650 Turbo (which, incidentally weighed about as much