the bullet train up to Sugo where we ride the bikes on Thursday then on Friday we fly down to the very southern tip of the island for a Honda factory visit, then it’s back to Tokyo by plane for a day at the Honda museum and some sightseeing.I’ll report back

.One of the World's leading advocates of Pulse-jet technology is a crack pot Kiwi inventor who can be found at www.aardvark.co.nz/pjet. This guy in the video seems to have not only successfully packaged the pulse-jet into a two-wheeled solution but his finishing

being the most obtrusive and 1 being no guarantee that you wont flip yourself like a cheese omelette.We were told to accelerate from rest, shift up to second and pitch the bike into a tight left hand turn that opened out progressively. The aim

ON OUR recent trip to the Bosch test facility in Germany, their boffins teased us with news that they're developing an ABS system that works when the bike is leaning and turning. Their very neat and compact SU-MM5.10 lean angle sensor is capable

-absorbing inner shell and a hard, fibre-glass laminate or ABS outer shell to resist hard impacts and abrasion.From leather or sheepskin helmet caps at the turn of the last century helmet technology slowly progressed to cork covered in leather. Using tree bark

Hello from Brands Hatch. We’re here to ride the range of Bimotas and meet the new UK importer.Just got off the new Tesi and I have to admit that it felt nothing like I expected it to. It steers and behaves pretty much like a conventional sports bike

tyres to test as well. The scrape marks at a few of the corner are testament to the lack of grip from earlier in the week. We suspect this is the track surface's fault - not Bridgestone's.As the owner of a 2011 Blade this year I was keen to find out

Honda have always had great faith in the V-4 layout and there’s no denying that it’s been responsible for powering some great bikes over the past three decades.NR 'Never Ready' 500 race bikeTheir first attempt at V-4 victory was possibly best

. The price will be announced sometime soon. Whatever it costs it will be an effective insurance against damaged body panels, flattened silencer cans and missing footrests… and what price is your life?You can read Mark Forsyth's full review in the next issue

cars were chopping me up. Then I remembered that my bike is fitted with LED lights in the front of the wing mirrors. Honda claim it’s part of their ‘face recongnition’ technology. Apparently human beings are programmed to sit up and take notice