for the Japanese on road and track. The styling morphed and progressed and by the end the colour matched frame, black swingarm and altered front air scoops made it look good. Especially with a single seat adorned with white number boards.I admit that I have been

Give Arnie a black leather jacket, pump action shot gun, Harley Fatboy and some cracking one-liners and what do you get? The Terminator, that's what. And he will be back, oh yesNo one, and I mean no one, has ever looked harder on a bike than big

a matter of taste. It is an atavistic mentality, a peculiar mix of low style, high speed, pure dumbness, and overweening commitment to the Cafe Life and all its dangerous pleasures... I am a Cafe Racer myself, on some days - and it is one of my

How to ride a fast sportsbikeBy Nicky HaydenFeeling unequal to the task of hustling 180bhp? Worried about highsiding on the high street? Let Nicky Hayden talk you through the black art of riding very, very fastUniquely placed to offer advice

, etc.But it seemed, depressingly, like Triumph were making an old-styled bike for old men because that’s what the market has become. Old. I quizzed Triumph’s marketing people about this and they told me the classics market is an equal split between

guess but this ploy of getting a tyre to arouse me didn’t work - however the lady in the add campaign is a totally different story. Otherwise the tread pattern is of the same style if slightly elongated.Presentation over and it was on to the very chilly

. But fourvalve heads were on their way.BIKE OF THE YEARSuzuki’s GSX1100 wasn’t much to look at; its bland styling made worse by a strange headlamp nacelle. But boy, did it go — both on the straights and round the bends. Suzuki’s first 16-valve four made 100bhp

GarrigaMick DoohanMick Doohan is one of the greatest motorcycle racers of all time, conquering the 500GPs in the 1990s on the fierce Honda NSR. He was famed for his ultra-aggressive style and absolute disregard for pain and injuries, but after suffering

, the new beam frame is 118% stiffer than the old, bendy spaghetti thing it replaces.So what am I going to do with the Wing this year? Well, ride it a lot (obviously) to the South of France, fit some extras entirely in keeping with the GoldWing stylee

an hour of your life applying it, then shame on you.Matching KitAs Alan Partridge would say: UN. BELIEVABLE. There is no excuse. Surely the shop sold more than one style of outfit? Do these people order exactly the same food at a restaurant too? Control