Preconception: I'm off to California! Reality: Freezing SilverstoneWhat I learned: To think about my ridingThe California Superbike School has been around for donkey's years peddling the biking equivalent of Caribbean voodoo, but it still holds a

to make various versions of the Cali to suit different people and different budgets in a bid to emulate Harley's success of marketing over common sense. Don't blame them, either. So, this year you have the California Jackal Stone at one end of the price

MOTO GUZZI seems desperate to show everyone the new California 1400 individually without actually releasing much in the way of official pictures or information.Coming after the leaks from the firm's European dealer meeting a month or so ago, when

NOISY BIKES in California may be for the chop after the State Senate passed a bill to make it illegal to ride a motorcycle that doesn't meet the latest noise/emission standards.The bill, voted through on Monday with a 21-16 majority, will only apply

PIAGGIO'S dealer meeting didn’t just reveal the Aprilia Caponord – the Moto Guzzi California 1400 also made a second appearance, having first been shown at the same event last year.Now less prototype and more production-ready, the Cali clearly still

THE two new Moto Guzzis revealed a couple of days ago in low-res spy shots have been officially confirmed – and the limited information released with the pics shows we were right about the California's new 1400cc capacity.It appears the California

California Superbike School will be running a 2-day camp at Silverstone for the first time in the UK this August, offering riders a chance to enjoy extra track time while improving their skills in the art of cornering. Taking place on the all

An entirely fictional story of a man who built this entirely real motorcycle: Emigrated from Germany to the USA. Lost the German accent after 10 years. Started to make friends. Decided to build a cruiser and become a bad-ass biker. Couldn't fight German urges for efficiency, reli...

it in requires some skill, and preferably someone else's bike to bend.Which is where the California Superbike School comes in. More commonly known for its road racing schools, the supermoto school follows the same routine of classroom theory sessions followed

TWO MOTORCYCLISTS and their pillion passengers have been killed after a car ploughed into a group of bikers on a desert highway in California.Seven motorcycles were involved in the smash, which also claimed the life of a passenger in a car.Two male