Well known calendar company FastDates recently put on a motorcycle meet to, presumably, celebrate the launch of a new calendar (although we thought they were best launched at the start of a year). Still, we'd buy any excuse to put on a biker meet

I've seen some dogs on bikes before but this one wins hands down. This is Smudge the biker dog. She's clocked up 11,000 miles on a bike with her owner Rob Fuller. She's been to 7 different countries and according to her owner, can bark in 7 different languages..It takes all sorts...

You can meet Foggy at the Hein Gericke Glasgow store this Saturday from 1-5pm. The World Superbike legend will be launching an X-lite 801 replica of his famous lid. Although, we thought the one he wore when riding was made by Shark, but anyway, that

YOU MAY NOT have heard of Motus, but the American company is developing a new sports tourer and has its sights set on the established Japanese manufacturers.Motus' new motorcycle is called the MST-01. The Alabama-based firm have teamed up with Katech, an established engine manufa...

Nice video of bike builder Shinya Kimura shot by Adam Richards..

I've just been sent this press release about a new Cigarette Racing (that's the boat co.) Ducati Edition boat. It's nice looking, for sure, but do you really need Ducati logos splashed everywhere when you've forked out on a boat that's probably not going to give you much change f...

In the 848 Challenge race series you're allowed to run 135bhp. I had my 848 on the dyno last week and it's putting out 120bhp, so - as you can imagine - I'm on a quest to get this sorted.I've currently got Termignoni end cans, but stock header pipes. As I'm running an older 848 a...

Yamaha have proved once again that all-black bikes never fail to please, this is the Japan-only R1 supplied to you by Yamaha if you're going to be racing in the All-Japan Superbike Championship. So that'll be none of us getting one of these, then.The good news: you can choose bet...

A cluster of original RC30s on display at the Intermot show in Germany.The one in the middle had a square headlight, not the dual round ones we're used to. From a quick search, it appears that's what the Swiss got and frankly, they can keep it.  It looked exactly like an NSR250 M...

So me and my long-suffering girlfriend headed to Cadwell Park for the weekend. "Think of it as a weekend away camping, with a little bit of bikes" are the words I used to sell it to her. Four days at Cadwell: you forget how much time this racing lark sucks up.I'd made a couple of...