surges in motor bikers having a work bike and a separate machine for weekend use.According to the survey, 65% were living for the weekend, owning a separate bike just for use on Sundays.In addition, over 90% of those Sunday bikers surveyed had chosen

Unfortunately, The George White branch at Slough has closed which means the sales, clothing and servicing departments are all gone.I got to know a few of the guys there as they're local to me and helped put my 848 Challenge bike together.If you used

. Looks like an interesting idea, but you can be pretty certain we'll never see anything like it appearing from BMW themselves. The firm has already suggested that while it would like to use the six-cylinder engine in other bikes, its high production cost

AS BIKES go, they don't get much more off-the-wall than this. Details are thin at the moment but from what we can gather, this bike is a custom made frame, using a modern BMW shaft-driven rear end and a Suzuki front-end. The all important part

VECTRIX are a little-known manufacturer of electricity-powered bikes, but they've got big ambitions for the future.Vectrix already produce an electric scooter with a top speed of 62 mph and a range of 68 miles from its 125 Volt NiMH battery

Conservative aides called in a hire-bike, which whipped the party leader across the City's rush-hour traffic to meet the world's most politically powerful man.Wonder if the pilot used a few bus lanes on his way to the presidential meeting?

TWO motorcycle thieves have each been jailed for two years and eight months after admitting selling stolen bike parts on the internet.Seamus McGlynn, aged 26, of Thamesmead, Greater London and Paul James, 33, of Erith, appeared at Southwark Crown

MAYOR OF LONDON Boris Johnson asked demonstrators to "Stop this protest" after he was caught up in yesterday's weekly 'No to Bike Parking Tax' Wednesday breakfast run demonstration.It's alleged Johnson, who was cycling through the traffic gridlock

THE 2011 Kawasaki Z1000SX - which has gone on official display in Cologne, touted as a modern day useable superbike - features a 128bhp, 1043cc inline four-cylinder motor.Using the same cast alloy frame as the comppany's Z1000 naked, the machine

Perhaps it's a sign that the economy is on the turn, but we're reporting on more new bike firms than bankruptcies at the moment – which makes a change.The latest is German start-up ZP Moto, formed from the ashes of MZ. Based in MZ's hometown