Motorcycle Features

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In the 1990s, cigarette sponsorship ran the world. Massive corporates, incredibly rich and powerful, went to war on the sidepanels and fairings of the fastest machines in the world. We remember a time when fag ash was king...

Gallery of the different paint schemes that coated the YZF750SP at the Suzuka 8hr event through the ages

There is a race twelve miles long, with 156 flat-out bends on a mix of tarmac and dirt. on any one of those corners, running off the track means plunging over a cliff and hitting rocks. We tackle the legendary Pikes Peak hillclimb

In celebration of the 30th anniversary of the BMW GS here is a pictorial look through the history of the big adventure trailie

In 2004 I had a Honda Fireblade, and very nice it was too. Then some lowlife scum decided to relieve me of it. Now, years later, the police have recovered the bike. What happened in between?

It’s no accident that Jorge’s giving the MotoGP establishment a run for their money. He’s packing five big guns in his armoury in particular. Here they are

A selection of legendary pictures from motorcycling past

After nine years waiting, Suzuki unveiled their all-new Hayabusa in 2008. Promising 198bhp and the fastest acceleration of any production superbike, we spoke to the team of people who put it together

When the compulsory helmet law came through in 1973 this man opposed it

From the Isle of Man to Silverstone via Donington Park, the story and the thrilling races that make up the history of the British Grand Prix

Riding with lights on, do they raise visibility or are they a nuisance?

The Z900 was a memorable moment in Kawasaki's history as one of the motorcycling milestones of the past fifty years

Where the idea originated with the ill-fated Honda CB400 Hondamatic

Six completely different people who completely unaware of they were part of a 90,000 cast of the British MotoGP at Donington Park in 2007

The new VFR1200 features Dual Clutch Transmisson, we investigate the benefits of it

...and some of the (maybe) too clever bits, like the ABS. Whatever happened to a front brake lever that gives you all the front brake?

Moulding matter with the force of passion. By means of this philosophy, MV AGUSTA creates its models following a commitment that starts from expert craftsmanship and materializes into the rational language of standardisation

In September 2009, Chris Carr set a new motorcycle land speed record of 367.382mph in the BUB Seven streamliner. And the shape of the fastest bike ever built was inspired by, erm... a fish. Here’s how it all happened

The two best superbikes on the planet: 2009 World Superbike champion Ben Spies’ Yamaha R1 and runner-up Nori Haga’s Ducati 1098F09. And the mighty James Whitham gagging to wring their necks at the spectacular Parkalgar circuit

German 250cc GP sensation Toni Mang upset the Honda applecart with a masterful display of riding

GSX-R. No other machine has had the impact on motorcycling in the last 30 years than those four letters have. But what has made the GSX-R so great?

So what if your motorbike is over 10 years old, it will still demolish a £150,000 supercar away from a set of traffic lights