Page 30, News from the world of motorcycles

Hinckley Triumphs went into production nearly 30 years ago, and the first generation were definitely built to last. A 1990s Triumph is still a lot of motorcycle for not too much money, as our buyin

Lee Thompson named the bike not from the “M” series but used “S” as not to state the credentials for a new engine and not detract from the original.

Yamaha RX100 is easily one of the most loved motorcycles on Indian roads. Despite being out of production for around two decades, the bike is still hugely popular among enthusiasts and custom bike

The Suzuki GSF400 — aka the Bandit 400 — had a 59-hp inline four derived from the GSX-R400, mounted as a stressed member in a trellis frame. Along with the slightly smaller GSF250, these “baby band

What was your intended objective when you started the build?I basically wanted to create a bike that was one of a kind… had some originality. I started out thinking about bu

Landmark. Watershed. Call it what you will, Honda’s 1983 V65 Magna marked a major departure in motorcycle design. For the first time, a Japanese motorcycle maker’s fastest, most powerful motorcycle

Honda is following its peers and rivals into the electric motorcycle segment. It will release four battery-powered bikes in the United States by 2025, but it's not giving up on gasoline-powered dri

If you ask me, the Supersport 1000DS is by no means the prettiest machine to come off Ducati’s assembly line, but it does score quite a few points in the handling department. Moreover, the Duc’s ai

A few months back, we visited Nitrocycles’ superb range to drool over a Suzuki GS850-based venture that looks seriously rad. Needless to say, the Testillano brothers and their crew are no amateurs

Sweden’s John Aaman builds a turbocharged, snow-going, fat-tire mini scrambler!

In a world where we throw around words like ‘svelte,’ the chunky Honda GL1000 hardly seems like a suitable prospect. Honda’s designers wer

This Jade 350 came in the Kott Motorcycles as a challenge to incorporate influences apart from the normal inspirations. The most important factors that define the stance are the upswept British han

Dirt bikes and motocross tracks make a great pair, and any biker would agree with this statement. Still, no biker can tell a bike's limits until it puts it under a trial of mud and jumps. But not m

Since Nick Sander's record-setting ride from Deadhorse, Alaska to Ushuaia Argentina and back in 46 days on his Yamaha Super Tenere, we knew this was going to be one bulletproof platform. Never leav

The concept of parallel universes may sound far-fetched, but who isn’t intrigued by the idea that there just might be a separate and unique reality just one plane away from our version of life? It

KTM is currently one of the most popular motorcycle brands in the Indian market, thanks to its brilliant range of low- to mid-capacity performance models. Motorcycle enthusiasts in India love to cu

The first successful naked bikes were launched in the 70s. There was a real battle between the four big Japanese (or big four if you like & brands in the naked bike market. Honda had their CB-serie

Ben and Dave live in the same small town in North Cornwall. Dave is an engineer for a local company and a keen bmxer, Ben an art and design teacher who was born into motorcycles.When they met, Ben

With over a million people following her motorcycle journey on the internet, there are few bigger stars in the Indian motorcycle scene than Priyanka Kochhar. Better known as BikeWithGirl, she’s one

Introduced in 2017, the KTM 790 Duke was the Austrian company’s first parallel twin, a 799cc naked middleweight that quickly earned the nickname “The Scalpel.” The engine boasted 105 rear-wheel hor