Review Summary The 2023 Yamaha YZF-R15M has a raft of racing goodies including a variable cam profile, quick shifter, slipper...
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“ Andrew was born and raised in Australia on a diet of CARtoons comics, farm bikes and far too many Mad Max movies. In 2009 he rolled his sleeves up and spent the next 10 years turning an anonymous Squarespace website into the popular Pipeburn.com custom bike blog. He now owns and operates Machines That Dream, a Sydney-based Auto and Moto Media company. Look out for his new coffee table book, “The Distinguished Gentleman's Ride - A Decade of Dapper” available on Amazon now.”
Review Summary The TMAX Tech MAX is Yamaha’s top shelf maxi-scooter with all the mod cons including primo suspension, a...
When I put my hand up to write a piece about EICMA 2022, I foolishly assumed that as with pretty much every year before, it would be like shooting fish in a barrel. Two-wheeled, internal combustion-powered fish. The fact that MIlan’s EICMA is where all the world’s biggest moto manufacturers...
Review Summary The 2022 Royal Enfield Scram 411 is a keenly-priced and very capable bike that’s light and heaps of...
Review Summary The 2022 Yamaha MT-10 SP offers ample power and tons of rider aides in a comfortable and eye-catching...
Next time you see some dinky little beginner’s bike, pit bike, pocket bike or el-cheapo Chinese knock-off that makes you chuckle thanks to it’s underwhelming features, poor build quality, or just plain lack of a single memorable trait to make it stand out from the crowd, take a moment to...
What’s that old adage about making something more attractive by telling someone they can’t have it? Well, if ever there...
Last month’s little ditty on on-road two-stokes was just the start. And while we love us some asphalt action, there’s...
Easy Rider. Motorcycle Diaries. World’s Fastest Indian. These same old, same old movies always seem to be included in top 5 lists of moto flicks like some Groundhog Day nightmare with bikers instead of weathermen. And while we’ve certainly written about the motorcycle from The Batman, or the bike from...
The picture I’ve placed above is an interesting one. For those not in the know, it’s an image from the...
If you’re a child of the ’70s and ’80s like me, your first experience of motorcycle ice racing will probably...
It’s just after WWI in sunny England, and you’re absolutely gagging to go motorcycle racing. In modern times, this sort of exciting activity is pretty well catered to in most western countries, but back then, things weren’t so developed when it came to going fast on a motorcycle. Sure, you...
It’s all too easy to spend your days surfing the web looking at amazing and priceless old motorcycles with a...
Whether it needs a simple fix like replacing the handlebars or a much more elaborate overhaul, rescuing a bike that’s...
While you could argue that all bikers have a little bit of crazy in them, anybody with a decent amount of riding experience under their black leather belts will tell you that there’s dangerous bikes and then there’s dangerous bikes. The first kind are any bikes with decent power. The...
At first glance, reviewing motorcycles and riding gear for a living may seem like a bit of a dream job....
It’s summer in 1915, and freshly famous motorcycle racer Otto Walker powers across the finish line at the Dodge City...
The 1970s and 1980s were a golden age for forced induction engines. Like shoulder pads in suits and mascara on men, turbos were the flavor of the decade. And for a while there, it seemed that if there was any way that manufacturers could bolt on a go-faster snail to...
You can bet your bottom dollar that somewhere out there in the motorcycling afterlife, alongside the likes of Burt Munro,...
Nothing gives you street cred faster than riding on the historical coattails of a famous brand. From China’s new MG...
Forgive me if I sound about 10 years old, but as a grown-ass man I still have my childhood obsession with weird and wonderful WWII vehicles in full effect. Be it their wild creativity, overblown mechanicals or straight-up ‘let’s cross our fingers and see if this works’ hopefulness, they still...
So, just how much do you know about T.E. Lawrence? Who, you ask? And as you do, the long dead...
All brands have certain challenges to overcome, especially the historical ones. Be it a poor marketing decision, failed product launches,...
Being flown all over the place to ride some of the world’s most beautiful motorcycles may seem like the stuff of dreams to many, but somewhat surprisingly, it ain’t. For all the delightful, chocolate-dipped, champagne-quaffing upsides, there’s an equal amount of responsibility and straight up bullshit that comes with it....
I don’t care what other riders tell you, or how they justify their moto purchases. They talk about horsepower and...
Like many teenagers in 1980s Australia, I was a willing participant in the Japanese rotary-engined street racer phase that swept...
The last week of March 2021 saw Triumph Hinckley announce ‘phase 2’ of their hush hush, cloak and dagger, top secret electric bike project. And unlike some other manufacturers who will remain nameless, it doesn’t seem to be all blue sky, smoke and mirrors. So should you get all excited...
You know how the old song goes. “Mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun.” Well, we’re here...