Last month’s little ditty on on-road two-stokes was just the start. And while we love us some asphalt action, there’s...
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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 TV show 'Stories of Bike,' launching in 2021.
Easy Rider. Motorcycle Diaries. World’s Fastest Indian. These same old, same old movies always seem to be included in top...
The picture I’ve placed above is an interesting one. For those not in the know, it’s an image from the “MotoGP Lean Angle Experience.” Long story short, it allows regular punters like you and I to experience what it’s like to lean at a purported 64°, just like our collective...
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...
It’s all too easy to spend your days surfing the web looking at amazing and priceless old motorcycles with a “coulda, shoulda, woulda” attitude. Yes, that Brough Superior SS100 is now worth a gazillion dollars and you can’t afford it. But you know what? There was a time when they...
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...
At first glance, reviewing motorcycles and riding gear for a living may seem like a bit of a dream job. You can probably imagine an all-expenses-paid trip to some sunny location just for the sake of riding brand new bikes along some exciting stretch of road. Heaven on two wheels,...
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...
You can bet your bottom dollar that somewhere out there in the motorcycling afterlife, alongside the likes of Burt Munro, Evel Knievel, and Rollie Free, there’s a very cool, very happy-looking Terrence Stephen McQueen from Beech Grove, Indiana still getting his kicks and talking smack with the best of them....
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...
So, just how much do you know about T.E. Lawrence? Who, you ask? And as you do, the long dead legends of motorcycling like Burt Munro, Evel Knieval, and Steve McQueen all roll in their graves. See, without Tomas Edward Lawrence there’d likely be none of them to follow in...
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...
I don’t care what other riders tell you, or how they justify their moto purchases. They talk about horsepower and handling and technology. Spare me the flapping gums; it’s all about how they look—and how you look on them. Looks are the first thing you see when you see a...
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...
You know how the old song goes. “Mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun.” Well, we’re here to tell you that there’s a third category that needs to be added here – motorcyclists. And that’s because ever since ancient Greek soldiers realised that going into battle in...