You have been tinkering with motorcycles since you were 12. You’re the go to Guy or Gal whenever anyone on your street can’t get their bike started and you fancy a career as a motorcycle mechanic. Let’s have a look at what you need to get into motorcycle mechanic school, how much you can expect …
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It doesn’t seem so long ago when you couldn’t drive two blocks without seeing someone on the sidewalk with an “Orange County Choppers” T-shirt or a “West Coast Choppers” sticker on the back window of a pickup truck. But something happened, and both the t-shirts and the candy-paint-and-chrome bikes themselves seem to have all but …
Producing a follow up to the ground breaking CB750 was always going to be an impossible task. However Honda set out to achieve it with the six cylinder CBX 1000, carrying on their tradition of ignoring the odds. How? By simply following the same formula that had worked before; more cylinders, more valves and more …
Honda CBX 1000 – Six Cylinder, 24 Valve 70s Super Sport Read More »
In 1986, a year after a thankful few got their hands on the fantastic GSX-R750, it was topped by the bigger and faster Suzuki GSXR 1100. More power from the larger 1052cc engine but like the GSX-R 750 it had the aluminium cradle frame, fairing, full floater rear swing arm and an air cooled four …
It is 1989 in Germany, the Berlin Wall has crashed down to the ground and BMW decided to produce the craziest motorcycle they had designed to date, the K1. It was a bold, futuristic design that reminded everyone why BMW was such a giant in the motorcycle industry. Without further ado, let’s take a look …
BMW K1 – Worlds First Sports Tourer Still Performs Read More »
The BMW K100, aka as the Flying Brick, is making a comeback as the go to bike for Cafe Racer custom builders. There’s more to this great Sports Tourer though and it deserves to be remembered for the ground breaking 1980s motorcycle it was. The K100 was the German marquees first shot at creating a …
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What is temporary motorbike insurance? A policy designed to fill a gap in the market for when a rider needs to insure a motorcycle for the short term. It can provide temporary bike insurance for as little as an hour and up to 3 months while offering the same standard of legal cover you would …
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When the Ducati 999 was released in 2003 the world wasn’t ready for the huge design change from the superbike’s predecessors. However, now the 999 is being viewed as the leap in V twin Ducati superbike design that it really was, so let’s take a look at how it started, how it performed and how …
Ducati 999 – A Currently Undervalued Italian Superbike Read More »
Whether you have swapped out the factory exhaust for a set of aftermarket pipes, given the bodywork a custom paint scheme or had the engine tuned, you should be aware you probably need to contact your broker and arrange modified bike insurance. Which Bike Modifications Effect Insurance Premiums? Most brokers will have a list of …
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The Suzuki RG500 Gamma, along with the Yamaha RD500LC mark the ultimate evolution of the two-stroke motorcycle. These mid 80s motorcycles are the pinnacle of what superbly performing two-stroke powered bikes could be. The Suzuki RG500 wasn’t just a race replica, it had the performance to boot and was closer to the real race version …
