Photo of the Week: Flamin’ 1290

Nothing like a sexy flame and smoke combo to end the week. This arrangement comes courtesy of Baron’s KTM 1290 Super Duke R, and a slightly ‘tuned’ Akrapovic silencer…  

RIDE: all-new bike game released

The motorcycling world has been crying out for a Forza/Gran Tourismo-type computer game, and Milestone (the creators of MotoGP ’14) is on the verge of releasing one. RIDE has direct involvement and backing from all the major bike manufacturers, and a few not so major, so that means over 100 bikes and plenty of modifications to […]

Crash, Bang, Bugger…

Racing is a bit like having a poo: push too hard and it’ll end in a bloody mess. I’ve spent 2014 racing in the Ducati TriOptions Cup alongside the British Superbikes, and on one fateful Saturday afternoon at Silverstone, my ambition far outweighed my talent. When you see P1 on your pit board after a […]

Yamaha XV950 Boltage Concept

There were lots of lavish techno queens unveiled at the Milan show but this retrosexual café racer concept from Yamaha also caught grabbed our attention. This is the handy work of the (unfortunately-named) Bender brothers from Germany. Raphael and Christian transformed a bog-stock XV950 into the Boltage as part of Yamaha’s ‘Yard Built’ program – […]

GANNET Kawasaki H2

  The internet is rife with shoddy renderings of concept bikes and innovative, bastardised stylisations, but there is the occasional gem: like this GANNET-https://area3.crowdifyserver.com/44shop/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/44Teeth-merch_CHARCOAL_HOOD_1.jpeged Kawasaki H2. The supercharged, trellis-framed monster blew everyone’s back door off when Kawasaki unveiled it in Cologne, and GANNET has added another flavour. Ulfert Janssen is GANNET Design. “The idea was […]