Endgame begins for manufacturers

Regular readers will know I take a gloomy view of the current economic situation and expect things to get considerably worse, before they get better.
There are many reasons for this, but the short answer is that the fraud – and repackaging a bad debtor loan as an asset is fraud – which has been encouraged [...]

Bike Show Girls Extra

Let’s hear it for the show girls. What would motorcycle show press days be like without them? A gay-fest basically…
Here’s Mabel and Clara from Milan last year, doing a great job..

Buell 1125CR is a step up

Rode the Buell 1125 Cafe Racer lately, which is really a kind of all-rounder, as it’s far too comfortable to be labelled a cafe racer. It’s another step along the road towards respectable performance biking for Buell.
The launch in Germany saw a small racetrack used, very twisty, couple of tricky hairpins and the new bike [...]

Honda’s `Stunning’ CBF125

Intermot has seen one of the most crucial Honda launches of recent years; the new CBF125 commuter machine.
Not impressed? Maybe, but this basic no-frills bike, with its disc brake, half fairing and sturdy 11bhp single-cylinder motor is a modern day successor to the C90 Cub. It is also set to make Honda an absolute fortune in the EU [...]