RIDE SAFE UAE promoting safer motorcycling!
If the UAE becomes a much safer place for motorcycles due to a consistent and sustained focus on safety and awareness we would expect to see an increase in people taking up motorcycling for leisure and commuting. The knock-on effect of this will benefit the entire motorcycling community from the riders to the motorcycle retailers, training schools, equipment providers, garages, biker cafes, tour companies, motorsport, insurance firms,...
First of Its Kind
Triumph is the largest motorcycle company in the UK today and it’s no surprise why. One after another, an array of desirable motorcycles keep rolling out of the factory and more so over the last few years. Whatever it is that they’re serving at the factory pantry, they better cook a lot more of that. 2017 has seen Triumph...
Bella Figura – MV Agusta Brutale 800
For those who consider motorcycle design to be art, the first brands that comes to mind will most likely be MV Agusta. In the motorcycling world MV Agusta is what Lamborghini and Alfa Romeo are to the car world. Generations of riders have come and gone who can’t stop going gaga over how stunningly beautiful MV’s designs are. I...
Motorcycle Art
Meet Pablo Franchi, a passionate artist, mechanical technician and architect; who started drawing when he was still in high school and uses his skill to sketch motorcycles. He always loved engines and still to this day; enjoys the smell of engines, the grease on his hands and the satisfaction of taking machines apart and putting them together. If you ask...
Custom BMW R80 Cafe Racer By ROA Motorcycles
Identity is significant. We preserve our identities as we all are different from each other in some or the other way. It's the same thing with motorcycles. Enthusiasts, like you and I, like to name our machines. For others, it might sound absurd but for us, it strengthens the bond with the machine. In today's world, custom-built motorcycles are...
What It Means For Me To Be A Motorcyclist?
Last issue you heard me say what I believed it means to be a motorcyclist. In this issue, I'm going to get a bit more specific and tell you what it means to me to be a motorcyclist, being a teenager in the early 70s and growing up through this era. This was a time where every kid had...
Useful Motorcycle Hacks!
We found this very interesting video on top 5 motorcycle life hacks and want to share them with you... Which one would you use? and any other useful hacks you can suggest? Video credit: FortNine
The Road Is The Destination
Swapping chrome for black and powered by the muscular Milwaukee-Eight 107 engine, the new Road King Special motorcycle pushes Harley-Davidson’s touring line in a dramatic new styling direction, expressing a contemporary perspective on the classic Road King model. “The Road King Special pounds down the boulevard like a gleaming locomotive rolling through a train yard at midnight,” said Brad Richards,...
Time Traveller. The 2017 R nine T Scrambler.
When BMW first announced the R nineT back in 2014, all of us who follow the world of motorcycling knew that the Bavarian giant had just opened the floodgates for custom bike builders. This new retro styled roadster was simply a blank canvas for customizing. However, it looks like BMW Motorrad had their own design team trying to take...
Raising The Bar
When BMW Motorrad dished out the RnineT, everyone took notice, especially the custom builders. No other motorcycle has received such attention since the café racer scene picked up over the last few years. This modern classic has the perfect base and the retro charm to please most schools of thought and over the last few years we’ve seen some...
Blade Runner
Kawasaki wants to make it easier for you to ride faster, that’s the main theme of the ZX-10R. With two WSBK titles to their credit in the past three seasons, Kawasaki has certainly managed to make their race riders go faster and the company has tried to add all the possible learning from racing onto the ZX-10R. Born on...
One Life, Live It
Let me start by assuring you that nothing in this article is made up or exaggerated. The story you are about to read will touch your heart, no matter how much of a hard-boiled motorcyclist you might be. This is a true story of a man who started from literally nothing and went on to achieve his dream and...
Guzzisti Arabia
Moto Guzzi World Club; is the official Moto Guzzi owners club which unifies and directs all official Moto Guzzi clubs around the world. It was established in 2002 by Moto Guzzi and is headed by its president Mr. Mario Arosio. The headquarters of the club is based in the Moto Guzzi factory in Mandello del Lario, Italy, where all...
Flower Power
I’ve been so busy riding motorcycles these last few years, I’ve barely had time to give scooters a thought. For a while, I even forgot they existed. Let’s be honest, how often do we see one on our roads here? Even the delivery motorcycles are, well, not scooters. The thought of riding a scooter came back to my mind...
Limited Edition, Unlimited Potential
In August 2017 Yamaha will introduce two limited edition enduro models to complement the company's current off road competition line up. These specially developed enduro race bikes are inspired by the Outsiders Yamaha Official Enduro Team factory machine that took Loïc Larrieu to 3 overall in the 2016 E2 World Enduro Championship, and secured an Enduro GP class victory at...
The Return of the King
One’s got a reputation to uphold, especially when it says something like - The King of Sportbikes. No doubt the tag is big, but when you have the kind of credentials the GSX-R line has had for the last 15 years since its launch, the job becomes a wee bit easier. While others with such achievements would rest on...
Garage Dreams
Sitting on an upturned cinder block in their garage and flipping through the pages of motorcycle magazine, molding every part and particle of whatever fancies them in their mental garage. This is not a unique scenario. Customisers, when they are not customising, spend their time imagining what can be done to existing bikes. Yamaha’s Yard Built program seeks these dreamers...
Beauty In Simplicity
The Himalayas, a daunting yet extremely appealing landscape for die hard motorcyclists. The ride from New Delhi to Khardung-La, the highest motorable road in the world is considered by many to be a motorcycling pilgrimage. Having done this route in various capacities over the last decade, I can assure you that riding here is no walk in the park....
Dubai’s Pinky Racer
There are two types of people in this world: those that talk about it and those those go out there and do it. Our girl Sabah Mukri is most definitely the latter. With a racing career spanning over just two seasons she has managed to gain the backing and respect from renowned motorcycle related outfits such as Vendetta Racing,...
Let the Imagination Ride
Christian von Koenigsegg was just five years old when he watched the Norwegian stop motion animated movie Flåklypa Grand Prix. The protagonist in the movie is a bicycle repairman who builds his own racing car. And that’s it! Little Koenigsegg now had a dream - to build his own racing car. A moment of inspiration and the rest we...