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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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,...

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...

MotoGP champion Marc Marquez unveiled the 2017 RC213V during Repsol Honda's team launch in Jakarta. Can he relive the magisterial dominance of 2016 with this new bike? That remains to be seen, but for now we can take a look at what has changed and what has been updated. Overall, the bike remains true to the essence of the...

How much power is too much power? That is the question. Manufacturers are pushing the boundaries of technology and that’s resulted in riders getting access to insane amount of power available at the twist of a throttle. Will the horsepower game ever end? I doubt. As we progress from internal combustion engines to electric motors, the quintessential human tendency...

Let's look at what it means to be a motorcyclist and where motorcycling is going? This is a lot different than who motorcyclists are. If you want my humble opinion; and I'm thinking you probably do; motorcycling in its purest form is about you and the road and your bike; that's it. Everything else is just that “everything else”. But...

If you follow the custom-bike scene in the Middle East you would undoubtedly know of the Bikers Cafe Build-Off. Introduced by Bikers Cafe - Dubai in 2015, it showcased three amazing builders like Moto, 86 CYCLES and Deus Arabia. This exciting event paved the way for other budding-builders to throw their creativity into the mix and see what they can...

During the mid 1960’s, the Japanese dominated the UK motorcycle market. Japanese motorcycles were cheaper, more reliable and had modern styling. British motorcycles on the other hand; were still based on almost thirty-year-old engineering and technology and had dated and unappealing styling. This caused the majority of British motorcycle manufacturers to struggle and Associated Motorcycle Company (AMC); the owner...

It’s been 50 years since Burt Munro took his Indian Scout Streamliner to the Bonneville Salt Flats and made history – a story immortalised in the feature film, The World’s Fastest Indian, starring Sir Anthony Hopkins. This August, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Munro’s iconic land speed record, Indian Motorcycle is teaming up with Kiwi road racer Lee Munro,...

It’s in the Swedish character to let their work do all the talking, unless you happen to be the effervescent King Zlatan. Husqvarna is Swedish, actually was Swedish, before changing many ownerships and manufacturing sites, yet it still retains that Swedish essence even after a century of being in the business. It still believes in letting performance do the...

Harley Davidson recently held the international press launch for the 2017 H-D Street Rod 750 in Marbella, Spain, with Moto journalists attending from around the world in the weeklong event during the last week of April 2017. The press launch officially started with an informative presentation by H-D’s Styling Manager Frank Savage and Jeff Strunk from Motorcycle Product Planning who...

I recently visited Italy’s southern region of Apulia to participate in the official annual meeting of Moto Guzzi World Clubs and to represent Guzzisti Arabia in an unmissable and intense event and a ride across three uniquely scenic regions on my Moto Guzzi Stelvio NTX.   Despite it being in the middle of spring; the weather was quite cold, nearing zero...

Bikers Café will be celebrating its sixth year on the 6th of May and this year’s celebration will be even better and bigger than those in past years. Bikers Café; was founded by Khalid Bin Hadher; a motorcycle and automobile enthusiast. His aim was to create a gathering spot for bikers of the UAE. A space created for bikers by...

Any Cafe Racer rider will insist that there is no specific “right” way to build a cafe bike. Your bike is a reflection of who you are and your own personal styling. You can build it however you want. With this in in mind, functionality, style and innovation are essential. The way you style your build can make a...