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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...

To be honest, I don’t quite recollect how I came about discovering Claudia’s work but the thing that caught my attention was the use of watercolour. I’m not an art collector, neither can I tell the difference between a ten dollar painting and a million dollar painting but one thing is for certain, I do know a good painting...

The term ‘Cafe Racer’ seems to be increasingly prevalent over the last few years. You hear it at your local biker hang-out, coffee shops, garages and even from shots of Beckham for H&M. There is a generic description to these bikes, but in my eyes everyone sees them a little different. The dictionary definition is: A lightweight, lightly powered motorcycle optimized...

The days of men charging forward on battlefields and attacking their enemies on horseback are long gone. At the turn of the century, horses were replaced by modern machinery and motorcycles played a huge part in helping soldiers advance on the battlefields. Harley-Davidson has a long history of supporting the military, with both the products it has supplied and in...

How do you describe a man who is loved by so many? It’s tricky. It wont take you long to be mesmerised with Claude’s warm and welcoming personality. Those who know him have nothing but praises for him and there’s an admiration that hard to miss. It’s a biker-to-biker thing, which only bikers will understand. A legend in the Middle...

What is motorcycling? This is the million dollar question and there probably are as many answers to this as there are motorcyclists and mine is just one of them. Quite obviously any logical thinking person doesn’t need to use too much imagination or thought process to work out that motorcycling involves riding motorcycles. I think it's much more than simply...

Hello and welcome to my column and to the first edition of Bike Nation Magazine.The name GeeDad that's short for granddad. I was given that name by probably the only people on the planet entitled to and game enough to call me that. None other than my four beautiful grandchildren. That's right I'm a granddad and very proud of that...

At Bike Nation Magazine, we are always on the lookout for those who share a passion for custom built motorcycles. Our quest to find and showcase all the skilled motorcycle builders across the middle east led us to Mohammad Anwar Al Ameeri; AKA "Royal Builder". Al Ameeri started building bikes back in 2009 as a hobby and judging by his...

Harley-Davidson® Lebanon have just announced the first MENA regional challenge. And it's called the Riddle Hunt™. It is simply a day based on Riddles and challenges, mostly Full of Laughter. It's been locally perfected over 4 years. And now H.O.G.® Lebanon Chapter will absolutely guarantee that it is a day that participants will never forget. Due to difficult logistics of such an...

When it comes to Harley-Davidson, a lot of things never change. Maybe that’s a good thing, right? As a brand, Harley-Davidson represents a long-standing tradition and sells motorcycling nostalgia. The challenge it faces and one that it tackles beautifully well is that it balances those qualities with advancement and innovation. The Softail family of motorcycles is a result of...

The essential features of an adventure motorcycle; like a strong engine, tough chassis with long-travel suspension, upright riding position and wide handlebar ensure its usability whatever the terrain. This practicality has been key to the popularity of these machines: they’re easy to maneuver, comfortable and adaptable, and at home on the road whether touring mountain passes and highways or...

As a motorcycle magazine, Bike Nation is here to ride everything that has two wheels and tell our readers all about it. But what happens when something has three wheels and it’s still called a motorcycle? What if something like the Polaris Slingshot comes by? Well, we had a hard time making sense of this machine. Internationally and locally,...

Harley-Davidson doesn’t come out with a new engine very often, so when they asked if we wanted to borrow their brand new fresh off the boat Ultra Limited, we had a bit of a fist fight in office on who gets to ride it first. It’s not just the Harley fans that get excited; it’s the whole motorcycling world...

Let’s start with a bit of a history lesson here. Indian originally built the Scout from 1920 to 1949 and it went on to rival the Chief as Indian's most important model back in the day. A few years ago, Indian decided to re-image their most famous, innovative and versatile bikes with timeless craftsmanship plus performance, handling and pricing...

CHiPs; One of the most anticipated motorcycle movies of the year; will premier at 08:30 on March 28th at the Roxy Cinemas City Walk in Dubai. An action comedy written, directed by Dax Shepard. The Warner Bros film Stars Dax Shepard and Michael Peña as Officers Jon Baker and Frank “Ponch” Poncherello of the California Highway Patrol (CHP). In collaboration...