Tag: Motorcycle History

BMW R 100 RS Ian Falloon When BMW released its ground-breaking R 90 S fifty years ago, it changed the ...

Ducati 900 Super Sport With Phil Aynsley Well, this bike is an icon indeed! The 1975 Ducati 900 Super Sport ...

Ducati 1098 With Ian Falloon Considering the 999 won the World Superbike Championships in 2003, 2004 and 2006, and was ...

BMW R32 With Ian Falloon Although BMW’s origins go back to 1913, when Karl Rapp established an aircraft engine factory ...

Rusty Bradley's Kawasaki H1RA With Phil Aynsley Phil wrote a column quite a while back on Kawasaki’s first 500 cc ...

Franco Ringhini 50 cc Racer With Phil Aynsley Franco Ringhini was an unusual combination of rider and designer who began ...

Ducati 999R With Ian Falloon The 999 replaced Ducati’s seminal 916 series for 2003. Pierre Terblanche was entrusted with the ...

Rickman Honda CR750 With Ian Falloon When Honda released the CB750 it set a new standard for performance and reliability ...

Norton Rotary F1 JPS With Ian Falloon Although some manufacturers expended considerable time and cost on development, the Wankel rotary ...

Yamaha YZR500 0WC1 With Phil Aynsley The 1990 YZR500 0WC1 was the bike that Wayne Rainey won his first 500 ...

Indian Chief 1947 With Ian Falloon Although the original Indian company folded as far back as 1953, few makes of ...

Triumph Hurricane With Ian Falloon Nowadays the factory custom is taken for granted as an integral part of mainstream motorcycling. ...

Suzuki GT750 With Ian Falloon Considering Suzuki’s success over the last thirty years with their GSX-R-series of four-cylinder Superbikes, it’s ...

Velocette Thruxton With Ian Falloon It’s difficult to imagine a contemporary motorcycle manufacturer introducing a new motorcycle arguably already thirty ...

The pinnacle of Triumph's Bonneville 1968-1970 With Ian Falloon A great wine, such as a Grange Hermitage or Chateau Lafitte, ...

Bimota DB1 With Ian Falloon During the 1980s Bimota had a reputation as one of the world’s leading specialist frame ...

1982 Kawasaki KZ1000-S1 Factory Replica With Ian Falloon Although Yvon DuHamel won the first "Superbike" race in the U.S., an ...

Honda CB1100R With Ian Falloon Honda has never liked losing, but during the 1970s they were forced to lick their ...

Moto Guzzi Gambalunga 500 With Phil Aynsley In 1946 the Gambalunga (Long Legs) was developed from the privateer’s Dondolino and ...

Ducati 175 Sport With Ian Falloon Although the 100 cc Gran Sport, or Marianna, was Ing. Fabio Taglioni’s first design ...

Moto Guzzi V7 Sport With Ian Falloon As Moto Guzzi entered the 1960s they could claim one of the finest ...

F.B. Mondial 160 Sogno With Phil Aynsley The products of the F.B. Mondial factory were almost invariably of a sporting ...

Ducati Mike Hailwood Replica With Ian Falloon It is now forty-five years since Mike Hailwood came out of retirement to ...

Magni 800 Filo Rosso Redline With Phil Aynsley A relatively recent addition to Magni’s catalogue, the 800 Filo Rosso (Redline) ...