Bikes

It has been a busy year on the bike front with a broad cross-section of machine making the shortlist for...

BMW Motorrad's R 1200 R melds an old-school engine honed over almost a century with modern electronics. It works in...

Chinese firms resurrecting Italian motorcycle manufacturers has become a thing. First Benelli, now SWM. No, we’d never heard of them...

Honda has been making CBs for years, the letters signifying standard bikes. How does the rejigged CB500F LAMS machine fare?...

Two years ago Yamaha's MT-07 was the standout new entrant, and our BOTY. Now a retro machine arrives based on...

There's something rather exotic about a V4, particularly the noise it makes. We audition Aprilia's race-bred Tuono V4 1100 Factory...

Take one Indian Scout, add a pinch of power and bigger wheels, and you've got yourself a Victory Octane. Is...

It may look similar to the T100 but the new entry-level Bonneville is fresh from the ground up, including a...

It's back. Suzuki's SV650 was a sales hit around the turn of the millennium and now it makes a return,...

Kawasaki’s latest race-winning-est Ninja ZX-10R is a green gorilla and gentle giant rolled into one. We get to grips with...

There's a second Scout in the Indian family now. It looks and rides much the same as the original so...

BMW has enviable heritage in building flat-twin sport-tourers, and it shows in the latest R 1200 RS, forty years in...

In the past couple of years, Yamaha's Mighty Torque (MT) range has thrown up two Autocar BOTY winners in the...

Under KTM's guidance, Husqvarna is developing a range of road bikes, the first of which is the mad-as FS 701...

With its big quick-release screen in place, riding the Indian Chief Vintage is like being in a cone of silence....

We took a Moto Guzzi Eldorado on an extended weekend jaunt from Auckland to Gisborne and then home again via...

Learner bikes keep on improving and nowadays some of the LAMS bikes are good enough to be keepers long term,...

Honda's Africa Twin badge makes a comeback, only this time it's a 1000cc parallel twin. Is this your ticket to...

You expect harleys to roar but noise regs dictate otherwise. We ride Fat Bob with the little voice but you...

Past Tuonos have been a bit of a handful but in the latest revamp the electronics and indeed the entire...