Reviews

Anyone who thinks that Harley-Davidson does not have the technical ability to build a competitive adventure bike is not only delusional but downright dumb!...

Washing a motorcycle is the most basic form of motorcycle care and it’s also a vital step to keeping the paintwork on our machines...

Alongside MotoGP, WorldSBK racing showcases the very best in production superbikes. You can buy on Monday the machine that won on Sunday, and that’s...

As we all know by now, METALIZE is a South African designed brand that is dedicated to the development of a range of rider...

Over the years we have endured the rising cost of all our typical motorcycling kit. When it comes to helmets, which have to comply...

Aprilia is known for breeding thoroughbred sportsbikes—bikes that love their throttles wide open, where a flurry of revs meets corner speeds and a complete...

If you love your machine you’ll look after it, not just externally but internally. Now, we all have our own maintenance and care products...

As daily motorcycle commuters, we look for comfort, safety and style when it comes to wearing gear, and in this case boots. We know...

The modern factory streetfighter market is stacked with options, but few motorcycles can boast the iconic status of the Triumph Speed Triple. It's been...

Practicality, comfort, frugality and handling—those were the original ingredients that made the Honda NC recipe so great. The NC750X's all-round appeal and constant refreshes...

I am unashamedly a fan of Big Red. When it comes to Africa Twins, I have owned three over the years. A black and...

The exciting and oh-so-affordable Yamaha MT-09 made waves when it first appeared back in 2013. Now a few years down the line, the MT...

It’s only obvious, that the way you take care of your motorcycle reveals how much you love it. But, maybe you’ve been too busy...

This is not the first Triumph to wear the Trident name. In 1969, Honda stunned the world with its game-changing CB 750 Four. Sporting...

You can't escape Honda's mammoth legacy in the adventure riding genre, and you can't deny that their dual-sport bikes are consistently versatile and reliable....

Here at ZA Bikers, we follow the MotoGP race season like it's a religion—but what about those boring weekends where no racing happens? Or...

Does BMW Motorrad have a recipe crisis? If we look at their spread of motorcycles they have a mix of R, RR, RS, RT...

With 150 hp and a modern electronics package, can an American dual-sport machine threaten established adventure bikes from BMW, KTM, Honda and co.? Our...

I have owned over 340 motorcycles over the years, most of which utilised chains to transfer the engine power to the back wheel. Put...

We were privileged to crack an invite to the launch of KTM’s new Adventures at the beautiful Champagne Sports Resort, near Winterton, in the...

Our good friends at Henderson Racing Products, home to the METALIZE range of riding gear, tasked us with testing their ‘shorty’ glove range. If...

Scooters are slowly shaking off the bad rap they've had for so long. But they're still largely pigeonholed as commuters and city runabouts, and...

So, what exactly qualifies a bike as a Sports Tourer? In order to compare bikes, or measure them against their peers, we need to...

Four cylinders, 170 horsepower and more electronics than a premium car: with the new Ducati Multistrada V4, adventure riding enters a brand new dimension....

Let’s get one thing straight. This is ‘Guzzi’ like in ‘tootsie’, not Guzzi as in ‘cuzzie’. Mow Tow Gootsie. Ok, now that we have...

Mid-capacity naked bikes are perfect for beginners, commuters, or anyone that's looking for maximum bang for their buck. Our man in Europe managed to...

In case you haven’t noticed, you will know that motorcycles, like many other things, tend to have got rather pricey. If you are even...

This little 150 cc Hero Eco really interests me, it reminds me of the bikes that first tickled my fancy as a schoolboy, with...

Small capacity motorcycles are usually either affordable or good looking, but seldom both. That's where the Taiwanese manufacturer SYM comes in. We've been massively...

SYM’s smaller Wolf is almost identical to its 250 cc big brother. Styling is heavily reminiscent of Honda’s CB1000 R, even down to a...

The world at large seems to have become besotted with Super Heroes in recent years. I suspect that a wave of this ‘besottedness’ is...

The new Yamaha Ténéré 700 bears a legendary name—but does this much-hyped adventure bike live up to the legacy of the original 80s legend?...

The first Yamaha TMAX rolled out of the factory back in 2001—a 500 cc twist-and-go parallel twin with a sporty edge and practical features....

South Africa is a country where the best scenery is usually at the end of a gravel road, and the Toyota Hilux tops the...

I rode the littlest Ninja for the first time back in 2018. It was at the Pirelli Bike of the Year event, and the...

“Classic 600 cc sportbikes are dinosaurs,” say Aprilia. The Italian factory promises a brand new generation of fun, hassle-free and road-oriented sportbikes—starting with the...

Retro-styled helmets have been around for several years now. With a Triumph Street Twin in the garage, I've been tempted numerous times to buy...

The first time I saw the R 18 ‘in the metal’ was at the press launch of the new range of BMW 900’s. Our...

The release of Triumph's new Tiger 900 range was undoubtedly one of the hottest drops of this year. The previous-gen Tiger was (and still...

When Harley-Davidson released the Dyna Low Rider S four years ago, they knew something no-one else did: it was the last of its kind....

Today's adventure bike market is jam packed with options—but forty years ago, it didn't even exist. Sure, the Yamaha XT500 was around, but it...

Some die-hard petrol heads believe that anything that doesn't vibrate and make noise, isn't a 'real' motorcycle. If that's you, then you're probably not...

A few weeks before our national lockdown was announced, I managed to crank out 7,000 km on Dunlop’s high performance touring tyre, the Sportmax...

I took my Speed Twin into Triumph for its first service and arranged to have the use of their 1200cc Bobber Black for a...

More and more manufacturers are jumping on the small capacity adventure motorcycle bandwagon, in a bid to get new riders into their adventure boots...

Suzuki has always taken a particularly pragmatic approach to adventure motorcycling, this is reflected in their V-Strom heritage. They do not see any wisdom...

Whilst tantalising superbike fans with the mighty Streetfighter V4 and Panigale V4R, Ducati hasn't forgotten the cooler side of motorcycling. We can testify to...

If the 890 Duke is a "Super Scalpel", then the 1290 has got to be Thor, the Viking God of Thunders' hammer! What the...

Yamaha's first incarnation of the MT, the MT-01, was born in 2005—a holy matrimony between a 1,670 cc v-twin and a supersport chassis, that...

Editor's Note: Our good friend Braam Smit has recently taken the helm as General Manager of Ducati South Africa. He'll be piloting the new Streetfighter...