He isn’t as well-known as the Ducati Corse boss but Davide Baranas role is huge. He’s technical director at Ducati Corse, so he leads development of the Desmosedici MotoGP bike, the Panigale V4 Superbike and the MotoE bike. He joined Ducati from univ

I love it when a plan comes together. A positive response to my tentative Aussie bike-loan request from editor Deano saw two Yamaha Tracers turned over to us from the middle to the last day of February this year. Enough time for all the WorldSBK work

TROY HERFOSS has dominated the King of the Baggers field on his factory S&S Cycles Indian Challenger at Road Atlanta over 19-21 April, taking both race wins on offer to lead the championship from Kyle Wyman (Harley-Davidson) after three rounds. The w

It took me a couple of days to under stand the approach towards the all-new 2025 Scout platform. As the entry point to Indian’s range, in its various forms the Scout has accounted for more than 100,000 sales since its launch in 2015, which is more th

MotoGP is becoming more and more like Formula 1. The technological drive, the demand for knowledge and the importance of high-tech engineering solutions are much greater than before, which makes engineers more important. Engineers rarely changed fact

Before I get stuck into the new Suzuki GSXS1000GX, let’s look at its predecessors. I’m a huge fan of the GSX-S1000 nakedbike and the GSXS1000GT sports-tourer, both incredibly engaging thanks to their potent GSX-R K5 derived 999cc powerplant and their

After his well-deserved maiden WorldSBK podium in Assen, Aussie Remy Gardner talks about the struggles he's faced since being "discarded" by KTM after his learning year as a MotoGP rookie. Piaggio is celebrating its 140th birthday by producing the sa

THE NAME ‘ROCKET RONNY’ came from my middle name, Ronald, named after my grandpa. I’ve been called Ronny since I was a baby, then when I was four years old at my first demo motocross race, they called me to the podium as Judd Rocket Ronald Plaisted…

CAMERON PARK Raceway at Newcastle hosted the second round of the Fusport FIM MiniGP Australia Series over 13-14 April, with Judd Plaisted dominating the 160cc class for 10-14 year-olds and Levi Russo taking out the 190cc class for 12-16 year-olds. Pl

SUPER METEOR 650 ENGINE 648cc parallel twin POWER 34.6kW (46.4hp) @ 7250rpm TORQUE 52.3Nm @ 5650rpm WEIGHT 241kg (kerb, claimed) PRICE from $11,990 (ride away) NAVi ENGINE 109cc single-cylinder POWER 5.89kW (8hp) @ 7500rpm TORQUE 8.9Nm @ 5000rpm WEIG

Chinese newcomer Benda has already sprung several surprises as it has grown a broad range of cruiser-style bikes over the last few years but it’s set to make a push into the nakedbike market with this new 250cc V-twin. Honda managed to find a market