Make or Break? Suzuki GSX-R600 SRAD. “Oh cool, it’s an S-RAD” When manufacturers come up with these acronyms I wonder if they ever realise how people will end up saying them? Suzuki Ram Air Direct, a fancy way of saying…
“Am I too young to own a modern retro?” Z900RS vs Katana Sportsbike Britain is dead, may she rest in peace. I stopped being interested in riding sportsbikes a long time ago, though I can admire the leaps in technology…
Flogged it Friday! Yamaha R1 4XV screen. “Why are people buying standard screens again?” Any new motorcycle is a blank canvas for the owner to take and put their mark on. Some people do this at point of sale, buying…
Make or Break? Kawasaki ZX9R E. “It’s the 90’s sportsbike that history forgot” The Kawasaki ZX9R, never really got the attention it might have deserved. The first B models were big heavy brutes, they had the poke alright, but struggled…
Flogged it Friday! Triumph Daytona 600 2004. “It was mint before the crash.” Not every bike that gets crashed ends up in the yard to be broken. Some bikes that have been written off and given a Cat N classification…
Despair Shop 37 – Teaching an old dog new tricks. Picked up a pretty grubby ZX6R A1P the other day – one of the 636’s. Scruffy but I could see potential and it wasn’t dear. All I had been told…
Make or Break? Suzuki DR600. “That’s not your usual type of stock?” Agreed. I am not a massive fan of off road style bikes, they are often very poorly maintained and tend to get ragged about lots, usually resulting in…
Flogged it Friday! Yamaha YZF750 Frame. “That looks light” Yamaha had a good run with their Deltabox frame technology. Born from their 500cc GP race bikes and endurance racers of the 80s, it filtered down to street bikes that any…
First seen in 1946, Watsonian’s lightweight Prescott sidecar has been given a new body shell for its 75th birthday. Initially made using a batch of surplus RAF Mosquito reserve fuel tanks, subsequent versions were produced in fibreglass, using a mould…
I thought I had finished work on the Triumph but when I put the LED side lights in the mudguard bracket they somehow didn’t look right. I had a think about it and made a couple of brackets to position…
