Retro

  • VIDEO: Jawa teases NEW 300cc roadster. Ahead of OFFICIAL LAUNCH later this week.

    VIDEO: Jawa teases NEW 300cc roadster. Ahead of OFFICIAL LAUNCH later this week.

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    Following on from a spy shot of Jawa’s all-new retro styled 300 which was doing the round on social media a couple of weeks ago, the Indian-based brand has just released a short teaser video showing the bike in action, ahead of its official launch later this week. The new 300 looks very close to…

  • SPY SHOT: Leaked image of Jawa’s new 300cc Royal Enfield-rivalling RETRO roadster.

    SPY SHOT: Leaked image of Jawa’s new 300cc Royal Enfield-rivalling RETRO roadster.

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    A photo of Jawa’s all-new retro styled 300 has been leaked on social media, ahead of the bike’s official launch in just over a weeks’ time. The new 300 looks very close to the Jawa’s of yesteryear – but it’s no classic machine. Production is no longer based in Prague, instead it’s being built in…

  • LAUNCH RIDE: Ducati Scrambler Icon (2019)

    LAUNCH RIDE: Ducati Scrambler Icon (2019)

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    WORDS: Carl Stevens // IMAGES: Ducati Europe With over 55,000 units flying out of Bologna and into the hands of riders around the World, Ducati really have nailed the whole Scrambler thing. So, with new Icon for 2019, we just had to and have a play… So, what’s new? Well for starters, aesthetically there are…

  • INTERMOT: New colours for XSR700 and XSR900 revealed

    INTERMOT: New colours for XSR700 and XSR900 revealed

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    Now, this is a nice scheme that’s going on the XSR700 (above) and XSR900 (below) bikes for next year. A mix of the firm’s thick horizontal red stripe with a black outline and a lot of silver finishing touches add to the overall retro theme and both models get red stitching on the seat. Expect…

  • Team Classic Suzuki shows this one-off GSX-R1000R in super cool colours

    Team Classic Suzuki shows this one-off GSX-R1000R in super cool colours

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    Team Classic Suzuki has applied its eye-catching and standout retro livery to the latest in Suzuki superbikes, creating a replica GSX-R1000R. It’s a one-off at the moment – but if Suzuki gets enough feedback from interested parties… well, we’ve been told that it wouldn’t be out of the realms of possibility that something like this…

  • Updated Honda CB1300 with Ohlins suspension and Brembo brakes – inspired by the CB750F

    Updated Honda CB1300 with Ohlins suspension and Brembo brakes – inspired by the CB750F

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    There’s been talk that an updated CB1300 is in the works – and that it’ll come kitted out with a range of sport performance bits and pieces. Our mates Young Machine in Japan has fired over some mocked up images of the CB1300 SP, based on what’s been said about the updated model so far.…

  • First Ride: Triumph Street Twin (A2 Restricted)

    First Ride: Triumph Street Twin (A2 Restricted)

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    A2 LICENCE RESTRICTED RETRO-STYLED ROADSTER Over the last few years a swathe of retro styled bikes has cemented themselves in the motorcycle market – and Triumph has consistently been at the forefront of the trend. Sitting within the retro-styled Bonneville range, the Street Twin is the least expensive of Triumph’s revamped family of parallel twins…

  • Gorgeous! Super Charged Kawasaki Z900RS appears in Tokyo and steals the Motor Show limelight

    Gorgeous! Super Charged Kawasaki Z900RS appears in Tokyo and steals the Motor Show limelight

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      How about this for something absolutely stunning? This new Z900RS Kawasaki, photographed by our mates at YoungMachine, has been customised by Japanese bolt-ons business, Doremi and gone from road going retro to full-on throwback with a huge supercharger bolted onto the side. The bike has been made as a Japanese ‘tribute’ to the Z1-R…

  • Launch ride: 2018 Kawasaki Z900RS

    Launch ride: 2018 Kawasaki Z900RS

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      The Kawasaki Z900RS may be the latest Zed in Kawasaki’s line up, technically derived largely from the Z900 street fighter, but the first thing you notice about the bike is the striking resemblance to the iconic Kawasaki Z1. And the impressive thing is that the likeness is not just a result of a paint…

  • GOTCHA! Honda’s Next-Wave Adventure bike REVEALED.

    GOTCHA! Honda’s Next-Wave Adventure bike REVEALED.

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    And it’s a throwback to the early 1980s! These designs from Honda that show a new bike on the way which bears more than a bit of styling DNA with the original Adventure motorcycle, the 1980 BMW R80GS (pictured below). Although the bike is very similar to the firm’s Bulldog 400cc concept it showed in…


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