We take it for granted that 99% of our motorcycles’ headlights are always on, but how did we get here...
What is the pursuit of speed but the unparalleled thrust of girth into the void where noise is last and...
Next time you see some dinky little beginner’s bike, pit bike, pocket bike or el-cheapo Chinese knock-off that makes you chuckle thanks to it’s underwhelming features, poor build quality, or just plain lack of a single memorable trait to make it stand out from the crowd, take a moment to...
It’s fairly hard these days to find a movie playing in theaters that doesn’t have some kind of motorcycle involved....
If you’re a child of the ’70s and ’80s like me, your first experience of motorcycle ice racing will probably...
Tell us honestly, what’s the first thing that pops into your mind when you think of Finland? For hockey fans, it’s the home nation of some of their favorite hockey players and goaltenders. For music fans, especially metalheads, it is one of “The Big Three” of metal, alongside Germany and...
For the longest time, if you mentioned the name Royal Enfield, the first thing most people thought of was a...
It’s something that we take for granted these days: that 99.9% of the jackets, gloves, pants, and boots we buy...
There is a wise saying about inventions that says that “the invention has to make sense in the world it finishes in, not the world it started.” That quote comes from the founder of O’Reilly Books, Tim O’Reilly, and while it is ostensibly about the rise of the digital age,...
When someone mentions Italian motorcycles, the first image that goes through pretty much everyone’s head is that of a sleek,...
The noise. The speed. The danger. The rebellion. It seems motorcycles were made to cause trouble. From scaring old ladies...
You can’t go far these days without hearing about electric motorcycles. It seems like every week there is a new announcement, a bit of concept design shown off, promises of a specific bike being “the motorcycle of the future.” This is all well and good, and as we know, competition...
The 1970s and 1980s were a golden age for forced induction engines. Like shoulder pads in suits and mascara on...
Forgive me if I sound about 10 years old, but as a grown-ass man I still have my childhood obsession...
So, just how much do you know about T.E. Lawrence? Who, you ask? And as you do, the long dead legends of motorcycling like Burt Munro, Evel Knieval, and Steve McQueen all roll in their graves. See, without Tomas Edward Lawrence there’d likely be none of them to follow in...
Since the very first 1885 Daimler Reitwagen motorcycle, the passion for two-wheeled goodness has covered the globe. Motorcycles fill all...
The world is full of amazing motorcycle brands, but I cannot think of a single other manufacturer that can claim...
All brands have certain challenges to overcome, especially the historical ones. Be it a poor marketing decision, failed product launches, or embarrassing social media boo-boos, it’s almost expected that at some point all brands will make a misstep. Think Ford’s Edsel, ‘New’ Coke from the 80s, or even U2 and...
Like many teenagers in 1980s Australia, I was a willing participant in the Japanese rotary-engined street racer phase that swept...
The global success of George Miller’s Mad Max first installment in 1979 meant a lot for Aussies, young and old....
Next up on our voyage through the decades, we arrive at the 1990s. While the 80s was a decade of innovation and excitement, the party really got started in the 90s. If you were a young and impressionable youth with a taste for high-speed thrills, jaw-dropping lean angles, and a...
As we continue our journey through the decades, it’s time to take a look at the best motorcycles of the...
Good ol’ Eddie ‘Dave’ Davenport from the Tulare Raiders on the borrowed Harley with all those smashed beer bottles. It’s...
Talk to any biker over a few beers at the end of the day, the same old question comes up. ‘When did you first start riding?’ For myself and many, many other Aussies, the answer is quite different to those that you’d get in Europe, the USA or Asia. For...
As we reported earlier this month, Road Guardians is auctioning off the Harley-Davidson New Glory Flag Bike, with the entries...
While every decade has its icons, the 1970s have so many good models to choose from. It was a time...
The 1960s was a transformative time for the motorcycle industry. As the mobility culture shifted from affordable motorcycles to affordable four-wheelers, the industry found itself at something of crossroads and on the cusp of an identity crisis. The 60s would bring about the beginning of the end for the British...
The 1950s was an interesting decade for the motorcycle industry. As countries began to show signs of economic improvement after...