The Best and Worse Japanese Bikes of the Nineties
The Nineties This was the decade of the race replica, no doubt about that! The fundamental survival route was minimal mass and maximum power crafted in a way that made...
The Best and Worse Japanese Bikes of the Eighties
The Eighties A decade when weight was lost, handling improved, engines became more powerful and the overall package more useful. It was also one of ever increasing complexity, poor frugality...
The Best and Worse Japanese Bikes of the Seventies
The Seventies This was a decade that began to erode Honda’s omnipresence in the manufacture of four stroke twins and fours. That they failed to really develop their sixties designs...
The Best and Worst Japanese Bikes of the Sixties
The Sixties The bike that defined the sixties was undoubtedly Honda’s CB750, though there was a lot that was bad about it, its overwhelming impression was good. It put to...
Kawasaki GPZ900 – Survival of the fittest
The first Kawasaki GPZ900 was a despatch hack with an incredible six figure mileage and an owner so ugly I couldn’t deal with him. His horror at his own appearance...
Kawasaki Z500 Survivor
It was a toss-up whether or not I bought the old Z500. It was cheap and seemed to work okay, Against that, it had a general air of decay and the MOT...