Articles by Mike Ryan

The conclusion of the first 2014 pre-season test session for the Moto3 field at Valencia's Ricardo Tormo circuit saw Australia's Jack Miller record the fastest time on the third and final day.

The latest generation of Ducati's Monster 1200 has been released, with the 2014 version featuring a new chassis and new styling, plus the option of a more powerful 'S' version.

After losing his MotoGP ride with Gresini Honda at the end of the 2013 season, Australia's Bryan Staring was looking like he wouldn't get an international class ride this year. Thankfully, that's now changed.

Bulked up and maxed out, Wenley Ng's custom Triumph is rippling with aggression. Hardly surprising really; the company name is 'Mean Machines', the bike's called 'Mad Max', and the brief was to create a "Monster Trucker tracker", so it was always going to be tough!

For the 'TT Zero' section for zero-emissions motorcycles at this year's Isle of Man TT, Team Mugen has attracted the talents of two of the TT's best and most successful riders.

Following Harley-Davidson's announcement that they'll be adding a 500cc LAMS model to their lineup in 2015, Triumph have announced that they're getting into the LAMS game, too, with the Street Triple 660 set for an Australian release midway through 2014.

In 2014 Repsol Honda Team reaches a milestone 20 years in premier class motorcycle racing. To celebrate the collaboration that has seen the Honda Factory Team race under Repsol colours for the past two decades, a 20th Anniversary party and presentation was held at 'Campus Repsol' in Madrid, Spain.

Victory Motorcycles are set to add a new model to their lineup in the form of the 'Gunner'. Based on Victory's 8-Ball cruiser, the Gunner adds retro bobber looks and blackout-style custom touches.

British Supersport race outfit, Smiths Triumph Racing Team, aim to get a head-start on the rest of the BSS competition this season by contesting the opening round of the Supersport World Championship at Phillip Island this month.

In the wake of the tyre problems encountered by both Dunlop and Bridgestone at the controversial Tissot Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix last October, a number of MotoGP and Moto2 teams will return to Phillip Island in March to undergo tyre testing in an attempt for both tyre companies to avoid a repeat of the drama again this year.

The Harley-Davidson Museum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, has recently acquired one of the few surviving 1990 model Harley-Davidson Fat Boy motorcycles used in the filming of "Terminator 2: Judgement Day" for the ever-growing museum collection.

Former Australian Supersport Champion Shannon Johnson will take a magical trip back in time at this Easter's Penrite Broadford Bike Bonanza when he rides the actual Honda CB 1100R taken to victory by his late father Andrew Johnson in the 1980 Castrol Six Hour Race.