Articles by Mike Ryan

As well as being a model, actor and producer with work published internationally, Shin Kou Sabre is a fan of custom iron, as evidenced by her Harley-Davidson softail springer.

Australia's newest name in ATVs, Arctic Cat, made their official public debut at last weekend's Farmworld Field Day event, held at Lardner Park in Gippsland, Victoria.

Taking a Harley v-twin and giving it the cafe racer treatment is nothing new, but for Russell Garing of 1Up Motorcycle Products, giving it the cafe treatment meant more than just a non-stock fuel tank and some clip-ons. This particular bike is Russell's second Harley-based cafe racer custom. While the first bike was pretty special, this latest creation is something else again.

The fifth running of the Honda Broadford Bike Bonanza (HBBB) is set to be the biggest ever, with hundreds of pre-1985 motorcycles, across road, scrambles, enduro, speedway, trail and trials disciplines already locked in for this weekend's event.

Cal Crutchlow sprung a surprise on the final day of the MotoGP pre-season test session at Jerez, beating not only all other entrants, but more notably the Yamaha Factory Racing duo of Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo.

After less than impressive results at the Sepang MotoGP pre-season test session, Valentino Rossi has enjoyed a long-awaited return to pace, with the fastest time at a rain-interrupted day 2 (Sunday, March 24) of the final MotoGP pre-season test session at Jerez, Spain.

Kawasaki's Ninja ZX-14R has reinforced its title of "the world's most powerful production motorcycle" by setting a new Australian Land Speed record at Lake Gairdner, SA during the recent DLRA Speed Week.

At the Jerez MotoGP test session, the Yamaha Factory Racing MotoGP team officially unveiled the racing livery for their 2013 bikes.

The next Urban Moto Imports test ride event is scheduled for the 20th and 21st of April. The Urban Moto Imports 'Melbourne Demo Day' will be held at FX Powersports - 55 Grantham Street, Brunswick (Melbourne).

Yamaha Australia have announced the official release of the 2013 model FJR1300A tourer that made its debut at last year's Australian Motorcycle Expo in Melbourne.

The new-look Motorex KTM Off Road Racing Team got off to a flying start at the weekend with back-to-back round wins at the season-opener for the 2013 Yamaha Australian Off-Road Championship, held at Bulahdelah, NSW.

Honda's brand new tourer, the Goldwing F6B will make its Australian debut at the 2013 Ulysses Club AGM, which is to be held at Maryborough on Queensland's Fraser Coast this coming April 15-21.