Articles by Mike Ryan

On Monday, September 19, Ex-sidecar World Champion and three times Sidecar TT winner, Klaus Klaffenbock, announced his retirement from TT Racing with immediate effect.

Spain's Dany Torres may have won the 2011 Red Bull X-Fighters World Tour, but local Josh Sheehan won the day, pulling a mighty double backflip out of his impressive trick bag. A runner-up finish for New Zealand's Levi Sherwood made it a 1-2 for the Antipodeans at the X-Fighters World Tour finale.

Casey Stoner tightened his grip on the 2011 MotoGP title with victory at the Gran Premio de Aragon, his eighth win of the season. Stoner's Repsol Honda team mate, Dani Pedrosa, crossed the line second, with Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha Factory Racing) third. The win puts Stoner 44 points ahead of Lorenzo in the championship.

The CBR125R is powered by a reliable, fuel-efficient, liquid-cooled, single-cylinder engine.

The provisional 2012 MotoGP calendar has been released by the FIM, and there are no real surprises in next year's schedule, but there has been some shuffling of rounds and venues.

Celebrating vehicles and fashion from 1956 to 1977, the Bay to Birdwood Classic is back - and it's fast becoming one of the world's great motoring spectacles.

Robbie Maddison's participation in this weekend's Red Bull X Fighters event is in doubt after the 30-year-old crashed during practise for the event.

On October 1, Bonhams auction house will conduct an exclusive, single-marque auction at the BMW Museum in Europe. The auction will feature BMW motorcycles, cars and BMW automobilia.

Yamaha's legendary, world-first modern era four-stroke enduro bike will be better than ever in 2012, with the new model heralding the biggest change since the introduction of the first WR400F back in 1999.

When it made its debut in 2004, the Thruxton was the latest in a slew of retro-inspired models from Triumph that kicked off with the reborn Bonneville from 2001. The success of that model was followed by a slew of derivatives, starting with the 'America' in 2002, and the 'Speedmaster' in 2003. A year later, the cafe racer-inspired 'Thruxton 900' was added to the Bonneville family.

The BMW GS Safari is set to begin as riders assemble in Broken Hill for this year's event.

A high-quality contingent of classic motorcycles was offered at Shannons Melbourne Spring Auction, attracting strong results across the board.