Technical Features

In this ‘Back to Basics’ bike maintenance guide, Bruce Dunn takes us through the process of stripping and rebuilding the seized brake callipers on our laid up and long neglected Suzuki GSX-R600…

Project GSX-Reborn: Episode 2 Braking Bad - Bruce Dunn has never seen a set of motorcycle callipers so rotten and don’t get him started on the fuel system! A giant mechanical turd and rodent penthouse…

Project GSX-Reborn: Episode 1 Stunted Growth - Bruce Dunn takes delivery of a Suzuki GSX-R600 K3 that hasn’t turned a wheel in 8 years. Where is the key? Will it start? What are those crash bars about?

An idiot’s guide to the main factors in frame, steering and chassis design. Read this, and you’ll be as happy chatting about rake, trail, wheelbase and fork offset, as you are about midrange grunt…

Battery Smart Chargers - How They Work. Don’t be left flat this winter, here’s our guide to keeping your battery healthy

We're often asked if GPS bike trackers are “worth it” and whether they will be offset by insurance discounts. We answer these and put your questions (and ours) to BikeTrac owner Bill Taylor... Plus we get Lamb Chops to steal our custom Fireblade and test BikeTrac response!

Most of us know what a pain it is to get a puncture – the time, the agony, the expense. Well what if you could dramatically reduce the risk of a flat? Bike-Seal is a simple solution but with an impressive technical C.V.

In Part Two of our look at motorcycle engines Alan Dowds takes a look at the big, serious world of multi-cylinder lumps, from four up to eight. Of these engines we again look at which of them are awesome, and which run like a bag of spanners!