Fitted to the Kawasaki 9oo RS Cafe, the Pirellis work brilliantly: it’s normal for tyres to be updated / revised every few years, but it’s really hard to imagine how these could be topped – they are that good.
NEWS
Tyres: Metz 01SE vs Pirelli GT2
Made in the same factory. Aimed at the same demographic: ie the general purpose motorcyclist. How different can they possibly be?
NHS / BLOOD BIKERS & RUBBER….
NHS worker? Blood Brother / Sister?
Norton 2020: eyes wide shut
Here’s the most definitive account yet of what actually happened. Massive thanks to the people who helped.
INSIDE STORY: the CW / BMW split…
CW Motorcycles’ Dorchester based BMW franchise, one of the longest standing and most respected Solus dealerships in the country, will come to an end next July. This is the story of the end of a very long standing affair.
WHAT YOU COULDN’T FIND IN MCN THIS WEEK…
As you may be aware, for around 18 months Nick (of this parish) has been contributing a monthly opinion column for MCN. The latest was due to be published today (27/11/19). The piece was pulled. Read the copy here and see if you can figure out why.
NORTON: you are the buyer…
So what do you get?
NORTON EXCLUSIVE UPDATE
Bikerglory understands that Indian manufacturer Kinetic have withdrawn from the bidding process for the Norton group of companies currently being overseen by administrators BDO. This is a significant move. And there’s more…
BIKERGLORY relaunch 5/5/15
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KAWASAKI H2R
Two and a half years ago, Bikerglory predicted the return of forced induction on production motorcycles. It was a no brainer: better fuel economy, less weight, more power – meaning a 500cc machine (for example) could do everything a litre bike can do – but better. We got the supercharger bit right. But we got the capacity wrong……
John Cantlie
Sometime Brit bike journo (TWO, MCN etc) has been taken hostage by Islamic State. Sonic worked in the industry in it the last glory days of print – before it all got so serious and predictable. He then grew up and became a respected war correspondent. At times like this all of us will be … Read more
ARIEL ACE
We’ve followed the development of the new Ariel motorcycle closely, not least because the factory is a pleasant short ride over the hills from Bg HQ in West Dorset – plus Ariel retain their enthusiasm for talking about engineering ideas and solutions, and don’t go in for filtered corporate speak. Watch this space for the first test ride.
SPRING CARNAGE
The weekend of the 15th / 16th of March brought warm sunshine and clear skies to large parts of the UK. Consequently plenty of bikes appeared making their seasonal debut – and with sad inevitability accidents and fatalities involving motorcycles skyrocketed, a fair proportion involving no other vehicle.