Bike Reviews · Page 6
For motorcycle riders, cruisers have an inimitable attraction all their own. The low, laid-back seating position, wheelbase as long as a locomotive and thumping V-twin engine gives every cruiser a specific style …
Replacing a very successful model in a manufacturer's line-up can be an exercise fraught with worry. The incoming replacement model, at the base of it, simply has to do everything its predecessor …
There was a time when Malaysia had hopes and dreams of becoming a major player in the automotive world. Big plans were made, partnerships were formed, but, as in all dreams, some …
It is a fact that Boon Siew Honda was responsible, over sixty years ago, for bringing motorcycles to the Malaysian mass market as cheap, affordable transportation. The first Honda Cub, which gave …
Scooters are, by definition, quick, easy to ride, and well suited for personal urban transport. Not every errand or trip requires you to bring along two armchairs and a sofa, and looking …
Love them or loathe them, underbone category motorcycles, or kapchais as they are popularly known, are pretty much a part of the local transport landscape. Priced to sell, and popular with both …
In the 1970s, Honda came out with a rather interesting concept. Parallel twins from the English motorcycle manufacturers were in vogue during the post-war years, and that was accepted as "suitable for …
In the underbone, or kapchai market, cost and value are of primary importance to most buyers. A margin of a few hundred ringgit can make the difference between the sales success, or …
Triples occupy that delicate balance between power, weight and handling. Combining the torque of a twin, with the power of a four-cylinder, three-cylinder motorcycles are unique in the biking world. There is …
Remember that kitten you had as a child? How soft and cuddly it was, and then it would suddenly turn around and sink its fangs and claws into you? This is pretty …
Underbone motorcycles, known as cubs or kapchais, are ubiquitous on Malaysian roads. Most motorists have a love/hate relationship with kapchais, usually along the lines of loving to hate them. But it cannot …
When Ducati announced the 2016 Scrambler Sixty2 last year, reactions were mixed. In certain market segments, a mid-sized, low-power two-wheeler like the Sixty2 makes sense, based on that specific market's motorcycle license …
As we piled on the miles on our long-term test 2016 Triumph Street Triple 675R, we discovered it was entirely possible to change the character of this do-anything middleweight with the addition …
Almost every vehicle manufacturer has a top-of-the-line or 'halo' product in its range. These halo vehicles are a showcase for the manufacturer's engineering design capability and technical prowess. Most of these machines …
During the fifth round of the Petronas Malaysian Cub Prix series in Teluk Intan, we were invited by Boon Siew Honda to take the recently launched 2016 Honda RS150R kapchai for a …
The name Thruxton comes from a racetrack in the south of England in Hampshire, where - back in the 60s - Triumph successfully raced its parallel-twin machines. A triple win in the …
That retro-styled motorcycles sell is no surprise. There is a certain demographic of the riding population, usually the older, more affluent rider, who wants to revisit the nostalgia of his or her …
Scooters are perhaps the prime example of individual urban transport, designed to be light, easy to ride and fit into holes in the traffic where other bikes dare not go. That scooters …
Retro machines seem to be coming to the fore over the past few years, feeding into that hipster-vintage vibe where everyone looks at things through sepia Instagram filters. While Kawasaki waved bye-bye …
Motorcycles are funny things. For most people, it is basic transportation, just to get around. Some bikes, on the other hand, have character, and owners tend to form lasting bonds with the …
