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Words: Rob Harris/Nick Smirniw   Photos: Wilfrid Gaube When the Bandit 600 came out back in '96 I thought at last, a real bike! Never one...

The setting was perfect for one of those bad '80's horror films. An empty summer camp, a violent thunderstorm, and three unsuspecting motorcyclists. We were just outside Parry Sound, racing against the storm, trying to find the damn camp that I could have sworn I once saw the sign for and Editor 'arris could have sworn he'd once been to.

Ideally we should have got them all and done a "Boxer Blowout Super Comparo Battle of the Titans Bollocks" type of test. But that would involve actual organisation and planning - two attributes that we simply haven't yet perfected ... or more accurately, even understood. For now, enough of the rambling intros, let's get down to the R1100S versus the R1100R.

Words: Barb Piatkowski/Rob Harris    Photos: Wilfrid Gaube So, what's the reward for not crashing your first test ride bike? Why, it's another test ride bike...

Let's say that you're the type that values self control. You're interested in the Hayabusa because you want a sports tourer, with emphasis on the tourer. Well, it does that job actually quite well. However, this is really where the ergonomics verses aerodynamics argument comes into play.

Back when Kawasaki were in their infancy and the British big twins had the world market by the gonads, Kawi decided it was time to get serious about motorcycles and build a big air cooled twin of its own

Here at CMG we're always trying to find new ways of taking it easy and getting somebody else to do all the work. That somebody turned out to be a motorcyclist by the name of Rob Glen. Rob is a recent recruit to the ranks of two wheels and currently rides an early eighties Suzuki GS750.

In my opinion, one of the typical down sides to cruisers is the tendency for manufacturers to detune the engines to such an extent that they couldn't even pull the skin off a rice pudding!

Picture this - Toronto, Canada - early January. There's half a meter of snow on the ground, it's well below freezing and it's time to ride some bikes! Well not here, but in Savannah, Georgia, for the annual Honda Canada press launch

Words: Nick Smirniw/Rob Harris   Photos: Wilfrid Gaube/Nick Smirniw Ducati. Say it with an accent. Du-CA-ti. Listen to the way it flows out of your mouth....