Oh yes! A water-cooled, two-stroke, parallel-twin motorcycle featherweight of 150kg knocking out over a 100mph! Read more »
Harley-Davidson XR 750 1977
The XR750 was the favourite motorcycle of stunt performer Evel Knievel. Read more »
BSA A 65 1967
The Lightning, now that’s a classy name. Like Spitfire, you know you’ve encountered something quite serious: a plucky British war-horse, also known as the A65L. Read more »
Kawasaki KR-1S 1992
The Kawasaki KR-1
There are few bikes that garner as much talk at Shepster Towers than the Kawasaki KR-1. In fact, Shep Shepster is quite the expert so will be interesting to see just how much of this write-up gets redacted!
Yup, Bridgestone, them that what makes the tyres. This bike is pure retro heaven, as too is probably that onesie that lady is wearing (See image 24/24). Not entirely sure what that position is supposed to be saying . . . clearly it can’t be alluring, she’s wearing a onesie for Pete’s sake! Read more »
Suzuki RE 5 Rotary 1975
Wankel isn't necessarily a name that is going to inspire a generation, and in my household is only a consonant away from being a popular insult. In fact my wife is hurling it at me right now after reading the first line of this article. Read more »
Honda CBX 1000 1979
Just look at those pipes! Half a dozen beautifully crafted chrome wanderlusts. Honda’s first production 6-cylinder road bike was a twin cam air-cooled wonder horse with DOHC 24 valves. Count them! Read more »
Moto Guzzi Breva V 750 i.e. 2006
Italian motorcycles. Cooler than an Eskimo’s cold bits. Yes, that cool. Read more »
Ducati 900 SS Hailwood-Replica 1983
It looks like Christmas. Perhaps if we were more kind, maybe we’d lean to the Italian Flag, with the white presumably being supplied by the wide-open eyes of its exultant rider. When the tea ladies at Shepsters saw the machine, they quite unflatteringly said it was 95% faring. Read more »
Kawasaki Versys 2010
The Shepsters Team went for a little ride recently in a beautiful Melbourne Winters’ Day. You know the deal: horizontal rain, hail, snow in the high country, blistering sunshine, not to be confused with a Melbourne Summers’ Day, which is exactly the same. Read more »
