Throughout my time spent riding various motorcycles over the past 3 decades, I have come across various makes of supermotard or enduro-based motorcycles ranging from Honda, Kawasaki, KTM and Husqvarna, as well as those from Ducati. I find these bikes to be agile particularly at twisty roads where they could be as fast as the…
Honda Motor Co. Ltd had revised its popular trio of CB500-series – the CB500F, CBR500R and CB500X for Year 2016. First announced during the EICMA Show 2015 held in Milan, Italy, the revised trio made their international debut approximately 6 months later and were available in Malaysia since the beginning of September 2016. All 3…
The previous Ninja ZX-10R model (2011-15) has 3 levels of K-TRC (Kawasaki TRaction Control), with minimal intrusion from Level 1, 50% on Level 2 and 100% for Level 3. K-TRC 1 is recommended for circuit and track day, Level 2 is for twisty roads with highways and Level 3 is for wet weather and city…
Four stroke technology in smaller engine capacity motorcycles continues to improve by leaps and bounds. This improvement is thanks in part to participation by the Japanese manufacturers like Honda, Suzuki and Yamaha in the annual MotoGP Championship series where 1,000cc prototypes are entered for competition. What has MotoGP got to do with the R&D on…