Motorcycle19 December 2022
Urban commuter? Gravel road explorer? We didn't quite know what the Scram 411 was meant to be, so we sent two young testers out to get to know Royal Enfield's mini Himalayan. Royal Enfield's Himalayan Scram 411 is advertised as a scrambler through and through. With rubber-gaiter adorned 41mm fron...
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Motorcycle19 December 2022
Triumph's Rocket 3 has been been an outlier since it was first conceived. The latest iteration is no different. and we love it for that. Having recently left Triumph HQ and heading north into a cold headwind, I was already missing the comfort of a screen and hand guards. Yes, even at this early ...
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Motorcycle19 December 2022
It is without a doubt one of the highlights of the motorcycle calendar. The last big show of the year and the chance for manufacturers to wow us with models to look forward to in the coming year. Here are our highlights from this year’s EICMA International Motorcycle Show in Milan. WORDS:...
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Automotive19 December 2022
Meet Minion, the 781kw nine-second street car. Words: Rene Vermeer Photos: Richard Opie. The Mitsubishi Evolution is the pinnacle for many automotive enthusiasts. For Rizwan, this rang true - now even more so since it's packing over 780kW at the wheels; a true nine-second bright yellow monster. T...
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Automotive19 December 2022
If the 550 Spyder featured in this mag on page 34 stirred a hankering for classic open-top Porsche motoring, there are a couple of homegrown options more attuned to the depth of Kiwi pockets, and they are more attainable. By Patrick Harlow. Graham McRae, who died last month, was a well-known New ...
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Automotive19 December 2022
Early in 1981 Mitsubishi headquarters in Japan warned its subsidiaries around the world to expect something special in the sports car line ahead of its launch in March. Code-named 'YDC' and with no forward information except for some early drawings of the car, anticipation was high. Words and phot...
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Automotive1 November 2022
Honda has pulled the covers off the all new 2023 CB750 Hornet, with the nameplate returning to the lineup after a nine year absence. The final version of the bike looks to have softer edges than the concept art we have previously seen, with the headlight being the biggest callback to the CB600. It...
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Automotive1 November 2022
In the year 2000 the Auckland Museum staged an exhibition to celebrate a hundred years of motorcycling in this country called VROOM. Now a further 22-years on it’s interesting to look at some of the bikes that were featured in that exhibition. There were eighty bikes in all. It was inspired by ...
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