Much, much smarter. Now don’t get me wrong. Any earplugs are better than none, and there’s a great deal to be said for something that costs almost nothing and prevents permanent disability in the way that utterly disposable foam earplugs…

Imagine, if you will, that you are a sixtyish year old New Zealander. Your bestest mate is in his seventies and has been invited to a family get together in Arnhem, Holland. That’s not a problem, you just get on…

James Toseland Valentino Rossi John Reynolds Phil Curtis Chris Vermeulen James Toseland didn’t manage to hold on to his world title this year, despite riding the wheels off a Ducati which was rarely on the pace and, truth be told,…

That 999R gets back in there, you’ll notice. The best bike we tested this year? Maybe so. The look, the noise, the sheer speed. It’s a hell of a package, though at a hell of a price. And the GSX-R…

2003 has been a pretty monumentous year for us here at MBT. This year has seen us expand from a small, almost hobby site with around 30,000 hits a month to a fully fledged online magazine approaching 2 million hits…

No doubt there are a good few of you who, as you sit in yet another interminable traffic jam, wonder about taking to two wheels. Especially as the weather is improving. Maybe you used to ride, maybe you just hankered…