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Honest cost-versus-value verdicts on bikes, gear and ownership decisions riders actually have to make.
The Ducati Scrambler is one of the easiest bikes in the world to fall for on looks alone, and one of the easiest to buy badly. Here is exactly what breaks, what it should really cost, and where to put your hands before any money changes hands.
Hana Kobayashi · Jun 22, 2026
Buying the cheapest 125 on the forecourt feels like the smart move — until the insurance quote, the fuel bill and the resale offer arrive and quietly prove you wrong. Here is the three-year maths that should change your mind before you sign anything.
Hana Kobayashi · Jun 22, 2026
The BMW GS is sold as the one motorcycle that does everything. After a year running an R1300GS through UK traffic, tyres and dealer invoices, I can tell you which parts of that promise are true — and which ones cost a great deal more than the brochure lets on.
Diego Marroquín · May 18, 2026
Everyone still repeats the same tired line about CFMoto — cheap, Chinese, unreliable — as if nothing has changed since 2015. I went looking for the evidence behind that assumption, and what I found was a lot less damning than the reputation suggests.
Marcus Vale · May 11, 2026
Every part-exchange number a dealer writes on a whiteboard is a starting position dressed up to look final, and once you know how it's built — and which used Triumphs the market has quietly turned against — you hold most of the leverage in that room.
Hana Kobayashi · May 10, 2026
The Yamaha MT-07 built its reputation years before the Suzuki GSX-8S, Honda CB750 Hornet and a sharpened Kawasaki Z650 turned up to challenge it. After riding all four back to back, I can tell you whether that reputation still holds — and it isn't quite the open-and-shut case nostalgia suggests.
Marcus Vale · May 8, 2026
Everyone wants to talk about how a 208-hp naked bike rides on an empty mountain road. Almost nobody talks about what it costs to own one in real traffic, on a real budget, every ordinary day in between — so I did.
Marcus Vale · Apr 1, 2026
Chasing the lowest sticker price on a LAMS-legal bike feels like the smart move — right up until the resale numbers land. After watching new riders make this mistake on repeat, I'm convinced the cheapest bike in an Australian showroom is nearly always the most expensive one you'll ever own.
Hana Kobayashi · Feb 11, 2026
