Retro - 80s to 2000s Archives - Bike Review https://bikereview.com.au/category/motorcycle-reviews/classic-motorcycles/80s-2000s-classic-motorcycles/ Motorcycle reviews, Product reviews, News, Features, by leading experts. Fri, 29 Mar 2024 11:08:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 https://bikereview.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/cropped-favico.fw_-32x32.png Retro - 80s to 2000s Archives - Bike Review https://bikereview.com.au/category/motorcycle-reviews/classic-motorcycles/80s-2000s-classic-motorcycles/ 32 32 Dr. John Wittner’s Moto Guzzi 8V Racer Test | Throwback Thursday https://bikereview.com.au/dr-john-wittners-moto-guzzi-8v-racer-test-throwback-thursday/ https://bikereview.com.au/dr-john-wittners-moto-guzzi-8v-racer-test-throwback-thursday/#respond Wed, 27 Mar 2024 23:30:32 +0000 https://bikereview.com.au/?p=133664 Il Dottore leaving us will be felt not only in the USA, where the bikes he created were raced successfully to three AMA National titles in the 1980s by the

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]]> https://bikereview.com.au/dr-john-wittners-moto-guzzi-8v-racer-test-throwback-thursday/feed/ 0 YZR500 Yamaha | Rainey Replica, Two-Stroke Tuesday https://bikereview.com.au/wayne-rainey-1990-marlborough-yamaha-yzr500/ https://bikereview.com.au/wayne-rainey-1990-marlborough-yamaha-yzr500/#respond Mon, 19 Feb 2024 19:00:46 +0000 http://bikereview.com.au/?p=1866 Two-stroke Tuesday time! Any readers over the age of 35-should have fond memories of watching Wayne Rainey make his magic happen on the best looking 500cc Grand Prix bike ever

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]]> https://bikereview.com.au/wayne-rainey-1990-marlborough-yamaha-yzr500/feed/ 0 Two-Stroke Tuesday: Video – Resto & Ride, 1989 Yamaha TZR250 3MA Reverse-Cylinder https://bikereview.com.au/throwback-thursday-video-resto-ride-1989-yamaha-tzr2503ma-reverse-cylinder/ https://bikereview.com.au/throwback-thursday-video-resto-ride-1989-yamaha-tzr2503ma-reverse-cylinder/#respond Mon, 29 Jan 2024 21:00:33 +0000 https://bikereview.com.au/?p=66763 Darren bought this TZR250 3MA as a blown up sight unseen import late 2019. The 1989 model is the most sought-after TZR and the most YZR250-like of any TZR. With

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]]> https://bikereview.com.au/throwback-thursday-video-resto-ride-1989-yamaha-tzr2503ma-reverse-cylinder/feed/ 0 Throwback Thursday: Moto Martin Suzuki GSX1100, Racer Test https://bikereview.com.au/throwback-thursday-moto-martin-suzuki-gsx1100-racer-test/ https://bikereview.com.au/throwback-thursday-moto-martin-suzuki-gsx1100-racer-test/#respond Wed, 24 Jan 2024 19:30:12 +0000 https://bikereview.com.au/?p=130607 The French hearted and Japanese boned Moto Martin Suzuki GSX1100 has found it’s home down-under racing in the heavily competitive Post-Classic Unlimited Period 5 class. I was lucky enough to

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]]> https://bikereview.com.au/throwback-thursday-moto-martin-suzuki-gsx1100-racer-test/feed/ 0 Retro Test: Built to Win, Suzuki GSX-R750T SRAD Review https://bikereview.com.au/retro-ride-built-to-win-suzuki-gsx-r750t-srad/ https://bikereview.com.au/retro-ride-built-to-win-suzuki-gsx-r750t-srad/#comments Sat, 13 Jan 2024 19:47:38 +0000 https://bikereview.com.au/?p=58342 In 1996 Suzuki delivered its very first beam frame supersports 750. It was a radical step and one that took sportsbikes to another level. The SRAD 750 was faster, lighter,

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]]> https://bikereview.com.au/retro-ride-built-to-win-suzuki-gsx-r750t-srad/feed/ 14 Throwback Thursday: Suzuki RG250 HB Replica https://bikereview.com.au/throwback-thursday-suzuki-1984-rg250-hb-replica/ https://bikereview.com.au/throwback-thursday-suzuki-1984-rg250-hb-replica/#respond Wed, 10 Jan 2024 21:57:43 +0000 https://bikereview.com.au/?p=130496 When I was 17, on my provisional license here in Australia, one of the blokes in the riding group that I had latched onto rode a mint 1984 Suzuki RG250

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]]> https://bikereview.com.au/throwback-thursday-suzuki-1984-rg250-hb-replica/feed/ 0 Throwback Thursday: 2003 Hodgson Ducati 999 F03, Racer Test https://bikereview.com.au/throwback-thursday-2003-hodgson-ducati-999-f03-racer-test/ https://bikereview.com.au/throwback-thursday-2003-hodgson-ducati-999-f03-racer-test/#respond Thu, 14 Dec 2023 01:49:50 +0000 https://bikereview.com.au/?p=129984 Ducati’s reassertion of its WorldSBK supremacy in 2022-23, with double title wins for Bautista after the Italian factory went a decade without any championship success, prompts a look in the

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]]> https://bikereview.com.au/throwback-thursday-2003-hodgson-ducati-999-f03-racer-test/feed/ 0 Throwback Thursday: Britten Aero-D-One V1000, Racer Test https://bikereview.com.au/throwback-thursday-john-britten-aero-d-one-v1000-racer-test/ https://bikereview.com.au/throwback-thursday-john-britten-aero-d-one-v1000-racer-test/#respond Thu, 23 Nov 2023 03:36:39 +0000 https://bikereview.com.au/?p=129143 John Britten was best known for his V1000 creation, which to this day is still one of the wildest motorcycles to grace the international road racing stages. Proving he was

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]]> https://bikereview.com.au/throwback-thursday-john-britten-aero-d-one-v1000-racer-test/feed/ 0 Throwback Thursday: Scott Russell Kawasaki ZXR750R Superbike https://bikereview.com.au/throwback-thrusday-scott-russell-kawasaki-zxr750r-superbike/ https://bikereview.com.au/throwback-thrusday-scott-russell-kawasaki-zxr750r-superbike/#respond Thu, 27 Jul 2023 00:00:37 +0000 https://bikereview.com.au/?p=122664 It’s exactly 30 years since Kawasaki won Superbike’s World crown for the first time, courtesy of American Scott Russell, the cool-dude Georgian rider once memorably described as ‘so laid back,

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]]> https://bikereview.com.au/throwback-thrusday-scott-russell-kawasaki-zxr750r-superbike/feed/ 0 Throwback Thursday: 1983 Harley-Davidson XR1000R Lucifer’s Hammer, Racer Test https://bikereview.com.au/throwback-thursday-1983-harley-davidson-xr1000r-lucifers-hammer-racer-test/ https://bikereview.com.au/throwback-thursday-1983-harley-davidson-xr1000r-lucifers-hammer-racer-test/#respond Wed, 01 Mar 2023 19:35:47 +0000 https://bikereview.com.au/?p=115954 2023 sees Harley-Davidson celebrating its 120th birthday – but the 81st running of the Daytona 200 on March 11 will also mark the 40th anniversary of one of the company’s

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