Honestly, I don’t care if this means prices of that R1 or Fazer are going up. US$63 per month in wages is exploitation!

Save money on petrol? It’s time to make some sacrifices, dear biker. Find out how, in the second part of this amazing series!

Across the borders North and South of Malaysia, in Thailand and Singapore respectively, motorists are in a flurry as Kuala Lumpur announced last week plans for a ban on sale of petrol to foreign-licensed vehicles within a 50km radius of its borders.

Resident writer Jane Goh gets to the bottom of the oil barrel as we keep track of this story as it unfolds.

*Tak Boleh = Malay for ‘Cannot’

Crude oil prices have soared to above $125 per barrel, and look set to continue its crazy upward spiral. How can bikers cope? Gregory X has some suggestions in the first of this special 5-part installment.

Owning private transport is proving to be a financial strain for drivers and riders in Singapore. Between perpetually rising ERP prices, road taxes, and oil prices, vehicle owners are hard hit.

Which is why I found this cartoon particularly funny and appropriate.

Ah, finally, someone who is brutally honest. It’s a ‘beautiful’ reason… Find out why some people actually ride motorcycles!

Some moterfuker needs to go back to school!

Here’s a good bumper sticker. Read from a distance!

Goh and Sam have made it past China, into Pakistan!

With a name like ‘The Motorcycle Diaries’, the movie promised an epic journey on 2 wheels. After all, this is the BikeFilmFest 08, touted as the “anchor” satelite event of the Bike Asia exhibition later this week. But, alas, it was not to be.

Warning: This is NOT a bike flick!