A Quick Chat with…Jorge Lorenzo. MotoGP
After nine seasons with Yamaha in MotoGP, Jorge Lorenzo makes his way to Ducati for 2017 with a hall of fame career…
Bikes
Lifestyle
BMW Titan Concept. Mehmet Doruk Erdem
Turkish independent designer Mehmet Doruk Erdem presents the BMW Titan, just one of seven Beemer bike concepts designed for the Bonneville Salt…
Lifestyle
What if you could make a Ducati out of Meccano…
Ducati has announced its new partnership with Spin Master Corporation to create and distribute a series of Meccano models. There's good news…
Video
VIDEO. New motorbike burnout Guiness World Record set
We at crankandpiston don’t discriminate; if it has a motor, we love it – so check out this video of a new…
Video
One girl and a vintage Honda CB160. Petrolicious
In the latest from Petrolicious, founder of female motorcycle club East Side Moto Babes Stacie B London gives us her account of…
Lifestyle
The Biker’s Cafe. Dubai, UAE. The Spark
I’m driving down Jumeirah Beach Road just off the Dubai coast, and I’m not really sure what I’m looking for. Well, technically…
Road
Vintage Electric Bikes. eGarage
Vintage Electric Bikes is a young company blending classic design aesthetic hard wired with modern electric technology. Silicon Valley is a strange…
Lifestyle
MotoGP in watch form. Tissot T-Race MotoGP Limited Edition 2014
Two-wheeled lunacy, in watch form. It's the new Tissot MotoGP collection. With all the furore over the exciting new season of Formula…
Lifestyle
Cafe Rider. Caffeine and Gasoline. Dubai
crankandpiston has a rare moment of social activity and attends the opening night of Cafe Rider in Dubai. When the invite to…
Race
Emirates Desert Championship. Rd 3, Heat is back on
Awesome images from round 3 of the Emirates Desert Championship. So the Dakar Rally has been put to bed for another year…
Editor’s Picks
Awesome images from the 2014 Dakar Rally
Thanks to our friends at Shakedown, crankandpiston presents some of its favourite shots from the 2014 Dakar Rally. Only fate conspired to…
Fast Fleet
Our Long Drive Home. Slippery customers. UK to Australia
Mike and Jess decide to swap four wheels for two, sample the highly popular Bia Hoi, and find out what it's like…