It was only a matter of time before Yamaha turned its MT-09 into a sportsbike. Granted we’ve had to wait since 2013, but it’s been worth it. With the R6 and R1 now only sold as track-ready ...

Unsurprisingly, music lessons were a struggle but, when he was about 17, he saw a strange guitar hanging in a pawnshop window in Downtown Los Angeles. “I had never seen anything quite like it ...