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BUYER'S GUIDE: USED GRAND TOURERS

Big is beautiful when it comes to Grand Touring. And these three bikes are some of the biggest and most beautiful around…

Over the Pass

Doing the whole NC500 isn’t compulsory – here’s one of the best bits

TRIED & TESTED

Things we’ve worn. Kit we like. Things we put on our bike

Retro with a bite

2021 BMW R nineT: BMW’s R nineT is a classy retro bike, but apart from the looks and legacy, there’s nothing old about this bike

Sym Jet X 125cc: KEEPING IT SYM-PLE

Is the latest commuter scooter from the ever-growing Taiwanese factory a serious challenger for some of the biggest names in the game?

AGE IS SO MUCH MORE THAN A NUMBER

Triumph celebrates its 120th birthday this year, but the old boy that has built over one million bikes doesn’t show any signs of slowing down

Seat MÓ: URBAN CHARGER

The Spanish car firm has released a new battery-powered scoot. Here’s how it goes…

HEAVYWEIGHTS GOING DOWN (to Devon and Somerset)

Big adventure bikes are still as popular as ever. And for good reason. They combine performance and comfort in an enviable way. We take out four main competitors to see what they are made of.

2022 Triumph Tiger Sport 660: NEW LEADER OF THE PACK

Triumph’s new Tiger Sport 660 looks to offer impressive levels of specification and a huge amount of practicality, all for a relatively small amount of money. So, is it now the ultimate middleweight adventure machine, and would it do enough to tempt us away from expensive, bigger capacity adventure bikes?

Ducati Panigale V2 Middle-Class Refinement

Ducati’s mid-capacity Panigale has a new name and fresh look, but the V-twin’s rider-friendly character is very much intact

THE WYE RUN

Following the River Wye from sea to source, on a real mix of roads

DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS

KTM’s 790 Adventure and Yamaha’s equally long-awaited Ténéré 700 took contrasting routes in search of middleweight adventure bike supremacy so - which one ended up ahead?

Test fleet: Ducati Diavel 1260S

The Diavel is going home so Tony takes stock of his months with it

THE EVIL TWIN

KTM have taken the popular 790 Duke and made it even more, well, KTM

TAKE IT TO THE MAX

With a range of updates, an all-new 560cc engine and two model variants to choose from, Yamaha reckons its 2020 TMAX is better than ever before. We’ve been out to Portugal to see just how good it is, taking the chance to put it through its paces in every type of weather and every type of road possible

OFF THE BEATEN TRACK IN PORTUGAL

Do you ever go riding with the aim of getting lost? I love it. Birgit and I did that just about every day on a recent trip through northern and central Portugal

MSL goes… MOTOCROSSING

Getting down and dirty at Kawasaki's MX Experience.

MONGOLIA TO AUSTRIA By moped

Young Austrian rides 13,000km home on Puch Maxi

ANGLO-ITALIAN MASTERPIECE

Few bikes leave their mark in motorcycling history like the Jota did. And it remains a legend!

Border Loop 134

134 miles through Border Reivers country

Test Fleet: Honda CB650R

The CB divides opinion – one friend is converted, another not so

The Defiant One

Is the new Low rider S able to live up to the hype? Tony leads out to San Diego for a day of scraping pegs and cruisin' it out, USA style, to find out.

How To... ...Adventurise Your Bike

Making a bike your own is all part of the adventure. Motorcycle traveller Nathan Millward takes a stock Suzuki V-Strom 1000XT and adds the bits to make it that bit readier for adventure

Dual Sport Gem

Brilliant mix of easy trails and tarmac heaven... a day’s ride from Santander

African Revolution

Honda’s stepped up its game for 2020, building on the massive success of its Africa Twin with the introduction of three new bikes – a new top-of-the-line, electronically assisted Afric a Twin Adventure Sports, a standard Africa Twin Adventure Sports and a standard Africa Twin. And we’ve been out to Sardinia to see just how well they go on the road and the rough stuff.

The Best Places To Ride Around The World

From winding mountain passes to wild, remote plains, here are some of the highlights of what planet Earth has to offer the travelling motorcyclist.

Used test: 2016 HONDA CRF1000L AFRICA TWIN Ready for anything

It’s not the biggest or baddest adventure bike out there, but the Africa Twin makes a great used buy.

“it's Just A Bit Of Fun, Right?”

Mossy takes on the 2020 International GS Trophy UK Qualifier, and has a roller coaster of a ride.

Used Test: 1976 Kawasaki KH400 Nice Bikes Come Last

The KH took a very different approach to riding than the famous H1 and H2 from Kawasaki. And that made it special.

Test Fleet: Honda CB650R

Making the CB650R look neater as well as less vulnerable in the unfortunate event of an accident have been this month’s objectives.