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Building The Future
A young New Zealander, Sytse Tacoma, built himself an electric motorcycle to change people’s perceptions of such bikes. We had a chat with him to find out more.
Mini Adventure
Setting off for a ride around the Peak District set me thinking back to the days before people started talking about 'adventure motorbikes’.
Mind The Gap
Filtering is a great way to make progress through slow-moving traffic. But what’s the best way to do it?
Mick Extance's 2020 Dakar Campaign
Dakar riders are a special breed.
BMW R1250 RS - Unsung Hero
BMW’s new R1250RS is a very impressive bike. But will it suffer the same fate as its predecessors and get eclipsed by the GS and the RT?
Model Citizen
Pere Tarragó’s model motorcycles are incredibly detailed and lifelike. You haven’t seen anything like this yet!
Space Oddity
The new Kymco AK550 takes scootering into the space age.
KTM 790 Adventure Spotted On The Road With Wings!
KTM 790 Adventure Spotted On The Road With Wings!
Honey, They Shrunk The Burgman
At Suzuki’s 2018 Burgman AN400 model launch in late summer 2017, Mikko found it ‘thoroughly enjoyable to ride’. Fast forward to 2018 and the scooter is now in the UK – time for a spot of ‘real world’ testing.
Triple Threat
Motorcycle Sport & Leisure has been out to Austria for the launch of Yamaha’s hotly anticipated leaning multi-wheeler, the Niken. Hailed as a corner carving king, we’ve been putting it through its paces on some tight and twisty mountain roads, to see just how well the revolutionary bit of kit handles.
Test Fleet: KTM 1090 Adventure
Service time for Roger’s orange bike. The weather ain’t playing along, though.
Honda X-ADV (2018) Back With The X (ADV)
Honda’s hybrid-adventurer has been a sales success across Europe. We tested the 2018 model to see what makes it so popular.
It's A Bike, But Not As We Know It!
It's A Bike, But Not As We Know It!
Back To The Future
Honda’s big naked gets a neo café racer makeover for 2018, injecting a whole heap of style not to mention a good dollop of extra performance…
Best Of British Beef
Don’t think for one second that you know this motorcycle. The Speed Triple is now, brilliantly, back to its bombastic best.
Channel Hop
Can you really take a day trip to Belgium and be home before the pubs shut?
Hundred Pound Hound!
Our Bert bought a pup… or has he? His £100 Hound project begins!
Test Fleet: KTM Adventure 1090
Roger gets his leg across a 1090 Adventure from KTM for some ice warning-peppered first few miles.
Something Different
After the success of the Africa Twin, Honda is causing a stir in the adventure sector again, but with a completely different type of machine…
Suzuki GSX-s1000 Fatour Edition
After just three months in Roger’s hands, Suzuki wants it back… he’s reluctant.
Ex-BMW Motorrad Boss Now Heading Up Ducati (Via VW)
The new boss of the world’s largest volume automobile manufacturer, Volkswagen AG, which includes Ducati among its several high-profile brands, is a passionate motorcyclist who played a key role in transforming the fortunes of BMW Motorrad.
Milwaukee Monster
Harley-Davidson’s Fat Boy has cemented itself as one of the iconic American brand’s most popular models since its 1990 introduction. For 2018, it’s had a range of updates – so, we thought it was time to put the iconic cruiser through its paces...
Back In The Spotlight
Two thoughts occur in quick succession, up in the hills north of Barcelona, as the Vitpilen 701 slices through another set of bends with thrilling ease and accuracy. The first is a question, but provides an answer in itself as I momentarily find myself wondering whether any other street bike would have dispatched that sinuous section with quite as much panache as the light, taut and flickable Husqvarna single.
Power To The Pedal
Forget the Fizzie – these days you could pedal, cycle-style, in the outside lane of the M25. But it’s going to cost you lots of cash...
Heading For Music
Would you ride to Morocco for a music festival? Jeremy Torr did, on a KTM 690.
Indian FTR1200 (S) - Making American Bikes Great Again
Indian has created the FTR1200, an American motorcycle for the European market. Is that oxymoronic, just plain moronic or a very clever move indeed? We rode one to find out…
KTM 790 Adventure & Adventure R - The Duo Primed For Middle Weight Title
KTM's new 790 Adventure and Adventure R bring unique ability and ride quality for road and dirt. Are these the new leaders of the adventure pack?
As Good As It Gets
KTM’s new 790 Adventure R takes on the rugged, ever-changing conditions of mid-Wales. Can the new Adventure R live up to our high expectations?
Honda Monkey 125
Ross has got his hands on the new Monkey, and he’s determined to prove that the retro-styled tiddler can do plenty more than just turn heads in the city…
Yamaha Niken
Mossy is still enjoying the Niken. But seeing it as others do has tainted his love.