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Swiss Alps

The Swiss Alps are among the absolute top destinations for bikers from around the world. And for a very good reason...

Great Winter Ride: Scottish Borders

Scotland is not the first place that comes to mind when you consider destinations for great winter rides. But if you Know where to go, have the right kit and the right attitude, you could find some spectacular riding there. Here’s what you could do...

Two Ways to Dakar

The legacy of the Paris-Dakar Rally lives on in many forms...

THREE BIKES ONE ENGINE

Yamaha’s CP2 crossplane-crankshaft twin is one of motorcycling’s most successful and versatile engines, at the heart of models including the Ténéré World Raid, naked MT-07 and sporty R7. So how does a relatively simple, 689cc parallel twin powerplant cope with such contrasting challenges?

Test fleet: Suzuki GSX-S1000 GT

With new tyres and a new fork seal, the GSX-S is loving the hot, sticky roads

Test fleet: Yamaha TMAX Tech MAX

The maxi-scooter proves itself adept at much more than commuting

The Gerik Loop

Big loop through central Malaysia – mountain motorways, valley racing and the best nasi goreng this side of Kuala Lumpur

The Great Malle

1500 miles through Britain, The Lizard to John o' Groats, majoring on twisties

North to the Past

320-mile round trip to see some old bikes and cars? Worth it in this case - the Grampian Transport Museum

Highland games

At MSL we love our sport as much as we love our leisure, and what better way to celebrate both than take three of the most exciting new sports tourers up to Scotland for a big-miles test.

The Mick Extance experience

We trekked into deepest, darkest Wales and paid a visit to the Mick Extance Experience for some enduro-based shenanigans (and took the chance to check out Rieju's new Hard Enduro range, too). Here's how we got on

The Norton comeback

Norton's new owners have spent two years re-engineering the Norton V4SV. This, at last, is the result. The new V4SV by new Norton. We rode it at the Mallory Park racetrack, not too far, in fact, from the new company's new in the heart of the British Midlands headquarters

Test fleet: Kawasaki H2 SX SE Tourer

A couple of months ago, Chris Moss wrote a piece about how riding a motorcycle is beneficial to mental health. While I was always aware of that fact, it has recently proved itself to me in the strongest possible way

Test fleet: KTM Super Adventure S

Chad goes on a big, orange track day adventure

Maeving RM-1: In charge of the city

The best-looking electric bike yet takes the city by storm

Scrambling for new markets

Royal Enfield says that the Sram 411 is an 'Adventure Crossover.' We went to find out what that actually means...

Golden Oldie

After a nearly 40-year hiatus, one of the most important names in British motorcycling is back - and to kickstart its revival, it's created a new version of its most celebrated model: the Gold Star. To put it through its paces properly, we took the chance to ride it at the top-secret Millbrook Proving Ground across its extensive cross-section of test tracks. Here's how we got on.

When Maja met...Vanessa

Vanessa Ruck, aka The Girl on a Bike, talks to Maja about her recovery from a road accident, how motorcycling became a part of her life, and who she is now.

Montpellier weekend

Montpellier, the Millau Bridge and back on a 32-year-old BMW

UK Bikes okay to enter EU

Taking your bike to Europe in a van this summer? You should be fine, with no need for extra paperwork, carnets or any other red tape. But the operative word in that sentence is should...

From road to track

There are some bikes that can only be fully appreciated away from the public roads. This is one of them.

Finding the sweet spot adventure

The middleweight adventure bike market has exploded, with a huge variety of bikes to choose from. We picked two from the more offroady side of the field, and two from the road-adventure camp. With a few days of Tarmac and trails in the Yorkshire Dales, we got the measure of the lot.

My road to wellbeing

Motorcycling can be a powerful weapon in your arsenal for achieving wellbeing and happiness

Pursuit of happiness

To be deserving of the moniker 'Pursuit', one's initial thought is that a bike would need to be fast and lithe, but that's not the term in which the name is used in this case. It's referencing a hobby or pastime, rather than a quick chase, so this Pursuit is one upon which to use all your spare time...

Riding the SHEENE MACHINE

What does it feel like to ride a £1 million piece of motorcycle racing history? To ride the very bike that Barry Sheene used to win the 1976 500cc world championship? Stuart Barker had no idea, until he turned up at Cadwell Park and got the surprise of his life.

Suzuki V-Strom 650 given supercross treatment

A special V-Strom 650XT project from Arenacross title-winning SR75 World Team Suzuki shows what a standard V-Strom might look if you gave it proper supercross treatment.

Refining the heritage

Despite the fact that the XSR900 has been in Yamaha's range for six years now, the 2022 model can rightly be said to be entirely new... and that's not just marketing speak, but a genuine statement.

Harley-Davidson Low Rider ST: Low riding super tourer

Adding the ST suffix to the Low Rider moniker doesn’t immediately transform a cruiser into a tourer, but with some additional luggage, a few tweaks and a monster 117-inch capacity powerplant, Harley has added an impressive big hitter to its range

In the spotlight: Schuberth C5 modular helmet

Flip-front helmets are hugely popular with big-mile riders, and the ones from Schuberth are among the best-loved ones. So, we took a closer look at the company's latest offering, the C5

Riding the land of ice

After riding from Italy to the Arctic Circle in Sweden on Ducati Multistrada V4s in temperatures as punishing as -25°C, Alessandro Broglia and Alessandro Mollo decided to do the same in Iceland