Motorcycle Features

MotoGP racers talk about it, road bike engineers strive for it and, if your bike’s got it, riding really, really quickly is easy. But what the hell is balance?

The crash helmet, skid lid, bone dome, whatever you want to call it, it’s been part of any rider’s wardrobe in this country since 1973. But it wasn’t always like that. And it wasn’t always pretty.

Reader Luke Williams sent us his favourite route around the Folkestone area. Get on!

Rowan Evans, 36, is a car mechanic working in Swansea. He rides what he says is a 'ratty 15-year-old CBR600'. This is his Sunday morning 50-mile warm-up, something of a Welsh TT.

ABS: good for those that wants it. Or is it even better than that? Can you handle the truth? Be prepared, as Prof Jon Urry and his performing lab rats demonstrate to us all the startling reality

It's been a while since Hogan's been subjected to some proper field discipline. Time to go motocrossing with Avago MX

The roads you know and love. Head to Kent and check out reader Gary Burns' favourite roads

According to reader Jeremy Storey these are the best motorcycle roads around Cumbria

After five successful years, is Enduro India finally getting a case of Delhi belly or is it still vindaloo strength?

1999, US stunt outfit the Starboyz were the nearest thing motorcycling had to rock stars. Then seemingly overnight, they disappeared.

Everyone reckons their generation of biking was the best. From the 1960s when rockers ruled to the 1990s when Exups and Blades did battle on the roads, we ask the bikers who were there about the Golden Age

Picture gallery image strip of Suzi Perry the BBC MotoGP and Gadget Show presenter

If you're in your mid-40s this feature will move your soul and bring back floods of memories so vivid you can almost touch them. Just turn the key and push the pedal...

Gallery of photographs and images of Marco Melandri's girlfriend

Traction control has come a long way in just a few short years. S-KTRC is the most advanced yet seen on a road-going bike. So what's it all about?

We all remember our favourite bikes, and they usually hold a special place in our heart. But it's not just mortals like us - even racing's elite have a soft spot for the bikes that mean the most to them

We’ve spent the last few weeks debating what the 10 sexiest bikes of all time are for our supplement. which is yours, and why?

Is there any place for road racing on the modern bike-racing calendar? In our increasingly safety-first world, where does it stand?

If the TT is too OTT for you, Stuart Barker discovers there are 48 weeks every year where things needn't be 'Mad Manx'

An empty field and a beaten-up moped. It's how most of us first began our love affair with biking and a rite of passage we will never forget

Forget choppers and custom bikes, there’s a new craze sweeping the USA from the West coast to the East. It involves grafting ridiculous oversize tyres and swingarms onto previously normal sportsbikes...

Two wheels versus four wheels with a difference as a KTM Supermoto takes on a 250cc superkart in some terrible weather

It's a rule of thumb in racing that you have to beat your team-mate. And to beat him, you must employ every method at your disposal. Delve into the world of when the team-mate system goes wrong

Shippey and Tracie take a package tour to Spain with a difference. Big Rock do the hard work so you don't have to. Sit back and enjoy the ride