Motorcycle First Ride Reviews

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01/05/14

First ride: Vespa GTS 300 Super review

UK's best selling big scooter gets traction control and ABS. Would extra power have been more useful?

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17/04/14

First ride: 2014 Moto Guzzi V7 review

Visordown rides the updated V7 Stone, Special and Racer

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11/04/14

UK ride: 2014 Kawasaki Z1000 review

A true beast of a naked bike, but is it worth £300 more than BMW's S1000R?

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02/04/14

First ride: 2014 Honda VFR800 review

VFR purists - this is the upgrade you’ve been waiting for

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31/03/14

First ride: Honda CB650F review

The CB650F is Honda's latest bid to excite existing motorcyclists while also attracting new ones. It manages the former. Let's hope it does the latter.

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31/03/14

First Ride: 2014 KTM 690 Enduro R review

Smooth, comfortable, easy to ride, and now as safe as ever with Bosch ABS

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28/03/14

First Ride: 2014 KTM 690 SMC R review

It still delivers a raw experience but KTM's revised supermoto is now more refined

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24/02/14

Review: A week with Triumph's Thunderbird LT

Packing the world's biggest parallel-twin motorcycle engine and the kerb weight to rival a meteorite, we take the hefty LT through the hectic roads of London on the daily commute. Can it cut it?

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12/02/14

First ride: Yamaha MT-07 review

Suddenly half a dozen other models look too expensive - Yamaha's new MT-07 is more for less

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11/02/14

First ride: Ducati Monster 1200S review

It's got enough useable torque to drag a whale without going near the red line. Shame you need small feet to ride it.

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07/02/14

First ride: 2014 Honda Integra 750 review

The maxi scooter that's really a motorcycle

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07/02/14

Road test: 2013 Daelim VJF250 RoadSport review

For under £3,000 can Korean manufacturer Daelim pose a threat to the competition?

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06/02/14

First ride: Honda NC750X review

It has all the soul of a coffee maker and it’s exactly what motorcycling needs

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02/02/14

First ride: BMW R1200GS Adventure review

The UK's most popular adventure bike is now faster and cleverer

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28/01/14

First ride: 2014 BMW R1200RT review

A high-powered luxury yacht of a motorcycle, now more sophisticated than ever

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27/01/14

First ride: BMW R nineT review

BMW’s new retro naked proves as engaging to ride as it is to look at

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20/01/14

First ride: Kawasaki J300 review

Scooter ownership just became a much more persuasive proposition

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14/01/14

First ride: Suzuki V-Strom 1000 review

Suzuki’s new adventure-tourer is good but feels more the product of sales strategy than any desire to outclass the competition

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17/12/13

2014 Honda Fireblade CBR1000RR-SP review

The 2014 Fireblade CBR1000RR-SP is the first 'special' in the 21-year history of the Fireblade. We put it to the test in Qatar.

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02/12/13

First ride: BMW S1000R review

Extreme performance just got cheaper

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30/10/13

Quick Spin: BMW K1300S 30th Anniversary review

ESSENTIALLY a K1300S with the accessories catalogue thrown at it, the 30th Anniversary K1300S was introduced to celebrate 30 years of four-cylinder BMWs, starting with the It's loaded with