Motorcycle First Ride Reviews

It is arguably that you cannot put a price on coolness, but could the £27k Samurai Type 5 cruiser be the answer

BMW's most radical, stripped-down bike ever. With only 30 in the country and a stratospheric price tag of £13k, the Megamoto is as exclusive as it is rampant. Get ready to spend your city bonus

Face it – automatic bikes don’t have a great reputation. Has Dual Clutch Technology changed all that? Shall we find out?

Improved riding position and mid-capacity engine make new Monster 796 a very rounded entry-level proposition

Built to rival BMW’s über-selling GS, but missing the mark in many areas, not least price. Not Yamaha’s best Super Ten

Introducing two new Brutales from the Italian masters of style, courtesy of Harley-Davidson

The SP version costs £10300 and that’s before you throw the really good stuff at it. It’s expensive, but more is more

There are two simple, almost foolproof ways to make your bike more fun: make it lighter and give it more power. That’s exactly what Ducati has done with its update to the original Hypermotard 1100, the Hypermotard 1100 EVO.

Kawasaki’s naked beast is back, not with a whimper, but with a big styling bang and an engine to back up the new look.

Honda has a lot riding on this one. With dwindling 1000cc supersports sales and an increase in the sports-tourer market, the VFR1200F is arguably the company’s most important new bike for a decade

One of motorcycling’s worst kept secrets - Honda’s top-secret VFR1200F. Visordown were among the chosen few to ride it at the Sugo circuit in Japan

Who better to sample the eagerly anticipated 2010 BMW S1000 RR than three times British Superbike champion Niall Mackenzie?

The nearest most of us were ever likely to get to living the MotoGP dream (the RSV4 Factory) cost fifteen grand last month. Now there’s a more affordable alternative

At a fiver under seven grand Roland Brown reckons Ducati’s revamped baby Hypermotard is worth a sniff

After an ASBO and a concealed weapon could Yamaha’s new learner-legal 125 be the new must-have teenage accessory?

The look is similar, but Niall discovers that the 2008 GSX-R600's beauty is more than just skin deep.

Is BMW’s HP2 Sport the ultimate Boxer, or just an over-priced showman? We spent a day on the road with the £15,000 BMW that floats like a butterfly and stings like a bee

From the brink of oblivion (again), Benelli slip their smaller triple into the tall and funky Tre-K chassis. The result is pretty damn fine, but can it save their ass?

Sick of your job? Boss giving you grief? Wife just won’t shut up? Why not sod it all and explore the world on a Tenere. Or just use it to commute

Kawasaki’s baby Ninja has already sold out in the UK and offers serious style for first-timers and commuters who want to look the part. We sent a total beginner to the world launch in Barcelona

They’ve flirted with it for years, but now BMW finally get stuck into the business of serious off-roading with their new enduro tool

Is this what Judge Dredd will ride when he’s given up police work and gone utterly soft in his old age?

Yamaha aim to reinvent its best selling Fazer brand with a bigger capacity engine and whole new ethos. Will it help banish memories of the disappointing FZ6 range?

It may only look like a small update, but there’s a lot more under the skin of the new ZX-6R. With a new look comes a more refined attitude