14/04/10
The budget twin designed to look like a traditional Japanese theatre mask gets a useful update and manages to be more than the sum of its parts
Motorcycle First Ride Reviews
13/04/10
Three years after its launch Triumph has decided the time is right to give its Daytona 675 a few tweaks
13/04/10
One of motorcycling’s few truly great names is back. Again. And this time it’s attached to a cruiser aimed squarely at Harley-Davidson. Slickly engineered it may be, but she’s no wild one
12/04/10
Two strokes are dead, live with it. We try on the new 125 four-banger from bijou biking kings Derbi
09/04/10
Subtle just got a whole lot cooler as the already great looking Griso gets an overhaul
09/04/10
BMW continue their rapid expansion with the F800R. With a specification to rival Triumph’s mighty Street Triple, the twin-cylinder BM looks set to lead from the front
09/04/10
Three years and nearly £20 million in the making, Aprilia’s all-new V4 superbike is a Herculean effort for a firm that five years ago was in dire financial straits. It’s also quite brilliant...
09/04/10
Beautiful retro looks coupled with characterful engine layout, could this be the ultimate Italian pose?
09/04/10
It’s taken Austrian dirt bike peddlers KTM a decade, but the orange House of Madness has finally produced a sensible motorbike. Except it isn’t, not really…
09/04/10
The new 1300GT is BMW doing what they do best; a fast, comfortable mile-muncher
07/04/10
If you thought the S4RS was barking, then think again. Ducati’s latest machine goes right back to streetfighting basics…
06/04/10
With brutal styling, real grunt and some trick design touches, the new Muscle is without a doubt the hardest V-Rod yet
01/04/10
Certainly the prettiest and definitely the fastest supermoto yet made, KTM’s new R-model is wonderfully wayward and has a price to match
01/04/10
No traction control, no fancy cranks and no need - the boss is back. Niall Mackenzie falls for Suzuki's new big GSX-R
31/03/10
Surely one of the most technically advanced motorcycles on the market, the K1300R is a bike that does its best to do everything, brilliantly. And, quite honestly, pretty much nails it...
31/03/10
KTM’s mighty Adventure gets the R treatment, creating the most hardcore adventure bike on the market. But when the standard version’s so damn good, is the R an essential overlander or a cynical marketing exercise?
31/03/10
Niall Mackenzie goes walkabout with a pair of Yamaha’s budget bikes in the Australian outback. Disappointingly, Jenny Agutter is nowhere to be seen.
31/03/10
BMW is taking the fight to the Japanese hypertouring behemoths. The K1300S brings a touch of European class to the party
31/03/10
KTM’s first superbike hit the mark last year with a blend of awesome performance and comfort. Now the R is upon us, is the RC8 a match for Ducati’s mighty 1198?
31/03/10
Taking up where the popular SV650 left off, the new for 2009 Gladius has a lot to live up to. Is it as sharp as the Roman sword it takes its name from?
30/03/10
The Yamaha R1 promises to be a genuine breakthrough, making use of a crossplane crankshaft developed in MotoGP to deliver smooth, even power. Will this radical new technology put the R1 ahead of Honda’s awesome current-generation Fireblade?
29/03/10
Niall brushes elbows with Troy Bayliss at the launch of Ducati’s new big-bore superbike. It’s a monster machine that will put hairs on the inside of your eyelids, let alone your chest...
04/03/10
After years of trying (and failing) to make a decent streetbike has Honda finally got it right?