Motorbike

Named after a town in New York State, the new R1200 C Montauk boasts more chrome and retro styling than a fifties diner. But it's also BMW's most successful foray into the cruiser market to date

Our Niall has a bit of history with off-road specialists CCM - they gave him a break into racing, and he's owned one of their bikes. Before they knew it he was riding their new 404DS

Having resisted the urge to tear down the hotel curtains and make them into a set of lederhosen, Jon Urry braves rain and ice-rink-like Austrian roads to put Yamaha's new emissions-friendly Fazer to the test

Harley’s best-selling entry-level bikes have been improved all round, gaining stronger engines, some performance and user/dealer-friendliness without losing their Harley-ness

Warren Pole appeared to have the most number of longterm motorcycles to review here, but seemed to write the least about them. Figure that out?

We like Jon Urry, despite the fact he owns a 2CV. He is a very nice man and he reviews his Daytona 600 here using words and images

Close, but no biscuit. A good bike, but a better buy second hand at a good price

Passing their bike test was the easy bit. Now our band of intrepid new bikers have been set the task of choosing a first bike from five models aimed at new riders

Overlooked by fashion, out-classed on the racetrack, is there any point in a modern day 750? Wozza and co thrash the cream of the crop to find out

Harriet's track day R6

Warren Pole gives the Suzuki SV1000 a good threashing and then a good review. That's what you're after, isn't it?

Simon Bowen reviews the 2003 Honda CBR600RR over a year of ownership. And he likes it, just a bit

Full-on desert racing looks. Capable of town commuting and huge European trips

Very easy to ride and very unthreatening in her power delivery but as capable of picking up her skirts and tearing into the distance when she feels like it as she is of getting you and your chick on hols

Questionable styling and a lack of performance means you should go straight past this and onto the R1200

A do anything bike in the classic Honda mould. Handles, goes, stops. Top fun

Honda's evergreen tourer remains as capable as ever and is surprisingly nimble at the other end of a relaxed ride hundreds of miles long

...a long term test of the FJR1300 from Giles

Uncertainty soon turns to attraction as the big Zed wins over Bert

A capable bike. And that's the most exciting thing about it!

Welcome to the slightly different world of the great big cruiser with Yamaha's latest (and larger) incarnation of its 1600 Wild Star. Big and shiny it certainly is, but is it any good?

Probably the most beautiful production bike in the world, can the Mondial Piega-Monza handle as good as it looks? Daryll sneaked through quarantine to test the bike at Monza