Motorbike

Whitham is joined by British greats to assess the supersport machines

The latest batch of thousand cc superbikes are so fast, efficient and similar to each other that it’s now almost impossible to tell them apart. Niall and James put forward the argument that in 2008, it really doesn’t matter which model you ride anymore...

Seven 1,000cc streetbikes with no fairings, low top speeds and stacks of attitude. With your head stuck out in the breeze 100mph really feels like 100mph - welcome back to proper biking

Ducati's Hypermotard goes toe-to-toe with KTM and Buell through the vicious twists and turns of a Championship hill-climb event in Wiltshire.

Like Barbara Windsor, it hasn't been considered sexy for years. So what's kept the ZZ-R600 on Kawasaki's books all this time? It's the fastest, squashiest, flying sofa has ever seen, that's why...

Welcome to a world of high tea, cucumber sandwiches, and screaming petrol engines as the naked middleweights tear into...

Urry's been to Hungary to track test KTM's super spec Super Duke.

Meet Bob he's the biking experience you never knew you wanted.

Ducati enters the supermoto scene with a bang. That'll be the mirror on a car's door then...

It's pricey single-cylinder special time.

Who the hell let Urry out on a bike that expensive? He'll bring down Lloyds of London if he falls off.

Is WSB exciting right now, or what? JT's Blade neck and neck with the R1 of Nitro and Troy C. Not to mention Max and the new K7. But what of the road bikes that lie beneath? Yes, what of...?

It's a monster mash touring bash on the mightiest mile-eaters motorcycling can muster. Wallflowers need not apply.

Yamaha's YZF-R1 goes head-to-head with itself in a bitter, old-versus-new family feud. Niall Mackenzie splits the difference in sunny southern Spain.

With a price tag of £5549 Suzuki's new Bandit 1250 comes with a huge motor and tons of all-round potential. But is it better than a lightly-used big bore bargain?

The 999 didn't win so many hearts, but it won a lot of races. The 1098 has us weak at the knees but can it perform? Dukes go head-to-head in Spain.

There are still a few bulldogs out there, bearing their teeth at the foreign hordes. Let's celebrate all things British with a little help from two of our own musical legends. Pip pip and tally ho!

Why let your choice of bike confine your riding experience? Expand your horizons and visit new places with the latest breed of multi-tasking bike.

Talk of twins and it's a fair bet you'll be imagining a Ducati 999 or Aprilia Factory. But what are the 'alternative' two-pot choices?

In a fashion conscious market what does it take to stand out from the crowd and attract a new breed of rider? Say hello to the new wave in motorcycle design .

One man's floor is another man's ceiling. The words 'sports bike' can mean very different things, so we compare two contrasting takes takes on a common theme.

Sometimes you've just got to kick back and let rip. Niall Mackenzie blows away the cobwebs at Oulton Park with a fiery threesome of desirable Italian exotica.

Back in the day the Bol d'Or was THE end-of-summer ride out. Using retro-repros TWO is recreating the experience: twins and twin-shocks to the Bol. Let the slipstreaming begin!

Three V-twins that are massive on everything, especially image. All show and no go? Grant and Niall find the answer in Southend.