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Right now is the time for enjoying the sun on two wheels. Whether it’s maximum speed or maximum cool you’re after, we rounded up the four best second-hand bikes we could find for £4,000 that provide the biggest bang for your summer buck

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

Flash, fast and fearsomely expensive, the world would be a colder place without exotica like Aprilia’s £15,000 RSV4 Factory. But when Honda’s CBR1000RR is faster, far less expensive, aren’t you better off with a Blade?

A radical new R1 and a spanking new GSX-R taking on the mighty Fireblade and much maligned ZX-10R, the scrap for 1000cc supremacy is closer than ever...

I've upgraded from the 125s and this is my beast for this year

Would the average rider be better off on one of the latest generation of super-fast streetbikes instead of their usual superbike? We hopped from a CB1000R to a CBR1000RR and back again to find out...

Who better to sample BMW's 2009 S1000 RR, the most eagerly awaited bike of the year, than three times British Superbike Champion Niall Mackenzie?

Andy Hogan and John Stevens share a 2009 Kawasaki ZX-6R for a year. Here's their review

Our undisputed king of the Supersport class for 2009, Niall Mackenzie explains why he wouldn’t swap the YZF-R6 for anything else...

The dark horse of this year’s litre class, the GSX-R1000 just keeps on impressing Visordown’s Deputy Editor and keen club racer, Rob Hoyles.

Rob Hoyles reports back from the launch of Aprilia's RSV4-R. How does it compare to the super-trick Factory version

After passing my CBT, I chose Yamaha's YZF-R125 as my first foray into biking, but did it prove too tall and too sporty for town riding?

Genuine MotoGP technology lies inside the latest manifestation of the wonderful R1. It’s not flawless but it’s verging on the fantastic

The littlest, cutest Yam has reawakened youth to the idea of misspending it riding motorcycles, which has got to be a good thing. We should all know better, but just can’t help ourselves

When I took it out for a spin I was impressed. Here was a machine with a fast, but torquey motor and with a really positive front end to it.

The thinking man's superbike

Niall Mackenzie spends some quality time with the Yamaha R6, here's his review

Triumph has ticked nearly every box with the new Daytona. It is different from other 600's and a joy to ride.

The brakes aren't all that good and it's not very comfortable either, but the 2000 GSX-R750 Y-K3 is a modern classic and so much more individual than your ten-a-penny GSX-R1000s and R1s.

A great bike that really shines as a road bike

Just when I thought I was getting close to reaching cerebral maturity, the 2009 GSX-R1000 showed me that I still had a long way to go.

Heading my way? Three of the sauciest 125s ever made hanging out for slappers in Amsterdam’s De Wallen district