Sports

Fashion may have consigned the 2000 GSX-R600 to history with its now dated bulbous looks, but it is still an utter ripper of a bike, and a bargain at that.

1997 saw Suzuki emulate it's success with the 750 race rep with the launch of the GSX-R 600.

The quintessential Blade that was so good it was generally overlooked, the underrated GSX-R750 that was admired by those who bought one and the R1 a Japanese bike with styling that matched the Italians

Suzuki's GSX-R brand represented the ultimate race replica for the people. Can Kawasaki's masterpiece take it on?

Honda’s mostly-under-the-skin revised CBR600RR has one very significant addition for 2009 - an ABS braking system. But can ABS really sit comfortably on a supersport bike?

Passed your test? Here are three solutions for joining the motorcycle community and gaining riding confidence

Mean, green, racing machine for the road

All the info you need on Triumph's mid range Daytona sports bikes.

Visordown’s Chief road tester is former World Supersport star and all-round top chap James Whitham. MV Agusta generously allows him to sample the new F4. Is he a happy chappy? Or utterly disgusted with Agusta? Find out

Looking for an excuse to buy a bike that’s both great fun and a potential money-maker? Each of these beauties costs less than £2,500 but all are future classics still just flying below the radar of mainstream popularity. Try these three for size. Go on

Three of the very finest 1000cc superbikes ever made; the Honda CBR954 Fireblade, Aprilia RSV1000R Factory and the Yamaha R1 are now at bargain prices.

Operating outside the established 600cc and 1000cc classes, the Ducati 848, Suzuki GSX-R750 and Triumph 675 refuse to be pigeon-holed. But are they alternative oddities or right answers?

Hugely powerful and slickly suspended, the new breed of big streetbikes are superbike-fast

Ducati’s hand-made and deliciously savage 1098R is unashamedly brutal, it takes no prisoners and makes no excuses. We lived with the £26k masterpiece for three weeks to find out if you can really live with such excess

The 2010 GSX-R1000 K5-K6 is the very essence of GSX-R; riding it is everything biking should be.

Kawasaki have launched the all-new ZX-10R. The much awaited new model steps up to the plate with a claimed 200bhp at the crank, traction control as standard and the option of ABS. No prizes for guessing the bike Kawasaki want to knock off the top spot.

A warm, dry Mallory Park Focused Events track day, James Whitham, the four best bikes produced in Europe and a data logger. Let’s get busy…

Angry, stiff, unforgiving and verging on the unmanageable in inexperienced hands. BUT with a super-strong engine, amazing brakes and a soundtrack to savour. Hard work

Categorically better than its predecessor and properly in contention in the exalted company of the other European exotics. It filled Whit with confidence – and that is quite some recommendation

Terrified of technology? We hark back to a time when life was sweet and sports 600s were far less complicated beasts

The mid 1990s was the era of the racebike on the road. World Superbikes became massive, so the manufacturers produced exotic superbikes for the fight. And none were more special than Ducati’s bellowing 916SP or Honda’s mighty RC45

A look at one of the most popular motorcycles made by Honda, the VTR1000 Firestorm

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

It's decision time for me and my Ninja