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Upon its launch, the 2001 GSX-R1000 swept all before it. Six years later it is still arguably the best of the litre sports bike brood, but how does it handle in the fiercely fought second-hand sector?

Designed to take on and beat the Ducatis in WSB, the SP-1 and SP-2 did just that. But how does it fare in the more cut-throat world of used sales? Bertie Simmonds finds out.

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

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.

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

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.

BMW wants us to know their new R1200S is very much a sports bike. But by whose reckoning? Theirs or ours? Sporting all-sorts go to the Alps to find out. And not a race track in sight...

Oversized 600s or underpowered1000s? With choices like these now is the time to think outside the box and dip into the middle ground.

Who are everywhere right now. Nope, these Arctic Monkeys are our brave idiots who rode three unsuitable motorcycles to Switzerland. To do the Cresta Run. Eh?

Would ewe believe it? You can get a 1000cc twin for less than seven grand. Should we flock to buy them or are we baa-king up the wrong tree? We go to Wales to find out.

It's supermoto-a-go-go as Team Two heads to France on a madcap mission to raise the Pyrenees to the ground. Allez!

Back once more into the fray, Bimota splash their cash on the launch of the DB5. Are you ready with yours?

MV's bonkers Brutale gets a big bore motor, a midrange boost and bags of added usefulness to boot.

Kawasaki launches a new beginners' bike. Looks weird, goes well. Sounds alright then.

BMW has taken a bold step into the off-road arena with its giant HP2 enduro. But is it a real mud-plugger or merely an urban posing tool?

The East Germans strip off in the name of freedom and liberate a thumping good naked bike from beneath the wraps of their less exciting 1000S

Eight bikes, each a winner in its class, slug it out in the ultimate test. One will be crowned king, but which one?

Kawasaki sticks a fairing on the excellent Z750 in an effort to appeal to the more practically minded rider. Has it worked?

With wheelie-happy monsters like Honda's new CRF450X, never has there been a better reason to get stuck in the mud.

The latest and most exclusive bike in the F4 series is available - if you've got £30,000 to spare.