road test

Kawasaki’s all-new ZX-6R is making a big push for the 600. Is it good enough to kick the others into touch? We rode all five to Holland and back to find out...

BMW continue their rapid expansion with the F800R. With a specification to rival Triumph’s mighty Street Triple, the twin-cylinder BM looks set to lead from the front

The two surviving muscle bikes of the modern age come together for a pose-down and a rideout, but which one is king?

Just how much V-twin can you get for £3,500? We track down the best twin-cylinder sports bikes on the market

With brutal styling, real grunt and some trick design touches, the new Muscle is without a doubt the hardest V-Rod yet

While Ducati cleaned up in superbike racing with Bayliss and Yamaha the year after with Spies, which is better a production version of their winning bikes?

A journey of pain, suffering and 573 miles to Cornwall on a temperamental supermoto, a 50cc sportsbike and an unstable quad.

Special excess: a claimed 197bhp

Perfect for slicing through sleepy country towns and getting stern lectures from not-so-sleepy country coppers. This fiery twin has got what it takes to entertain

The Triumph Bonneville 2009 is put through its paces in the scenic surroundings of the South of France.

BMW’s best-selling bike for the past three years, Tim Cummings revels in his role as supersub as the GS does what it’s supposed to do...

The GTR’s been waiting for a trip like this. Over two weeks at large in France, Ben Miller’s Kawasaki proves little less than awesome

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.

Six very different bikes with one thing in common – an identical 2,500 miles to cover through France in less than five days. Visordown takes our long-term test fleet out of the comfort zone to find out more about the bikes we thought we knew so well…

The term ‘all-rounder’ is usually associated with the phrase ‘lose the will to live’. But this machine is very different. That’s because it’s very good

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

Not many bikes manage to change people’s perceptions of an entire factory. But BMW engineered a seismic shift in attitude with this big-inch brute, the machine that put the tonic into Teutonic. Believe

Few bikes have ever come as close to living up to the ‘Factory’ tag as this Noale nut-job. Expensive, hard to ride slowly, unruly on the road but totally in its element on a track – it’s just got to be the best bike of the year

The mid ‘70s was a time of contradiction and mayhem: Giant 2-strokes despite the fuel crisis, legends based on notoriety, little or no consideration for health and safety and the emphasis based purely on thrills. Happy days...

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...

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

A posing bike for the poser, Barry Tavner tries to capture the 'cool' on the Triumph Bonneville

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.