Feature Articles
Orangeboom!
15 February 2013
Lithe, light, lively and the right side of lairy: the new KTM 1190 Adventure is possibly the best all-rounder available right now.
Boxer clever
15 February 2013.
New motor, electronics, chassis: the latest BMW R1200GS is going for the knockout punch in the adventure bike class.
Commuter class
14 December 2012.
AMONG the various new machines on display at the Motorcycle Live bike show recently, the new Suzuki Inazuma 250 could easily have been overlooked but it’s actually quite an important model for Suzuki. After all, the commuter class is one of the only segments to show any real growth at the moment, so economical bikes that are easy on the wallet rule the roost.
Box fresh
14 December 2012.
IT’S some time in 2003 and I’m hanging off BMW’s R1150RT with Swing Out Sister’s 1986 hit tune Breakout playing at full blare.
California dreamin'
14 December 2012.
THE coast road from Cannes to St Tropez is busy even in November, but it’s still a great place to be riding the new California – I’m enjoying cruising along in the sunshine on this latest stylish, luxurious and charismatic Moto Guzzi. Its engine is rumbling away in trademark transverse V-twin fashion, cylinder heads almost touching my knees.
Easy Street
20 November 2012.
With more than 50,000 standard and R models sold in five years, the Street Triple is Triumph’s most popular bike. Will the new model be as successful?
Winging it
20 November 2012.
YOU always remember every journey on a Gold Wing – fact. I’ve enjoyed trips to the Isle of Man on them, jaunts to Wales, Scotland, the Continent, but June 17, 1996, was a particularly special one.
Civil engineering
20 November 2012.
'BIGGER is better’ is a familiar American phrase, applied to everything from V8 engines and skyscrapers to the delights of cosmetic surgery. Perhaps that’s partly why Kawasaki chose California to launch the latest version of its ZX-6R, a bike whose enlarged 636cc capacity mirrors that of the racy B1 model that began the firm’s revival a decade ago.
Tour de force: Triumph Trophy
19 October 2012.
It’s been a long time coming, but the new Trophy looks like being another triumph for Triumph.
Green belter: Kawasaki Ninja 300
21 September 2012.
Killer looks, longer stroke motor and an extra 47cc: enter Kawasaki’s new Ninja 300.
Current Issue: June 2013
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