BLIMEY, BMW aren't going to be happy about this - a lot of the firm's branding on the bikes used in Ewan McGregor's Long Way Round TV show has been cut before it is shown again, on the orders of BBC bosses worried about the show's content in light

WE'RE MORE USED to seeing him busting a gut on a fully-kitted BMW R1150GS, so testing a silent, non-emission electric motorcycle must have been a weird experience for 'Long Way Round' cameraman Claudio Von Planta.The clip gives a great impression

spectacularly.Suzuki’s DR350 was our bike of choice. I’m really disappointed in the motorcycling community that has so blindly embraced the BMW marketing golden calf. A child can watch Long way Round and tell you they’re on the wrong bike. The phrase “less

.The main attraction will be, for the first time ever, the display of allthree of Charley Boorman's bikes from “The Longway Down”, “The Long WayRound” and his “Race to Dakar”.All the staff, including their highly respected technicians, will provide advice

in discussion about a third adventure follow-up to Long Way Round and Long Way Down.The pair hit the headlines in 2004 when they started off on their Long Way Round motorcycle adventure, riding east from London to New York. In 2007, the pair's next trip

FILM Star and Motorcycle Adventurer Ewan McGregor has purchased a vintage Russian Ural motorcycle so he can take his pet dog Sid out on rides.The Scottish actor said "I made sure I had gotten him used to the sidecar first; I didn't just throw him in there and take off. I did it v...

In the early and mid-nineties if you wanted to be cool on two wheels you needed a flashy race replica, set of one piece leathers, melted sliders and tyres with balled-up rubber on the outside. This said you were a true biker, riding hard, living on the edge and with your finger o...

, even off road as long as you’ve got long legs, big balls, talent or preferably all three. More importantly it’s always fun to ride, looks great and is arguably the best all round bike on the roads today. The main complaint is a lack of midrange

EWAN McGregor and Charley Boorman have completed their epic motorcycling trek from Scotland to South Africa.The duo, who completed Long Way Round in 2004, arrived in Cape Town after travelling over 15,000 miles on the BMWs.Their adventure

EWAN McGREGOR is giving his motorbike to the charity UNICEF to help raise funds.The star of Long Way Down and Long Way Round (plus he makes some movies along the way, apparently) has said that he will be donating a motorcycle and some of his riding