Quarter of a million Monsters and eighteen years later, Ducati’s sub-brand is still going strong.They've just launched their new 1100 Evo and we've ridden the new £8995 model around the roads of Mount Etna in Sicily.It’s no coincidence

of the last round of British Superstock series at Oulton Park, Tristan Palmer. He's not slow.The world 'school' conjours up lessons but it's not at all preachy and you can get what you want out of the afternoon. Tristan gently quizzed me about my riding

I have to start this piece by stating that I'm not from London. I may work here but I grew up in a remote North Western market town where people were (rightly) suspicious of anything or anybody new. Back to London. There's a massive two wheeled

Standard CBR250RR end-can, unlike the FireBlade, is not a thing of beauty. Matt-black painted steel doesn't bode well for a salty winter, either.Goodie box. Check out all the various GPR options and prices for the CBR250R at this enormous pair

Cat than being big for big’s sake. Like that on Aprilia’s RSV4 and the new Harleys, it features a servo-operated flap to kill the decibels at low revs5. Clutch and transmissionThe manual VFR gets a mechanical slipper clutch and four drive-train dampers

phone, wallet, egg and cress sandwiches?? I've been wearing this Rukka two-piece suit for nearly two years now, rain and shine and it has become my bestest biking friend. It's light, tough, super-comfortable and utterly waterproof. For all but minus zero

gear drive overhead camshafts, the overhead valve gear was driven by chain.V-4 Warranty ClaimBut the VF750 Interceptor changed all that. From new, this ground-breaking new sports bike was plagued with mechanical problems ranging from excessive camshaft

. Those ducts all have a purpose.’The layered fairing assists this solution but also, they claim, adds to high speed stability. As a design trick it also helps to break up the big expanses of panel area.At the front the headlight, mirrors and air ducts

and the sort of speed that wouldn’t even get you a bollocking from the old bill, never mind a booking.Maybe a Thruxton is what my battered and tattered licence needs, after all. The past might just be my future.If you fancy the idea of a reliable, brand new

? They were right. Do you know how a ‘normal’ shaft drive bike feels when you knock the throttle on and off? That shunting, clunking feeling of all those reciprocating, heavy parts – that rising and falling of the back end? Well there’s none of that on the new