retro without having to disappear for a few decades. And it hasn't gone away because it's still a brilliant, affordable bike.It won't handle as sharply as, say, a CB1300 but it will talk to you so you can still ride hard without getting into trouble

notes (from his level down to mine) get a good impression of the Kawasaki, and how much better (if anything) 36cc's makes over its lower cubed competitors."It's the most surprising one for me," says Niall after his first ride of the new Kawasaki

.But the Ducati 749S makes this kind of behaviour almost compulsory, it is just so easy and confidence inspiring to ride on a track. And it also leans over further than any bike has a right to do on standard tyres.So what's the secret behind it? Well it's four

the benefit of what is arguably the best bit of technology on the new ZX-10R; S- KTRC. Traction control to you and me.Click here for the Kawasaki ZX-10R first ride review page 2/2.

of the most invigorating bikes you can ride on the market. And no matter what sort of mood you're in when you first put the key in, you'll always be laughing your face off after just a few minutes after slinging your leg over it. If you're not, then you must

and actual weight, it feels more nimble than you'd think it had any right to be. It might surprise you to know that the bike wasn't extensively developed on a high-speed ring, instead most of its development was on country roads with a bit of autobahn testing

weight is carried low, but there’s no getting away from the sheer amount of it. It gives you kicks in unexpected places, like on the motorway. The barndoor acreage of a two-up Wing on a breezy day adds spice and involuntary nervous giggling to any ride

wanted something less mental and more useable on the road.Not to say it ain't fast. The Nine has always topped-out north of 170, and the latest model will be knocking on the door of 180mph in the right conditions. We only got to ride the bike on the track

, the first thing that catches your eye is the chunky silencer. There have been a lot of comments about this and, while it isn't at the top of my list of favourite exhausts, I've got to say anything is better than the standard aluminium dustbin that bikes

Anyone who knows anything about off-road bikes knows Honda's CRF450 motocrosser is horrifically fast and entirely frightening to ride. Two laps of a track on one is enough to pump your forearms solid and turn your legs to jelly, and the slightest