't. The brakes worked well on the road, but care was needed not to lock the skinny front tyre and on track it was more of a challenge. But ultimately, the V-Rod isn't built for going around race tracks. Its sole purpose is to cruise up and down the Kings Roads

The Stelvio is Moto Guzzi's adventure bike and named after the Stelvio Pass in the Italian Alps, a road that BBC's Top Gear once called the best road in the world.Although clearly aimed at the adventure and GS market, Moto Guzzi know that Stelvio

125 also does this in style too. The bike features a 300mm disc up front which is easily stopped with the radial four piston caliper.When you also consider this 125 has a pair of black anodized 41mm upside down forks as well, you can appreciate

the standard fare of Japanese middleweight sports bikes, apart from the addition of fuel injection. Triumph managed to squeeze 110bhp out of the motor, but in its earliest form it lacked mid-range thrust and was justly criticised for this. The styling was also

under four grand, propels each model into decisive action with a crisp responsiveness from the 44mm throttle bodies.Firing up the Hammer-S it sounded meaty and purposeful. An extra £1500 over the standard Hammer model, the S has styling cues taken direct

and yellow paint job that got my vote for the best looking bike in the car park.Even in standard colours I believe this bike has some of the best styling to grace our roads this year. The front view, dash and exhaust are particularly pleasing. Apart from

then it was going to be very special. Then I interviewed one of the test riders during the development story we ran a few issues ago, who told me it did. By which point I was fairly frothing at the mouth at the thought of swinging a leg over it. And now I'm going

Keppler’s been busy sustaining the revolutionary spirit that saw the creation eight years ago of the original V-Rod, working to build Harley Davidsons that younger, sportier riders aspire to own. Bikes like the Muscle and the moody, all-black Night Rod

the most attention. The new designed RSV-R looks fantastic, even in matt black and against this kind of company. As well as the Starship Enterprise-style back end and SP-2ish front, the RSV-R has a new fairing, chassis, swingarm and just about everything

First impressions are positive. The bulbous frog-like expression of the old 1100’s front fairing now looks razor sharp and bang up-to-date, with a hawk-like appearance thanks to the aggressively styled twin air ducts and purposeful looking twin