seriously stuck into the Welsh countryside.It never ceases to amaze me how bloody capable these bikes are off-road. Like a Range Rover, you assume the Adventure is just too big and heavy to do anything that involves mud or gravel. Then it just storms up a

services consists of the occasional jet wash, adding approximately 250ml of engine oil every 1000 miles and replacing the tyres every three weeks or so...So far, we've tried Pirelli Diablos, Avon AV49/AV50s, Continental Road Attacks, Bridgestone 010s , 014s

the Blackbird kept popping up and giving them a bloody nose in group tests long after it shouldn't have. It was graceful with awesome build quality where the 'Busa was ugly and poorly finished; it had comfort and 'legs' where the ZX-12R was cramped and had poor

ultimate status has been lost, riding it is still a staggering experience. In real terms, the GSX-R is miles better than most who own it.It's stood the test of time really well and as long as you're careful, there's no reason you can't snap up a good 'un

previously were fine (although they obviously made filtering more difficult). Unfortunately they were borrowed to be used on another FJR for a road test, and due to being badly fitted, one of them fell off. Now they won't fit on my bike any more and one

runs are all very well and good, but road tests are the ultimate judge of value for money (£700 plus fitting for the can and commander, 10% on top of the cost of the bike for less than 5% power gain). The reality out on the public highway

tracks than the ZX-6R, CBR600RR and GSX-R600 and looked similar to the previous year's model, so was unfairly ignored.The reality was that the 2003-'04 R6 was - and still is - an immensely usable and useful tool, both on the road and track. While revvy

Getting back on a supermoto again after a week in Colorado feels alien. Not to mention a little cool and damp. At Pikes Peak my KTM 690SMC was stripped of all its street gear and fitted with a full FMF race pipe, saving at least 10kg in total weight

features like ABS fitted as standard.With 0% finance currently available on the FZ8 we are giving it four weeks in a real world test to see how good it fares. Over the coming days we will get back to you with more pictures, video and a report on how the FZ8

on a trackday was fear of damaging my bike so I attempted to make it more crash proof (no amount of performance mods can match the confidence-of-not writing-off-your-pride-and-joy-inspired extra speed). I fitted a front race fairing from PRF (£135, 0151