or £9399 with ABS. Service intervals are every 6000 miles, the basic service is £113 and a full service (at 12k and 24k miles) costs £347. I can fill the tank for £20 and this gets me about 149 miles. In the real world it’s a useable, manageable long-term

The 2011 Speed Triple is Triumph's latest overhaul of this iconic bike. It has a new frame, new suspension, new swingarm, wheels, bodywork, tank, new clocks, new headlights, in fact pretty much everything is new, everything except the engine that is!Many look at a bike's engine a...

September 2004 - Adam HarveyThe last cruiser I rode was the gorgeous V-Rod, so the Vegas had a lot to live up to. It didn't let me down. The Vegas looks good from any angle and its beautifully crafted curves never fail to turn heads and raise eyebrows.But the best view is when yo...

the 'box is very positive, and clutchless gear changes are not a problem.Despite what I'd heard and read to the contrary, comfort seems pretty good. The seat could do with being a little softer maybe, but there's plenty of room on the bike, and as long

on long-term loan is that we can swap ‘em around a bit and spend time on other people’s wheels. I’ve recently been tearing up and down the A3 (my daily commute) on Rob’s GSXR1000, which is somewhat remarkable in that I arrive home 12 minutes before I

October 2002Choosing the right longtermer ain’t as straight forward as you might think. As you get older and your body constantly reminds you of the bashed ligaments and poorly-healed fractures of years gone by, as your circumstances change (I now cover 32,000 miles a year in com...

July 2002When Gusbuster arrived back one sunny Thursday afternoon, I rushed downstairs to check out my new baby. I had been eagerly awaiting my new Buell Firebolt ever since Bertie praised it on the launch a while back. I know that the design concept was meant to be new and excit...

Picked up our Ford Ranger Wildtrak pickup last week. She’s massive, blue and bestowed with a three-litre turbo diesel engine that’s so torquey you can set off in first gear with no throttle at all. Going to be perfect for humping bikes and people and gear around, that’s fo’ sho’....

at Visordown we do our utmost to put in the miles, find out as much as we can about the bikes and conclude our opinions in a fair and balanced way. But having a quick fling with a bike for a couple of weeks can never compare to a long-term affair. Like any

A DRIVER has been jailed for three-and-a-half years for his involvement in a crash which left a motorcyclist paralysed for the rest of his life.David Whittaker, an already disqualified driver, collided with a motorbike in his Peugeot van and then failed to stop in Wareham, Dorset...