they did it all on their weekly wobble around the same car-infested roads. Who cares about getting your knee down? Er, lots of people it seems. That’s the trouble. You’ve got a £10,000 motorcycle and a £1,000 set of leathers and your sliders are untouched

of impact = speed of oncoming vehicle + speed of your motorcycle. So if the car's travelling at 60mph and you're doing 80mph, you'll be meeting at 140mph. Unprotected. But a lot of the time it's the very machine you're overtaking that sends both you and your

BUYING a new or used motorcycle has to be one of the best experiences in biking. It's exciting to research the latest models, work out what you can afford then seeing if you can squeeze a few more quid from the savings and try to get the next model

Nurture or nature? Graziano Rossi will surely go down in history as a man that possessed both in abundance. Three times a grand prix winner, he quit racing in 1982 after a serious head injury and then spent the next 13 years guiding his only son

times? Pah. Mud and gravel and a 1:3 incline are a much more graphic test of TC, if you ask me.With the traction switched off, the smooth, fast forest tracks were great fun. The shuddering low-down torque of the Super Tenere made controlling

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return it in one piece and even cleaned it. He loved it too, saying it was the perfect bike to safely guide him around the twisty circuit, although it seemed a bit down on speed next to the R1s and GSX-Rs when it came to the straights. There is an answer

blasting down the A77 from Glasgow to Stranraer is still fresh in my mind but the shameful truth is I've never ridden a motorcycle on Scottish soil. So despite a gloomy weather forecast and the absence of tour guide and translator Mackenzie, I was secretly

below.Introduction   Introduced to Honda’s line-up in 2010, the VFR1200F was developed in keeping with previous VFRs, which have delivered a combination of sports and touring capabilities using the latest technologies. This motorcycle was, however, brand

-roading on a knackered C90 at the age of 11, terrifying rabbits and ramblers alike, though some barren years passed before progressing to Yam's DT175MX and then DT125LC trailies. Despite often having had a decent enduro bike to hand over the years, I always