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Road Test: Honda CRF450 vs. Yamaha YZ426
By John Cantlie on 20/04/2008 21:57:00
With two new shattering four-stroke dirtbikes available for 2002 in the shape of the Honda CRF450 and Yamaha YZ426, we sent our resident off-road specialist Steven Pheasant to various mudholes around the UK to figure out who's packing the big gun.
Just as four-strokes are set to turn the world of motorcycle Grand Prix racing on its head, so the four-valves are doing the same in motocross. Forget the 'thumpers' of old - this new generation of four-stroke motocrossers aren't just keeping up
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Launch report: KTM 990 SMT
By John Cantlie on 17/02/2009 09:24:16
John Cantlie reports back from sunny Portugal, during the launch of the KTM 990 SMT
the lumpy 990SM, especially in silver and black, although still very plasticky. This is a KTM, after all. The 990cc engine is unchanged at 115bhp and still wheelies off the power in 2nd gear (very useful when the missus is taking pictures on the back seat
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The Ramp
By John Cantlie on 22/10/2010 16:19:05
Surely there's never been a more insane idea than freestyle motocross
Motorcycling has always had its truly psychotic niches, but surely there has never been anything more insane than freestyle motocross. Jumping 40ft high the air, freestylers twist their arms and legs into impossible contortions in lunatic bids
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Heavy Metal
By John Cantlie on 28/03/2008 14:33:20
BMW K1200R, Harley-Davidson FLSTCI Heritage Softail, Triumph Rocket III - Three massive motorbikes that can go toe-to-toe with a tank
were a gullible lot back then, and when the spineless Neville Chamberlain held his piece of paper aloft in 1938 after being bamboozled by a crafty Adolf, we did nothing to gear-up for a scrap and were caught completely napping by the hordes of fancy
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Living with a 2008 Suzuki RM-Z250
By John Cantlie on 16/05/2008 10:14:14
John Cantlie reviews the RM-Z250 and reckons he has a pathetically mis-aligned mindset. We'd agree.
it is to enjoy a weekend’s trail riding. All I need now is some new kit to replace my 2000 Honda Alpinestars gear and 1996 body-armour and I’ll be away.November 2008It’s been a tough month on my beloved RMZ250 motocross bike. After a full summer of racing
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First Ride: Husqvarna 510SMR & 610SM
By John Cantlie on 22/09/2010 14:50:23
With BMW money now behind them and their financial future assured, Husqvarna are keen to blow away the bad memories of the past
.We rode the 510 round a brutally tight, slippery kart track just outside of Benidorm in Spain and it was an assault on the senses. Blast up to corner, dump two gears, weight over the front, tyres wriggling around all over the place, lean it as hard as you
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Road Test: KTM 950SM V BMW R1200GS Adventure
By John Cantlie on 13/04/2008 13:42:48
Are these the two best Sportsbikes in the world? KTM’s 950sm and BMW’s seminal R1200GS adventure are ripping up the rule book and re-inventing the way we should ride.
vocabulary here at TWO): Bandit, Hornet and so on. Then there’s Retro, Cruiser and Adventure. Nice, neat pigeonholing so that the press (us) can tread down some well-walked path when it comes to reviewing and testing new motorcycles. But look
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Feed the habit: Living with the Ducati 1098R
By John Cantlie on 29/06/2010 10:55:25
Ducati’s hand-made and deliciously savage 1098R is unashamedly brutal, it takes no prisoners and makes no excuses. We lived with the £26k masterpiece for three weeks to find out if you can really live with such excess
see-saw.That means I need a bike to suit my moods, and right now I’m so happy I could shit. I just clicked into top gear at 176mph on the speedo and am well on my way to an indicated 190mph in the fast lane. My jeans are flapping so hard they
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Head Candy: KTM 690SMC vs Husqvarna 510SMR
By John Cantlie on 26/07/2010 15:29:14
How does KTM’s 690SMC stack up against Husqvarna’s rip-snorting 510R on the country backroads of southern England?
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
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Riding Enduro Africa
By John Cantlie on 29/11/2005 16:09:55
2500 kilometres, 10days, 5blokes, 5bikes, 1 ginormous continent...and a broken foot
rickety old Tiger Moth from Croydon to Capetown in 1958. In the UK, where we live safely protected from ourselves and nobody takes responsibility for anything anymore, a motorcycle offers a rare form of escape. Ride and rejoice! You might hurt yourself
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