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Road Test: Honda CRF450X
By John Cantlie on 27/04/2008 22:39:12
With wheelie-happy monsters like Honda's new CRF450X, never has there been a better reason to get stuck in the mud.
Anyone who knows anything about off-road bikes knows Honda's CRF450 motocrosser is horrifically fast and entirely frightening to ride. Two laps of a track on one is enough to pump your forearms solid and turn your legs to jelly, and the slightest
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Road Test: Kawasaki ER-6n
By John Cantlie on 29/04/2008 21:48:35
Kawasaki launches a new beginners' bike. Looks weird, goes well. Sounds alright then.
, from first-timers, to returnees to motorcycling, experienced riders and ladies," says Kawasaki UK's Martin Lambert at the launch in Austria. A Kawasaki built for girls? I nearly spilled my Pinot Grigio down my shirt.The design of the ER-6n was a big
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First Ride - BMW G450X
By John Cantlie on 07/09/2009 14:54:23
They’ve flirted with it for years, but now BMW finally get stuck into the business of serious off-roading with their new enduro tool
people who ride off-road wouldn’t even know what EU-III means the 450X is easily de-restricted for full-bore performance. All you do is complete a circuit with a £5 plug and the BMW goes instantly from 41bhp to 52bhp. It may only be a 450cc four
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First Ride: 2007 Kawasaki GTR1400
By John Cantlie on 02/04/2008 17:34:16
Kawasaki enter the super-tourer class with their blistering GTR1400. Well-appointed and refined, this top-end tourer also comes with a strong helping of brutish Kawasaki performance.
manageable. For about 70% of the riding time during the launch the roads were deluged with water and for really fast riding on some of the awful German routes we crossed into, you were aware of the weight as the front and rear tyres skipped and slipped
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First Ride: Honda XL700 Transalp
By John Cantlie on 10/04/2008 22:59:27
Older than the hills themselves, Honda’s original Adventure bike just got itself a total makeover for 2008. And a whole new lease of life...
-on-year. It would appear that UK riders are finally following in the footsteps of our European chums, eschewing one million bhp in favour of decent tank ranges, Ewan and Charlie styling and easier everyday riding. It had to happen at some stage. As motorcycling
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2009 KTM 990SMR review
By John Cantlie on 01/04/2010 14:52:00
Certainly the prettiest and definitely the fastest supermoto yet made, KTM’s new R-model is wonderfully wayward and has a price to match
tiny 15-litre fuel tank. This puts the SMR’s range at a woefully short 70 miles.We were lucky enough to ride the SMR on the twisting Portuguese roads and the infamous Portimao circuit just 45 minutes from Faro. I have to admit to being pathetically out
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2009 BMW G450X first ride review
By John Cantlie on 27/04/2010 16:18:33
They’ve flirted with it for years, but now BMW finally get stuck into the business of serious off-roading with their new enduro tool
people who ride off-road wouldn’t even know what EU-III means the 450X is easily de-restricted for full-bore performance. All you do is complete a circuit with a £5 plug and the BMW goes instantly from 41bhp to 52bhp.It may only be a 450cc four
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First Ride: 2007 Kawasaki GTR1400
By John Cantlie on 28/03/2008 11:13:10
Kawasaki enter the super-tourer class with their blistering GTR1400. Well-appointed and refined, this top-end tourer also comes with a strong helping of brutish Kawasaki performance
underway the GTR is completely manageable. For about 70% of the riding time during the launch the roads were deluged with water and for really fast riding on some of the awful German routes we crossed into, you were aware of the weight as the front and rear
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First Ride: 2002 Aprilia Tuono Fighter
By John Cantlie on 29/03/2008 19:22:43
Aprilia launch the production version of their Tuono-R concept bike, the Tuono Fighter. With a Mille engine and chassis, near-on full superbike power and streetfighter styling, you just know this is going to be a bad boy.
around (note move around, not weave) at very high speeds, due to the rider being more upright. All this adds up to a highly entertaining ride that cannot fail to thrill the rider. You attack sections of road with the Tuono Fighter and it just laps it up
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