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Extreme Sports - SP-2, ZX-10R, GSX-R1000

Get three mates riding three of the most extreme sportsbikes ever built, plot a devilish route through some of the best roads in the UK

First Look: 2011 Honda CBR125R

VFR styling for new CBR125R

Niall's Spin: 2006 Yamaha R1 review

Niall takes the 2006 Yamaha YZF-R1 for a spin and delivers his review

Road Test: F650 v TE610 v DR-Z400S v XT660R

Can the latest crop of dual-purpose on/off-roaders really hack it in the rough stuff? Team Visordown dons its goggles and has a trail of a time finding out. Let's soft road!

Used Review: BMW R1150GS and R1200GS buyer's guide

Once one of biking's best-kept secrets, BMW's capable-of-anything GS is now one of the biggest selling multi-purpose bikes in the UK.

First Ride: 2008 KTM RC8

Five years in the making and it’s finally here. A test of the most eagerly-awaited V-twin superbike since the Ducati 916

First Ride: Husqvarna 510SMR & 610SM

With BMW money now behind them and their financial future assured, Husqvarna are keen to blow away the bad memories of the past

First Ride: Honda ST1300 Pan European

Visordown snapper Oli needed a rugged pack-horse to go to the South of France and back while chasing two hypersports bikes. He chose Honda's new-for-2002 Pan-European ST1300

Living with a 2009 Kawasaki ZX-6R

Andy Hogan and John Stevens share a 2009 Kawasaki ZX-6R for a year. Here's their review

Living with a Victory Hammer S review

We loved the Victory Hammer S so much after the test we didn’t want to give it back. We still don’t!

Living with a 2009 Harley Davidson XR1200

James Whitham's review of the Harley XR1200

Aprilia's new Tuono V4R

For years the Tuono has been Aprilia’s best-seller. Inevitably then, here’s the V4 version

Second Summer - used test

Right now is the time for enjoying the sun on two wheels. Whether it’s maximum speed or maximum cool you’re after, we rounded up the four best second-hand bikes we could find for £4,000 that provide the biggest bang for your summer buck...

Living with a 2008 BMW R1200GS Adventure

We review the R1200GS Adventure to see what it's really like to live with

Sex In The City - 125cc sportsbike road test

Heading my way? Three of the sauciest 125s ever made hanging out for slappers in Amsterdam’s De Wallen district

Traffic Light GP - motorcycle launch control

We all do it. Even if we don’t admit it. Traffic light racing. Silly and purile maybe, but when another bikes lines up alongside and the lights turn green, you going to just let him go? How to do it. And the best bikes to do it on...

Class of '84: Suzuki Katana 1100 v. Kawasaki GPZ900R

1984. A great year for films, a seminal year for music, and the year Kawasaki stole Suzuki’s Katana 1100 thunder with their all-new watercooled GPZ900R. Overnight, superbikes had suddenly entered the computer age

Looking For Travis: KTM 990, Transalp, BMW HP2

A KTM 990, Honda Transalp and BMW HP2 get stuck into the muddy action at the WRC Wales Rally as we go searching for freestyle legend Travis Pastrana

Short Way Round - adventure bikes test

If you want a bike to have fun on, to commute on, to explore and maybe even have an adventure on, then you really need one of these.

The Undertones - Hornet 900, 955i and ZX-9R

Sometimes bikes are launched that fail to excite and slip under the biking radar for one reason or another. We find three of the best.

Unchanged Melodies

Once upon a time they built unassuming bikes that were so good from the word ‘go’ that they didn’t change once during their production run

Road test: Aprilia Tuono vs. Triumph Speed Triple

Last year Aprilia's Tuono and Triumph's Speed Triple topped the street bike sales charts in the UK. What makes these bikes catch rider's imaginations

First ride: Moto Guzzi V7 Classic road test review

The new Moto Guzzi V7 Classic could be the perfect bike if you are looking for a classic but don’t want to get your hands dirty.

First ride: Bimota DB7 road test review

Bimota, sadly now without a UK importer, continue making some of the prettiest bikes in the world. The 1098-powered DB7 is divine...

Living with a 2008 KTM 990SM

Barry Tavner's track record with bikes is dismal. Did this KTM ever make it through the year without being written off or stolen? Find out..

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