Ben Cope

Heavyweight tourer comes with panniers, full fairing and rear carrier

Not a bad bike necessarily, but very much the least bad-assed Blade in the family tree and no doubts about it.

The updates to the Fazer make perfect sense in this naked guise. It has the X-factor that the faired Fazer is missing and is really good fun to ride, as well as being a top commuter

Ducati keep it in the family with a brand new baby Multistrada. Tim Dickson braves the worst of Sicily's weather to find out more

Niall travels to Holland to injure himself on purpose aboard Suzuki's new, and very grunty, four-stroke motocrosser

Niall gives Honda's '05 model CRF450 and 250 'crossers a muddy run for their money

KTM have a new 250cc MX bike and it's a belter. In 2007 it'll be road legal but meanwhile the '06 EXC enduro range gets a light tickle

Not a bad first-time effort for Buell, but lacks composure in the face of its peers

Big, refined and desirable trailie which does the business both on and off road. Only obstacle is the price

An Austrian brute pumped full of steroids is the only way to describe the first ever-pure streetbike from KTM. If Arnold Schwarzenegger was a bike he'd be the Super Duke…

It may not be a latter-day CB1100R, and it may be a bit soft around the edges, but the retro CB1300S is still a capable, competent machine

The kids are alright but they ain't buying enough bikes. Yamaha hopes the Tricker will tempt the young tikes onto two wheels

MV's bonkers Brutale gets a big bore motor, a midrange boost and bags of added usefulness to boot.

Kawasaki sticks a fairing on the excellent Z750 in an effort to appeal to the more practically minded rider. Has it worked?

Moto Guzzi come out swinging with their new Breva V11, and they've got BMW's R1150R boxer twin up against the ropes

Suzuki's trusty Bandit has swollen in capacity for 2005, but is this enough to put the planet's longest-serving middleweight back in the frame?

A fun bike let down by a daft exhaust-routing and heavy clutch. However, the engine and bike's character will still win you over.

ON THE 23RD of April 1972 I was 10 years old, Amazing Grace was at number one and I had just got back from Sunday School praying my folks would buy me that orange Raleigh Chopper in Halfords' window. On that same day in Italy something far more significant was taking place.

Competitively priced with bang up to the minute styling and specs, we’d take the Nude over the Racing

The SM 510R is as true to the supermoto ethos as you can get. It’s a lightweight, single cylinder moto that looks and feels barely more than a converted crosser. Which is exactly what it is. Husky doesn’t see the need to compromise with its supermotos, and it shows.

Heading up into the mountains outside the Spanish town of Jerez I got the feeling all was not well ahead. The driving rain that had started the minute we left the hotel wasn’t really too much of a problem, luckily enough I had actually remembered to pack my waterproofs, what was worrying me was the front of the cars coming down the mountain.

For 2005 Kawasaki turned it down from 11, and in the process produced an almost perfect package.

A number of performance-enhancing tweaks make this year's R6 a faster and more exciting proposition. Riding tips from Valentino Rossi not included…

Back once more into the fray, Bimota splash their cash on the launch of the DB5. Are you ready with yours?