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41 articles
Guides
20/06/13
Innuendos aside here is a step by step guide to cleaning your lid
General
02/12/10
They might be old but the bikes and riders at the Red Marley freak hill climb are still in their prime
General
29/11/10
Everyone reckons their generation of biking was the best. From the 1960s when rockers ruled to the 1990s when Exups and Blades did battle on the roads, we ask the bikers who were there about the Golden Age
General
17/11/10
Two wheels versus four wheels with a difference as a KTM Supermoto takes on a 250cc superkart in some terrible weather
Road Test
11/08/10
Stick your Alstare Suzuki and your Ten Kate Honda up your jacksy. When the sun’s shining and you’re up for it, there can be few better seats to slide over for a good buzz than Big K’s Z1000 and Honda’s CB1000R
Road Test
04/08/10
We’ve ridden the VFR1200F a thousand miles on typical UK roads in typical UK weather. Snow, rain, freezing fog and temperatures of barely more than zero answer one question. How real-world-good is the new VFR?
Road Test
12/07/10
Two bikes from the upper echelon of the motorcycle world, the £42,000 Desmosedici RR and the Samurai Type 5
First Ride
12/07/10
It is arguably that you cannot put a price on coolness, but could the £27k Samurai Type 5 cruiser be the answer
Road Test
12/07/10
One of the MotoGP gods from the 990 era, the Ducati Desmosedici has been transplanted to a road-going and is now terrifying regular riders
General
21/06/10
After nine years waiting, Suzuki unveiled their all-new Hayabusa in 2008. Promising 198bhp and the fastest acceleration of any production superbike, we spoke to the team of people who put it together
General
18/05/10
With a bit of careful planning and knowing exactly what to say, you could be test-riding the bike of your dreams this afternoon. John Hogan went deep undercover to see just how easily he could blag rides on some seriously hot bikes
Road Test
06/05/10
We were invited for an exclusive ride with the British bobsleigh team at Innsbruck but needed to get there in a hurry. Cue Suzuki’s Hayabusa and Kawasaki’s ZZR-1400
Motorbike
05/05/10
Does the new Ducati Monster 696 (2008) have what it takes to be embraced by the eagerly waiting ‘Monsteristi’?
Guides
21/04/10
Those that can, do; those that can’t, teach. Except for John Hogan, who just pretends. Can he convince a bunch of track virgins he’s an instructor with the Ron Haslam Race School?
Guides
21/04/10
Need to sell? Read this and have the phone ringing red hot
Motorbike
19/04/10
The Ducati Monster 1100 arrives as the big brother to the 696. Look out sportsbikes, there’s a new monster waiting in the wings to leap out and scare you clean off the road
First Ride
12/04/10
Two strokes are dead, live with it. We try on the new 125 four-banger from bijou biking kings Derbi
Used Bike
12/04/10
There’s a heatwave on out there and you’ve got £4000 to spend on a new bike for summer, but should you go for something refined, something Italian or something plain nuts? Let’s shop...
First Ride
09/04/10
Subtle just got a whole lot cooler as the already great looking Griso gets an overhaul
First Ride
09/04/10
Beautiful retro looks coupled with characterful engine layout, could this be the ultimate Italian pose?
First Ride
09/04/10
The new 1300GT is BMW doing what they do best; a fast, comfortable mile-muncher
Road Test
08/04/10
The two surviving muscle bikes of the modern age come together for a pose-down and a rideout, but which one is king?
First Ride
31/03/10
Surely one of the most technically advanced motorcycles on the market, the K1300R is a bike that does its best to do everything, brilliantly. And, quite honestly, pretty much nails it...