Honda

First Ride: Honda CB1300S

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.

Durham Cops drop Honda Pan European ST1300

Honda stalwart overlooked in favour of 150mph Yamaha FJR1300

Road Test: RSV1000 v. Ducati 999 v. Honda SP-2

In which three big V-twins hurtle across Europe in search of sun, speed, a track day at Imola and a big day out at Italy's largest rock festival. Groovy!

Road Test: Honda CRF450X

With wheelie-happy monsters like Honda's new CRF450X, never has there been a better reason to get stuck in the mud.

Road Test: Honda FMX650

Honda goes for the youth market with the supermoto-styled FMX650. But is it just a re-hashed Dominator for a new generation, and will today's youngsters shell out this much cash when less can buy more?

FMX650 (2005 - 2009)

First Ride: Honda XL700 Transalp

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...

First Ride: 2007 Honda CBF600S

An easy learner friendly machine, or a bike with about as much soul as a sandbag? Honda’s middleweight goes for function over style...

Used Review: Honda Varadero

Too big and pig-ugly is how the Honda Varadero been described but what's it really like to own?

Used Review: Honda CBR1100XX Super Blackbird

Ten years ago the Super Blackbird was celebrated as the fastest and most powerful thing on two wheels. Now, it's 'just' a very fast, big, sports tourer with an enviable reputation for quality.

Used Review: Honda CB600F Hornet

Born in 1998's naked middleweight boom, the Honda Hornet has evolved into a more capable, practical machine than the tiny-tanked original model.

Used Review: Honda CBR600F 1999-2002

Year-on-year since its introduction in 1987, Honda's venerable CBR600F has been the undisputed king in the white-hot battle royal of the middleweight 600cc sports category. Bertie Simmonds checks out the last of the line

Used Review: Honda VTR Firestorm

In the mid-90s, V-twins were red, temperamental and raced by Carl Fogarty. Until Honda brought out the Firestorm, that is. We examine Honda's first big-twin sportsbike

VTR1000F Firestorm (1997 - 2006)

First Ride: 2006 Honda ST1300 Pan European

For 10 years now Honda's Pan European has been one of the sharpest touring tools in the box.

Check out this 2008 Repsol Honda Fireblade

It looks exactly like a MotoGP bike. Just pop a couple of drops of vinegar onto your eyes first.

First Ride: 2007 Honda CB600F Hornet

Honda's top-selling naked middleweight gets a top-to-toe revamp, sharp new looks and the world's ugliest exhaust collector box

First Ride: Honda CBR600RR (2007)

Yamaha won the supersport 600 sales war in 2006, and Honda is out for revenge. They think the all-new CBR600RR is the tool for the job, and Niall Mackenzie reckons they might be right.

First Ride: 2005 Honda CBR600RR

Two years on and the all-conquering CBR600RR gets its first major revamp. Has the best just got better? Crash test dummy Niall flies to Estoril to find out.

First Ride: 2005 Honda CRF450R - CRF250R

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

First Ride: 2004 Honda CRF250-X

Mossy goes over the hills and far away on Honda's new CRF250-X enduro tool. Off-roading just got a whole lot easier.

First Ride: Honda VTR1000 SP-2

By winning the World Superbike Championship in 2000 in its very first year of production, you could argue that Honda’s SP-1 doesn’t have much to prove. But race development waits for no man, and so for 2002 we’ve got the SP-2.

2002 Honda CBR954RR Fireblade review

The 2002 Fireblade CBR954RR isn't just a face-lift. Beneath the fresh styling is a bigger, cleverer motor, updated suspension and brakes, new swingarm, a refined frame and lighter wheels and exhaust system.

First Ride: 2001 Honda VTX1800

There's a low, mean burbling coming from somewhere near my pants as my posterior is pummeled by a searing wave of torque. God, can you believe I've just written such tosh?

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