Motorcycle First Ride Reviews

First Ride: 2006 Suzuki V-Strom 1000 GT review

Suzuki's V-Strom never hit the big time but it's been a solid seller, loved by owners. But is it any good on a blast to France?

First Ride: 2006 KTM 950 Adventure review

KTM's first 950 Adventure won over a horde of fans when it first hit the market with rave reviews. So what's it like on a blast to France?

First Ride: 2006 Triumph Tiger 955i review

Triumph's trusty Tiger is comfortable, reliable and good fun to ride. But does it fall short anywhere? We find out

First Ride: 2006 BMW R1200GS review

BMW's all-conquering flat twin reviewed and rated on a French thrash

First Ride: 2006 Buell Ulysses review

If you like adventure bikes and you want that air-cooled Harley character, then your choice is pretty limited. Enter the Buell Ulysses

First Ride: 2006 Yamaha FZ1 Fazer

Why build one bike when you can have two at twice the price? Yamaha's new FZ1 naked and half-faired FZ1 Fazer emerge into the cold light of day

First Ride: Triumph Scrambler

No barbed wire fences to jump, so Whitham sticks to the roads on Triumph's Scrambler and gets nostalgic

First Ride: 2007 KTM 990 Adventure review

KTM's Adventure 990 takes over from the 942cc carburetted v-twin 950, using a bigger LC8 engine and fuel injection. Geordie beer sponge Chris Moss on the launch of KTM's 2007 Adventure

First Ride: 2006 Piaggio X8 250

Tabloid journo Keith Jackson on the PIAGGIO X8 250

First Ride: 2006 Kawasaki ER6f review

The world launch review of the Kawasaki ER6F, a Kawasaki budget middleweight naked aimed squarely at the SV650 and Honda Hornet

First Ride: 2006 Suzuki GSR 600

Launch report written by freelance journo Bertie Simmonds

First Ride: Yamaha Tricker

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

First Ride: 2006 Honda Fireblade

Visordown attended the world launch of Honda's tweaked for 2006 flagship sportsbike

First Ride: 2005 Aprilia Tuono R

Some would say there was nothing wrong with the old Tuono R, so is the new one better?

First Ride: 2006 Yamaha FZ-1

Rob Hoyles rides the all-new FZ-1 in South Africa

First Ride: 2006 Yamaha MT-03

Rob Hoyles writes about Yamaha's new MT-03

First Ride: 2006 Aprilia RSV1000 Mille review

Aprilia is back on track thanks to Piaggio, with refreshed versions of their top-selling Mille

First Ride: 2004 Harley-Davidson Sportster Range

Harley revamp their entry-level bikes for 2004 - the first serious update since 1986. So many changes, yet they still look the same. Grant rides the new smooth torquers high on a hill in Austria

First Ride: 2004 BMW R1200C Montauk

Named after a town in New York State, the new R1200 C Montauk boasts more chrome and retro styling than a fifties diner. But it's also BMW's most successful foray into the cruiser market to date

First Ride: CCM 404DS

Our Niall has a bit of history with off-road specialists CCM - they gave him a break into racing, and he's owned one of their bikes. Before they knew it he was riding their new 404DS

First Ride: 2004 Yamaha FZ6 Fazer

Having resisted the urge to tear down the hotel curtains and make them into a set of lederhosen, Jon Urry braves rain and ice-rink-like Austrian roads to put Yamaha's new emissions-friendly Fazer to the test

First Ride: 2003 Yamaha XV1700 Road Star

Welcome to the slightly different world of the great big cruiser with Yamaha's latest (and larger) incarnation of its 1600 Wild Star. Big and shiny it certainly is, but is it any good?

First Ride: Mondial Piega-Monza

Probably the most beautiful production bike in the world, can the Mondial Piega-Monza handle as good as it looks? Daryll sneaked through quarantine to test the bike at Monza

First Ride: 2003 Aprilia Pegaso Tibet

Despite the Tuscany-Tibet name, Aprilia says you are allowed to do Reading-Watford and several other routes too on its new Pegaso. So we found out whether the bike's a dirt monster or one for the roads

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