Motorcycle First Ride Reviews

Visordown is spending some time with Energica’s premium electric motorcycle. Is this the first electric bike to take the fight to the petrol-powered masses?

The new 2019 Yamaha XSR 700 XTribute gets a 100km workout on our first ride; Here’s what Chris Moss made of it

Chris Moss puts the 2019 Tenere 700 through its paces in Tarragona, Spain.

We were lucky enough to swing a leg over the new Suzuki Katana at the UK press launch – here’s what we found out!

Visordown has been having a play on Oset’s MX10 electric pit-bike for adults. Here’s what we’ve found out.

BMW’s new roadster gets the ShiftCam treatment and a power-hike for 2019

Our man Al got the golden ticket for a ride round Mugello circuit on the new Aprilia RSV4 1100 Factory last week. Here’s how he got on.

We took Moto Guzzi’s new retro adventure bike for a spin in Sardinia – here’s what we found out

The 2019 BMW S1000 RR looks stunning, packs in huge performance and tech and did an incredible job in the conditions.

We’ve taken BMW’s all-new C400GT maxi-scooter for a quick spin, is their ‘Grand-Turismo’ worthy of the £7050 price tag?

The baby Multistrada gets a nose in front of the pack thanks to electro-goodies and some classy styling tweaks

Visordown took Honda’s new A2 licence friendly naked for a spin at the press launch – here’s what we thought

Visordown rode a trio of new 500cc Hondas earlier in the week – here’s the adventure style CB500X

Visordown was in Tenerife for the press riding launch of Honda’s new A2 sportsbike – here’s how we got on.

Team Green ratchets up the spec on its big-bore adventure tourer

Honda’s new 650 sportsbike makes for a mightily fine real-world racer

Honda takes the Neo Sports name tag into the middleweight naked sector.

Hinckley goes back to the future with high-value, performance-orientated modern classic

Does variable valve timing gives Yamaha’s learner bike the edge? Our man Al went to the press launch to find out.

Our man Al is around double the age and weight of an average 300SSP rider – how would he get on with the new pocket rocket on the roads and track at Valencia?

Budget Chinese learner scrambler looks the part and is decent value

We give our first thoughts after a day riding off-roading on Triumph’s modern classic Scrambler

Mid-heavyweight touring Boxer gets the ShiftCam treatment

Hardcore version of BMW’s giant traillie gets more grunt from bigger engine and variable valves for 2019