Motorbike

Proven workhorse benefits from a makeover, but it still isn't a bike you'd carry a photo of in your wallet

TWO head to France to test out the Honda CBR1000RR, Kawasaki ZX-10R, Suzuki GSX-R1000 K5 and Yamaha YZF-R1.

Niall rolls in the dirt on the WR250F

The 2004 Fireblade CBR1000RR is a brilliantly balanced package with a smooth, powerful motor that isn’t intimidating to use, all wrapped up in a superb chassis.

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

How do you split five of the best supersport machines ever made? It's not easy, but using two of the UK's most successful and experienced racers, a Spanish race track and a day's riding on dry mountain roads is certainly a good start...

Honda’s tried and tested road legal Off-Roader that suits everyone

ucati has decided to go back in time to invest in its future by introducing two bikes from its new Sport Classics range. Back in the early seventies the Italian firm burst onto the big-bike scene for the first time with its big-bore V-twin engined road and race bikes.

Piaggio Vespa says:

Piaggio Vespa says:

The Honda Zoomer is a funky scoot great for commuting and looking good around town

Yamaha says: Introducing the renewed, versatile and sporty X-MAX 250: A scooter as suited to weekend getaways as it is to daily commuting.

The Yamaha YBR 125 is Yamaha's top-seller and gets good reviews from its owners

The term 'Moto Guzzi sportsbike' is used in schools to teach English students what oxymoron means, along with honest politician, fast BMW and reliable Buell.

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