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BMW's R nineT just got a big new problem

IT'S  funny how riding a bike can change your mood and mind-set. The machine that just did it for me is the new Triumph Thruxton R.

Updated adventure bikes prove you don't have to spend a fortune to join the BMW family – but you need to decide how you're going to use them before choosing

More power, less weight. Those are the traditional headline claims every time a bike is updated, aren’t they?

Yamaha’s updated flagship tourer proves it can tackle twisties - even on track

THERE’S  not much consensus on what makes a sports-tourer.

The 2016 SV650 isn't quite the bold aluminium-framed naked sportster it was when it first launched, but it's still endowed with a big sense of fun, especially for new riders.

FOLLOWING  its release in 1999, it didn’t take long for the SV650 to become one of the pillars of Suzuki’s range and in 2000 it was the second biggest selling bike in Europe (behind the  Ba

For sports-touring in a hurry

VISORDOWN  Editor Steve Farrell has just been on the launch of  Yamaha’s MT-03  and says it’s the latest small bike that’s fun, engaging, and yet has a power figure that’s unlikely to allo

Who needs big bikes?

The new Hypermotard 939 might be fun, but it still means business

SO  many bikes make so much power that you have to ration it on the road. What happened to machines that were fun because you could spend an entire afternoon thrashing one without going to jail? I don't mean bikes that are just slow.

Three years after its debut, with the addition of traction control and an improved throttle response for 2016, the MT-09 is still an astonishing bike for the money

With a restyle and no fewer than 200 changes, Honda is aiming to make the CBR500R and CB500F the ideal A2 bikes. Has it hit the mark?

Tom Rayner gives his verdict on the latest addition to Yamaha's Sports Heritge range - the XSR900.

Say hello to my little friend

Brit firm's most sophisticated model yet takes adventure biking to a whole new level

Always wanted a trials bike you can ride further than over a boulder? Montesa hopes your answer is yes

Suddenly a cruiser makes much more sense

TRIUMPH'S  new Tiger Explorer takes adventure bikes to a whole new level - and your adventure will begin when you try to get your head around the overwhelming variations in specifications available - and the sheer complexity of those specifications - in the new family of Tige

Tom Rayner takes the pintsize Ducati Scrambler Sixty2 for a ride in Barcelona

DUCATI  has a hit on its hands and I get the impression even it is surprised by the level of its own success. 16,000 Scramblers were sold last year, enough to propel Ducati into the top ten worldwide sales chart of bikes over 500cc for the first time in its history.