Motorbike

First Ride

08/11/10

First Ride: Triumph Tiger 800

Triumph's new Tiger 800 enters a competitive market. So, is it any good?

First Ride

04/11/10

KTM 690 Duke R vs. Yorkshire Dales

Highway to Heaven: Six bikes, six roads, six twats, six stories. Ben Bardon was forced to take photos of someone called James Whitham. Perhaps, more worryingly, he also had to listen to him for the best part of a Thursday afternoon

First Ride

04/11/10

H-D Fat Bob vs. Norfolk

Here’s a bike known in Harley circles as the FXDMLF (the MLF standing for mid-life crisis). Delusional moron Mark Graham rides to Norfolk. Photographs by Sarah

First Ride

04/11/10

KTM RC8R vs. Corby Glen

Highway to Heaven: Six bikes, six roads, six twats, six stories. Ben Cope knows the score. But not even the supreme skills of ace lensman Paul Bryant could make this internet millionaire look any good

First Ride

04/11/10

Aprilia RSV4 Factory vs. Cumbria

Highway to Heaven: Six bikes, six roads, six twats, six stories. Ben Bardon captures Mark Forsyth struggling to get to grips with roads he’s known for a lifetime (and more).

First Ride

01/11/10

First Ride: Kawasaki Z1000SX

Niall Mackenzie delivers his verdict on Kawasaki's new all-rounder

Used Bike

26/10/10

Japanese Muscle: Yamaha Vmax used review

In 1985 Yamaha launched an unashamed brute of a bike. Born on the drag strip the V-Max was a mass of metal and chrome which instantly drew a cult following. Now, 23 years on, does the old master still command any respect?

Road Test

22/10/10

KTM RC8 vs. Ducati 1098 - Euro Fighters

KTM's plan could be seen as audacious; take on the benchmark boss, Ducati’s 1098. So, should Ducati be scared?

Used Bike

20/10/10

Extreme Sports - SP-2, ZX-10R, GSX-R1000

Get three mates riding three of the most extreme sportsbikes ever built, plot a devilish route through some of the best roads in the UK

Road Test

20/10/10

Pistonheads: Cruiser Face-off

The V-Rod muscle is Harley’s fastest bike yet, a slick, drag bike with sportsbike-chasing power. In the blue corner Victory’s 1731cc Hammer S is all about oil tanker presence and the grunt to shift cities. How do you like your power cruiser kicks?

Used Bike

19/10/10

King of the Twins - Aprilia RSV Mille

In 1998 Aprilia launched the fast and affordable RSV Mille. Now the V-twin has handed over its flagship status to the new RSV4, so we celebrate a decade of the UK’s favourite V-twin sportsbike

First Ride

19/10/10

First Ride: 2009 Harley-Davidson Road King Classic

Harley’s touring range, the most important bikes in the company’s vast and baffling line-up, have been given a thorough going-over for 2009. Big-mile ability and charm? Believe

First Ride

19/10/10

First Ride: Harley-Davidson Ultra Classic Electra Glide

As large as a planet with a name long enough to fill a paragraph, Grant Leonard takes the H-D for a ride across the Lakes

Motorbike

19/10/10

Honda GL1800 Gold Wing Luxury review

The Honda GL1800 Gold Wing Luxury is supposed to be a tourer par excellence, so what did our riding pair think of its performance in the Lake District?

First Ride

19/10/10

First Ride: Victory Vision Street

A change of pace for the Whitham's as they take the large Victory on a tour of the Lake District

First Ride

19/10/10

First Ride: 2010 Harley-Davidson Range

For the launch of its new 2010 models Harley-Davidson decided to give the assembled journalists the ‘full Harley experience.’ So they took them to Sturgis…

First Ride

18/10/10

2009 Honda Fireblade CBR1000RR C-ABS review

In the age when Valentino Rossi openly disapproves of all electronic aids in MotoGP, Honda launches a totally new ABS-system, developed specifically for sportsbikes. Meet the 2009 Fireblade CBR1000RR C-ABS.