Motorbike

Dependable do-it-all gets a facelift and a suspension twaeak. Mark Forsyth rode the new version to bring you chapter and verse

BMW’s already excellent big tourer gets a new motor with more grunt and a host of comfort improving gadgets for 2010, not to mention a fruity exhaust note

The bike that defined the Adventure market gains some extra grunt for 2010 to help it deal with the rough terrain of the Gobi desert. Or a gravel drive in Epsom

In the early 1990s, 400cc race reps were all the rage. But that was nearly two decades ago. Are these pocket rockets still a viable buy in the secondhand market or simply relics from the past?

It’s a bit like meeting a TV star for the first time, they’re never quite as big as they appear on screen. Say hello to the Triumph Tiger and Benelli Tre K. They’re both big, but which is the best?

Live out your RC30 fantasy on a budget

For the average trail rider in the UK, a full-on enduro bike is overkill. Surely, a road bike with some big knobbly tyres for green-laning is enough? We put three grumpy old men haggard on a trio of BMWs to find out

The commuter motorcycle has grown up and turned into a proper bike in its own right. We took them out of their natural element of city streets for a damn good thrashing on country roads

The explosion in popularity of adventure bikes means the used market is now flooded with round-the-world bargains. Escape the rat race for half the price of a GS Adventure...

How does KTM’s 690SMC stack up against Husqvarna’s rip-snorting 510R on the country backroads of southern England?

How do you like your big-mile kicks? We evaluate four different takes on the tourer From the Suzuki Hayabusa to the KTM 990SMT

Strangely underwhelming Shiver gains a fairing in an attempt to boost versatility and buyer appeal. But does a bit of plastic up front turn a naked into a tourer?

Plucky Italians go chasing a slice of the big-money BMW GS Adventure pie with a re-worked Stelvio. But does the pricer, torquier NTX stand a chance?

One manufacturer; BMW, one heavyweight; K1300R and one middleweight; F800R. We settle the size issue once and for all, round one...

Triumph’s riotous Street Triple R is the benchmark middleweight street bike, a bike so alive with character it’s arrival left big street bikes looking a little redundant. How does BMW’s new F800R compare?

Three of the very finest 1000cc superbikes ever made; the Honda CBR954 Fireblade, Aprilia RSV1000R Factory and the Yamaha R1 are now at bargain prices.

Two bikes from the upper echelon of the motorcycle world, the £42,000 Desmosedici RR and the Samurai Type 5

It is arguably that you cannot put a price on coolness, but could the £27k Samurai Type 5 cruiser be the answer

One of the MotoGP gods from the 990 era, the Ducati Desmosedici has been transplanted to a road-going and is now terrifying regular riders

Operating outside the established 600cc and 1000cc classes, the Ducati 848, Suzuki GSX-R750 and Triumph 675 refuse to be pigeon-holed. But are they alternative oddities or right answers?

Hugely powerful and slickly suspended, the new breed of big streetbikes are superbike-fast

BMW's most radical, stripped-down bike ever. With only 30 in the country and a stratospheric price tag of £13k, the Megamoto is as exclusive as it is rampant. Get ready to spend your city bonus

Ducati’s hand-made and deliciously savage 1098R is unashamedly brutal, it takes no prisoners and makes no excuses. We lived with the £26k masterpiece for three weeks to find out if you can really live with such excess

Unlike an F1 boss you don’t have to take a beating when it comes to naked fun. We pick three of the best value street bikes on the market and explore what makes them tick