Motorbike

BMW have launched two new streetbikes for 2009, the twin-cylinder F800 and the 150bhp K1300R. Is all that extra power, weight and expense at all justifiable?

Better looking than the concept bike that spawned it, Guzzi's bruiser is sportier than you'd think

It’s a strange but cool looking beast. Angular, fussy, oddball, interesting.

Angular, aggressive and arguably the least conservative bike to come out of the Honda factory in a very long time, the CB1000R was one of only a handful of bikes that got me properly excited when it was launched towards the tail end of 2007.

Ducati's 990cc MotoGP replica

The all-rounder that's the best off-roader gets fuel injection and anti-lock brakes to appeal to the sensible crowd. Has the fun factor been banished too?

Ask most riders what bike they think did the most to define the 1990s and they will probably say Ducati’s 916, Honda’s FireBlade or Suzuki’s GSX-R750.

With £2k taken out of the Daytona 675's pricetag, is Triumph's Street Triple the bargain sportsbike of 2007?

Neat, quick, and well-thought out update for a firm favourite

A great bike that really shines as a road bike

The brakes aren't all that good and it's not very comfortable either, but the 2000 GSX-R750 Y-K3 is a modern classic and so much more individual than your ten-a-penny GSX-R1000s and R1s.

Triumph has ticked nearly every box with the new Daytona. It is different from other 600's and a joy to ride.

Don't be fooled by the looks: the furthest this bike will go offroad is to the end of your driveway

Massive improvement in both style and performance over outgoing model. A genuine contender for the VFR’s crown

Supreme top speed tourer that will impress with its performance and civility.

Not a bad bike if you are looking for something a bit different that isn’t Japanese

Just when I thought I was getting close to reaching cerebral maturity, the 2009 GSX-R1000 showed me that I still had a long way to go.

The 500cc parallel-twin motor from the discontinued GPZ500 finds its way into a new Kwak trailie for '05. Should make a cracking first bike.

Heading my way? Three of the sauciest 125s ever made hanging out for slappers in Amsterdam’s De Wallen district

We all do it. Even if we don’t admit it. Traffic light racing. Silly and purile maybe, but when another bikes lines up alongside and the lights turn green, you going to just let him go? How to do it. And the best bikes to do it on...

1984. A great year for films, a seminal year for music, and the year Kawasaki stole Suzuki’s Katana 1100 thunder with their all-new watercooled GPZ900R. Overnight, superbikes had suddenly entered the computer age

After glimpses of brilliance on the bike's wet launch at Misano, Visordown has finally tested the new V4 Aprilia back-to-back with the best 1000cc sportsbike out there, Honda's CBR1000RR Fireblade

If ever there’s been a bike that reflects the way motorcyclists have changed over the last couple of decades, it’s Yamaha’s Tenere. The original XT600Z Ténéré, launched in 1983, was a direct descendent of the XT500 that had won the first two Paris-Dakar rallies a few years earlier.