Motorbike

Why build one bike when you can have two at twice the price? Yamaha's new FZ1 naked and half-faired FZ1 Fazer emerge into the cold light of day

For the price it is hard to knock the V-Strom. A lot of kit for minimal layout. A good touring bike

Hogan earns the respect of BMW owners astride the funky G650 Xmoto

For a Sunday morning or commuter bike it looks great but lacks a bit of the charm of the old bikes whose style it apes. However, what it loses in character it makes up for in the absence of oil leaks

Simon calms down with the big Bandit

If practicality is more important than keeping up with the Jones’ then get one

I occasionally wonder if I shouldn't be more critical of new bikes at their press launches. The thing is, though there are very few perfect bikes, there are also very few complete duffers.

Have the latest sports 600s taken track focus to a level where it has limited their viability as road bikes? It certainly looks that way, but then looks can be deceiving...

Urry swaps the speed of sports bike for the sedate Tiger 1050 to experience the sense of adventure

The office puts the V-Strom through some hard miles

There are still a few bulldogs out there, bearing their teeth at the foreign hordes. Let's celebrate all things British with a little help from two of our own musical legends. Pip pip and tally ho!

Talk of twins and it's a fair bet you'll be imagining a Ducati 999 or Aprilia Factory. But what are the 'alternative' two-pot choices?

Ex-PB editor Mark Forsyth braves the 2007 Rizla GSX-R1000.

Piaggio has just launched what they reckon will sway all those London-luvvies who find the whole concept of two wheels a bit scary.

Long-running model is evolutionary, rather than revolutionary like the 2006 update

Peugeot says:

The WSBK paddock are now heading to the UK for the seventh round