Retro

BMW  DOESN'T seem able to stop making great bikes at the moment. The firm needs to back off and give others a chance. In December it launched the S1000R, an incredibly good naked derivative of the S1000RR sports like.

A perfectly agreeable machine, after a fashion

Are Yamaha bringing something new to the custom and cruiser world? I think so.

Retro ride channels the soul of its legendary ancestor

The big naked is back! Classic lines that just never grow old.

Techno overload

The Harley-Davidson Sportster 72 is a unique prospect that will probably prove to be just as divisive as ever.

The Sportster is the Ducati Monster of the H-D family – entry level. Although you can trace the Sportster’s roots back to the 1952 Model K (the first unit-construcion Harley) it was the 1957 XL with its overhead valves that started the Sportster family tree for real.

In 1984 if you wanted to go faster, you needed more cylinders. Honda’s CBX1000 and Kawasaki’s Z1300 are 12 pistons of sheer muscle.

With the launch of the XR1200, Harley-Davidson has achieved several firsts.

With pre-production faults gone will the Corsaro hit or miss in the UK bike pond?

Ducati's Sport Classics are retro cool but about as comfortable as an Indian bus ride. Now, with added comfort, comes the GT1000.

Honda's retro design: robust and rewarding or disastrous and disappointing?

Just another member of the Bandit family? Not quite. Suzuki delve back into the history books to bring you a genuine muscle bike with all the trimmings. Niall Mackenzie finds it's not quite what he expected

Remember the Big One, the Honda CB1000? Well this is the Even Bigger One, a bike that, like its rider(!), combines massive muscle with definitive retro appeal

For the ultimate street cred you need flat bars and a motor with more grunt than a '70s porn star. Time to turn back the clock and discover the best in retro biking

Classic styling for these retro inspired modern bikes, Triumph, Ducati and Moto Guzzi all have what it takes. But who's got it licked?