Motorcycle Road Tests

After a messy sports bike divorce Jim hangs up his knee sliders and finds happiness with a KTM. She's a big old girl but up for it

Like a Mafioso crime family the GSX-R clan has forced a place in biking society through aggression and intimidation. With two new members introduced this year we gather the family together for a reunion

There's no bigger name when it comes to big sportsbikes than the FireBlade, and that was all the excuse we needed to line up every model since 1992 for a right good knees up at the wooded and wicked Oulton Park

Wozza, Gus and Tim head from London to Cannes in time for cocktails, so make it as fast as possible please, by Hayabusa, Blackbird and ZX-12R

Everyone seems to be riding the long term Victory Vegas

Gentleman motorcyclist Steve Cropley dispatches motorways and B-roads on the Thruxton and asks who will buy the nouveaux retro

The Triumph Speed Triple enjoys life in the hands of Steve Moore

Shippey logs the miles on the all-round Ducati SS1000

Giles conquers the offroad on a CCM 404 DS

Finally a bike that doesn't look like a Bertie's riding a mini moto. Yes it's the mighty CB1300 review

Niall Mackenzie re-lives his youth and heads for Bonnie Scotland, with four very different bikes

Urry spends some quality time with a Honda CBR1000RR Fireblade

Harriet experiences the K4 GSX-R600

I don't think I would have had so much fun and learned so much over the past year as I did on the 2004 SV650 K4 from Suzuki.

Tim proves that the Yamaha R6 can handle the tracks, the commute and life as a tourer

Niall, Gus, Jon and Daryll get back to nature and dabble in a bit of group nakedness

When it comes to style few can match the Italians. But is Ducati's 999, Benelli's Tornado and Aprilia's RSV-R's beauty only skin deep?

The big boss takes the CBR954RR FireBlade for a spin

No-one in the Visordown office knows who Johnny Daukes is, but presumably he's a relation of Simon Daukes from Haymarket days. Nepotism?

The sorry tale of taking three express tourers to the land of eternal rain and mist in an attempt to find a ray of sunshine

We took the four road-going versions from 2003's TT winning bikes together with two TT specialists, back to the home of road racing

Warren Pole appeared to have the most number of longterm motorcycles to review here, but seemed to write the least about them. Figure that out?

We like Jon Urry, despite the fact he owns a 2CV. He is a very nice man and he reviews his Daytona 600 here using words and images